I recently had the opportunity to speak with Captain Albert Schoonderbeek of Veendam. In addition to being a ship's master, he is a maritime historian and author. He also enjoys cruising when he is on leave. We spoke about changes in cruising including the introduction of As You Wish Dining and the new captain's toast as well as about the Holland America fleet and Veendam. beyondships.com/veendam-albert-1.html

I hope you find it interesting.

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this is excellent. Do you know when this interview took place?

Yes, it is excellent. Actually the whole beyondships site is great.

I am sorry that I had to deactivate the link, but our rules are no links to other sites which have substantial advertising. Gotta protect the rights of the advertisers on our site.

Is it a recent interview? We will be sailing on this ship. thank you.