The pilots are sea captains who have special training to be Rotterdam port pilots. They guide about 65,000 ships a year. They are fit and healthy because they have to climb up the side of the ships.

Air quality in the Netherlands is severely lacking in many regions, with the west side of Rotterdam, including Schiedam and ...

Over 100 passengers and crew have fallen ill with norovirus on Holland America Line’s Rotterdam ship, according to a report from the CDC. The report states 107 out of 2,614 passengers ...

including continuous disinfection of the ship.” The outbreak marks the second such incident on the Rotterdam, which witnessed a similar outbreak in December 2024 when 83 passengers and 12 crew ...