Ua koho ʻo MS Nieuw Amsterdam i 2011 Ship o ka Makahiki

SEATTLE – Ua koho ʻia ʻo Holland America Line i ka moku, ʻo ms Nieuw Amsterdam, ʻo Ship of the Year no 2011 e nā lālā o ka World Ocean & Cruise Liner Society (WOCLS).

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka makana ma ka pukana o Pepeluali o Ocean & Cruise News, ka paʻi ʻana o kēlā me kēia mahina he 16 ʻaoʻao. "I mea e lilo ai ka moku i 'Ship of the Year' no mākou, pono ke kūlike o nā māka kiʻekiʻe ma kēlā me kēia o nā ʻāpana helu," i kākau ai ʻo Thomas Cassidy, ka mea hoʻoponopono o Ocean and Cruise News. "Ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei mākou iā Holland America Line a me nā hui o ka Nieuw Amsterdam i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka hauʻoli o ka poʻe kaʻa i kā mākou mau lālā."

"Ua lilo koke ʻo Nieuw Amsterdam i punahele malihini mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai, a ʻo ka ʻike ʻana ua kū kā mākou moku a ua ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe holo moku ʻike ʻoi loa a hoʻolaʻa ʻia he hanohano maoli," wahi a Richard D. Meadows, CTC, hope pelekikena hoʻokō, kālepa. nā papahana kūʻai a me nā malihini. "Me kēlā me kēia moku hou, hoʻolauna mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona hou aʻe, nā pono a me nā pilina e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohui mau i ka waiwai i kā mākou huahana a me kā mākou hōʻailona, ​​​​a mahalo maoli kā mākou mau malihini."

Hoʻokahi haneri me kanalimakumamākahi mau moku mai nā laina holo moku nui a pau i helu ʻia ma ka anamanaʻo, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe kaʻa ma nā ʻāpana mai ka meaʻai a me ka lawelawe ʻana i nā huakaʻi a me nā hana a me nā ʻoliʻoli. Mai ka makahiki 1982, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā noiʻi Ship of the Year, ua loaʻa i nā moku Holland America Line nā hanohano kiʻekiʻe he ʻumi mau manawa - ʻoi aku ma mua o nā moku holo moku ʻē aʻe.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka World Ocean & Cruise Liner Society i ka makahiki 1980 a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hui holo moana kahiko a nui loa o kāna ʻano. Aia ʻo WOCLS i ʻoi aku ma mua o 7,500 mau moku holo moku ʻike e lawe, ma ka awelika, ʻelua mau holo moku i kēlā me kēia makahiki.