Mexican Tallship Cuauhtémoc, now at the port of Amsterdam

Mexican Navy’s training Tallship Cuauhtémoc, now at the port of Amsterdam, is on its 4th month of instructional cruise “Ibero Atlantic 2016”. As for the name of the 2016 edition of the training cruise: Ibero refers to Spain and Portugal, countries sharing language and roots with Latin America. Atlantic refers to the ocean where the training trip is done.

The Cuauhtémoc ship was named after the last Aztec Emperor who was captured in 1525. This beautiful Tallship is also known as “Ambassador and Knight of the Seas”. The ship’s crew is composed by 8 senior officers, 32 junior officers, 84 cadets and 110 enlisted men and women.

Its visit to The Netherlands takes place during the sail training of Mexico’s Navy cruise “Ibero Atlantic 2016”. Prior to its arrival to Amsterdam, the Cuauhtémoc docked the ports of London, United Kingdom, and Hamburg and Bremenhaven in Germany, and will continue its route to Antwerp, Belgium; Brest, France; Lisbon, Portugal and Cadiz and Las Palmas in Spain.

The Embassy of Mexico in the Netherlands informed the arrival of the Training Tallship ‘Cuauhtémoc’ of the Mexican Navy on Friday 1st July 2016, at 10:00 hrs, at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, Jollemanhof 9, 1019 GW, in Amsterdam.

During its stay in the Netherlands, the ship was open for free visits to the public from 2nd to 4th July, 2016, from 09:00 to 21:00 hrs, departing on Tuesday 5th July, 2016, at 10:00 hrs.

The Mexico’s Navy Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc is a Brick Bara sailing ship that serves as a training ship for cadets of the Mexican Navy. Since its enrolment in 1982, the ship has conducted 33 training trips around the world. In this occasion, the Cuauhtémoc departed from the port of Acapulco, Mexico, on 12th March, 2016, on its instructional cruise “Ibero Atlantic 2016”, in route to visit 18 ports in 14 countries, ending on 3rd October, 2016.

As a sailing ambassador, the Cuauhtémoc delivers a message of peace and goodwill from Mexico

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