The Ship Report, Thursday, April 9, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the arrival of the Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship in Astoria and the seasonal patterns of cruise ship visitors.

First cruise ship for the Astoria season Today the Nieuw Amsterdam, a 1000-foot long cruise ship arriving from San Diego, is the first blue water cruise ship to call on Astoria in 2026. She'll head for British Columbia when she leaves here. Today we'll talk about Astoria's cruise ship visitors and why they tend to arrive in spring and fall. We'll also take a quick look at other ships arriving this season and when they'll be here. Nieuw Amsterdam Photo Credit: Jonathan Palombo, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

People in this episode

Hosts: The Ship Report, Jonathan Palombo

Topics covered

• cruise ships
• Astoria
• seasonal visitors
• shipping news
• Nieuw Amsterdam

Keywords

• cruise ship
• Astoria
• Nieuw Amsterdam
• British Columbia
• seasonal arrivals

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Nieuw Amsterdam

Places: Astoria, San Diego, British Columbia

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