HAL Statendam Scores third Consecutive Perfect USPH Inspection

This came up on my emails this morning and I thought it was HAL Board News worthy. This will most likely be her last and definitely under the HAL Flag. Nice way of leaving the fleet :) Congratulations to the Officers and Crew of the Statendam. Now hoping to hear from another HAL ship that has been working hard waiting for inspection as well.

http://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/holland-america-ship-scores-third-straight-100-on-health-inspection.html?u=19BC602D-5534-4B9E-A392-F0F8604DBB91

Holland America Line’s Statendam scored a 100 on its most recent U.S. Public Health inspection, making it the third consecutive perfect score for the ship.

The Statendam’s surprise inspection was conducted June 5 while the ship was at Juneau, Alaska, during a 14-day round-trip from Seattle. Before that, Statendam received a 100 in February 2015 during a call at Hilo, Hawaii, and in June 2014 in Ketchikan, Alaska.

So far this year, there have been 18 perfect scores.

Others doing so in recent weeks are Royal Caribbean International’s Radiance of the Seas on June 7, Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Navigator on May 7, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox on April 27 and Celebrity Infinity on March 29, and Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Sunshine on April 18 and Carnival Ecstasy on April 13.

“Achieving a perfect score on a USPH inspection is not easy, and we congratulate everyone on the team who worked diligently toward this success,” Holland America President Orlando Ashford said. “We always aim for a score of 100, and for Statendam to continue its perfect streak for the third consecutive time is something we celebrate with great pride.”

Holland America is on a roll. One of its other ships, Eurodam, earned a 100 for the eighth consecutive time in February, and in the past year Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Ryndam, Zuiderdam and Westerdam also achieved perfect scores.

The VSP inspections were introduced in the early 1970s and are required for all passenger ships that call at a U.S. port. The unannounced inspections are carried out by U.S. Public Health officials twice a year for every cruise ship.

The score, on a scale from one to 100, is assigned on the basis of a checklist involving dozens of areas of assessment, encompassing hygiene and sanitation of food (from storage to preparation), overall galley cleanliness, water, shipboard personnel and the ship as a whole.

Mom and dad will always make you clean your things before you pass them to the younger/smaller sibling as a hand me down... :D

Well done Statendam.

Well done, Officers/Crew/Staff of Statendam. Hard to get 100 on a new'ish' ship but to get it on an older ship is that much more outstanding.

Congratulations !

Good news Lisa :) thanks for sharing:)

Perfect score? Uh... OK. I would hate to be on a ship with less than a perfect score.

Perfect score? Uh... OK. I would hate to be on a ship with less than a perfect score.

It's ok - we know how you feel ;):rolleyes:

Congrats to the crew. And to the crews of all the ships receiving perfect scores, it's a great accomplishment!

As a booked guest on Statendam's final HAL voyage, this is welcome news. The ethic harkens back to a former advertising slogan: "It is good to be on a well run ship."

That is wonderful news.

Congrats to HD Simon Tanner, COM Edmund Wu and their troops :)

I can forsee a special crew party taking place in the near future to celebrate this event!

Perfect score? Uh... OK. I would hate to be on a ship with less than a perfect score.

Did you sail Statendam recently?

I can forsee a special crew party taking place in the near future to celebrate this event!

I sure hope so. :) They have earned it. :)

I can forsee a special crew party taking place in the near future to celebrate this event!

You can take that to the bank! :)

Good news. I'll be on the Statendam soon. Nice to know they're keeping her well maintained.

Always good news for our HAL

Denise :)

Good to hear as we board on July 27.