The cruise ship Zaandam was outbound after a day in port today (July 25) when there was a medical emergency on board. The ship still had its pilot on board, so was able to turn around in a safe area off Bear Cove and returned to Pier 21.
The unusual sight of a cruise ship arriving in the evening [1844 hrs, ADT]
The ship came alongside directly, bow north.[1858 hrs]
Once the ship was made fast with all the usual mooring lines paid out, the patient was safely transferred to a waiting ambulance, and the ship sailed again within a half hour. It made its way north and east of George's Island outbound en route to Sydney, NS.
The Zaandam is the most frequent cruise ship caller in Halifax early in the season. It is scheduled for twenty visits this year - this is its fourteenth. Fincantieri Marghera delivered the ship to Holland America Line in 2000. With a grt of 61,396 it can carry 1432 passengers and crew of 615.
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