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The ms Statendam Cruise Ship in the Miraflores Locks on its South bound transit on December 28th 2009	The Statendam is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Holland America Line. The attached images show The ms Statendam in her Panama Canal passage, north bound, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, on December the 7th 2009. The MS Statendam is a cruise ship of the Holland America Line. She entered service in 1993. Cruising from the west coast of the United States, with Australia and New Zealand as the common destination in winter and Alaska in summer, she is the fifth Holland America ship to bear the name Statendam. The ms Statendam travels the stunning natural beauty Alaska's Inside Passage and Glacier Bay. Explores the Caribbean, transit the Panama Canal or cruise Mexico.
	The Statendam Cruise Ship in the Panama Canal -  Puente Centenario Entering Culebra Cut North bound - March 18, 2010
The Statendam Cruise Ship leaving the Panama Canal to the Caribbean	The MS Statendam Class and type: S class cruise ship Tonnage: 55,451 gross tons Length: 720 ft (219.5 m) Beam: 101 ft (30.8 m) Decks: 12 Speed: 22-knot (41 km/h) Capacity: 1,258 passengers Crew: 557 See the ms Statendam Deck Plan here and tour some of the other facilities in these videos here.