IHolland America Line ikhumbula iminyaka engu-147 yasungulwa namhlanje, ngoMgqibelo, Ephreli 18, 2020, ngokuhlonipha ifa layo elicebile, ukunakekelana njengamanje nokubheka phambili isahluko sayo esilandelayo. Ngokuhamba kumiswe okwesikhashana emhlabeni wonke, umugqa we-premium cruise ukhombisa ukuqina okukhonjiswe kuwo wonke umlando wenkampani, ukubekezelela izikhathi eziyinselele kaningi ngaphambili nokubonga okunamandla kakhulu kubavakashi abathembekile, abasebenzi abazinikele nabasebenzi, kanye nokwesekwa ngabeluleki bezokuvakasha.
Isungulwe ngo-Ephreli 18, 1873, njengeNetherlands-American Steamship Company, lo mkhiqizo wamukele imikhumbi engaphezu kwe-150 kuyo yonke le minyaka. Umkhumbi wesithathu wePinnacle, I-Ryndam, isakhiwa endaweni yokulungisa imikhumbi iFincantieri e-Italy futhi ihlelelwe ukulethwa ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo ka-2021. Ngenkathi umzila wokuhamba ngesikebhe umise ukusebenza kwawo emhlabeni wonke ngoJuni 30, kuphele isikhathi esisodwa kuphela emlandweni wenkampani lapho imisebenzi iyeka khona. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, lonke uhambo lwabagibeli lwama, futhi kwabizwa imikhumbi ukuba izosebenza emzabalazweni we-Allied war.
"Kubalulekile ngalezi zikhathi eziyinselele ukuthi sigubhe izingqophamlando ezibalulekile, futhi iminyaka yethu engu-147 yasikhumbuza ukuthi iHolland America Line inomlando ojule kakhulu futhi iyigugu kunawo wonke embonini yezokuvakasha," kusho u-Orlando Ashford, umongameli weHolland America Line. “Simi esisekelweni esiqinile esakhiwe yilabo abeza ngaphambi kwethu cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu nengxenye, futhi njengoba nje babhekana nezikhathi ezingaqinisekile, nathi sizokwenza kanjalo. IHolland America Line izobuya izothatha izivakashi emhlabeni wonke ngokushesha okukhulu, futhi asikwazi ukulinda ukwamukela wonke umuntu ozobuyela ebhodini. ”
Kusukela ngo-1873, iHolland America Line isihambele wonke amazwekazi ayisikhombisa, yanikela ngamabhanoyi omhlaba amaningi futhi yahlola i-Alaska iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-70. Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho umkhumbi omusha ujoyina le mikhumbi kungukugubha leli fa futhi kumaka isahluko esilandelayo emlandweni wenkampani.
