Holland America Line will offer a sailing from the UK port of Dover in September, the first time the Carnival group company has offered a departure from the country in five years.

Nieuw Statendam, which is the second Pinnacle class ship of the company, will operate the 11-day Iberian cruise, which will depart Copenhagen on 6 September.

“The ship will then call in Dover on 8 September to pick up ex-UK guests for the nine remaining days,” the comoany said in a statement. The itinerary then includes calls at Porto, Lisbon, Seville and Barcelona and the cruise will terminate in Civitavecchia on 17 September.

“Cruise-only fares for the nine-day ex-UK segment lead in from £599pp based on two people sharing an inside stateroom,’ the company said.