Containership and General Cargo Ship Voyages

Most of today's passenger freighters are German or French owned containerships, with international officers and crew onboard, offering accommodations for 4 to 12 passengers. The average port time is one day, while general cargo ships, currently offering only one, 125-day around-the-world service, have an average port time of two to three days.       All offering roundtrip voyages, as well as one way or longer voyage segments.

Transatlantic

North America - Europe

Halifax, NS (Day 1); Havana, Cuba (5); Naples (18), Leghorn (19) and Genoa, Italy (20); Barcelona (22), and Valencia, Spain (23), Halifax (32).       Melfi Iberia - More info ...       Sailing every 2-3 weeks offering the following itinerary: Bremerhaven, Germany (Day 1); Le Havre, France (3); Charleston, SC (12); Savannah, GA (13), Freeport, Bahamas (15); Veracruz (20) and Altamira, Mexico (21); Houston, TX (24); New Orleans, LA (27); Freeport, 2nd call (29); Port Everglades, FL (31); Savannah, 2nd call (33); Charleston, 2nd call (34) Antwerp, Belgium (43); Felixstowe, England (44) and Bremerhaven (46).       MSC Ilona and Flaminia - More info ...

Bremerhaven, Germany (Day 1); Rotterdam, Holland (2); Antwerp, Belgium (4); Le Havre, France (7); Boston, MA (15); New York, NY (16); Philadelphia, PA (19); Baltimore, MD (21); Norfolk, VA (22); New York, 2nd call (24); Bremerhaven (33).       MSC Tanzania - More info ...       Houston, TX (Day 1); New Orleans, LA (3); Port Everglades, FL (5); Freeport, Bahamas (6); Barcelona, Spain (17); Gioia Tauro (20), Naples (21) and La Spezia, Italy (23); Barcelona (25) and Valencia, Spain (26); Sines, Portugal (28); Santo Domingo, Caucedo terminal, Dominican Republic (37); Cristobal, Panama (40); Vera Cruz (45) and Altamira, Mexico (46); Houston (48).       MSC Uganda - More info ...

Sailing every 6 weeks: New York (Day 1), Norfolk, VA (2); Savannah, GA (4); Miami, FL (6); Algeciras, Spain (19); Malta (22); Gioia Tauro (23); Leghorn (25) and Genoa, Italy (27); Marseille (Fos sur Mer terminal), France (29); Algeciras, 2nd call (32); New York (42).       CMA CGM Amber - More info ...

The Maditerranean leg: Savannah, GA (Day 1); New York (3); Halifax, NS (5); Tarragona, near Barcelona, Spain (15); Haifa, Israel (20); Piraeus, Greece (23); Leghorn (26) and Genoa, Italy (27); Tarragona (28); Halifax (37); New York (39); Savannah (41) ...       ZIM Ontario and ZIM San Francisco - More info ...

Europe - Central and South America

Dunkirk (Day 1), Rouen (3), Le Havre (5), Montoir de Bretagne, near St. Nazaire and Nantes (7), all in France; transatlantic crossing; Point à Pitre, Guadeloupe (15); Fort de France, Martinique (16-19); Point à Pitre, 2nd call (20) and back to mainland France (28).       CMA CGM French West Indies Line - More info ...       Rouen (Day 1) and Le Havre (2), France; Philipsburg, St. Maarten (12); Port of Spain, Trinidad (14); Cayenne (Degrad des Cannes terminal), French Guiana (16); Belem (22), Fortaleza (25) and Natal (27), all in Brazil; Algeciras, Spain (35); Leixoes, Portugal (36); Rotterdam, Holland (39); Tilbury, UK (40) and Rouen (42).       CMA CGM French Guiana - More info ...

Hamburg, Germany (Day 1); Antwerp, Belgium (2); Le Havre, France (3); Santos, Brazil (15); Buenos Aires, Argentina (19); Montevideo, Uruguay (21); Rio Grande (22), Santos, 2nd call (24) and Sepetiba, near Rio de Janeiro (26); Rotterdam, Holland (39); Tilbury, UK (40) and Hamburg (42).       Monte Line - More info ...       Hamburg, Germany (Day 1); Suape (12) and Santos, Brazil (16); Buenos Aires, Argentina (20); Itajai/Navegantes (23), Rio Grande (25), Santos (28) and Rio de Janeiro (30), all in Brazil; Antwerp, Belgium (43); Rotterdam (45); Tilbury (47) and Hamburg (49).       MSC Cordoba - More info ...       Genoa (Day 1) and Leghorn, Italy (2); Marseille, Fos sur Mer terminal, France (4); Barcelona (5) and Valencia, Spain (6); Las Palmas, Canary Islands (9); Suape (15) and Santos, Brazil (18); Buenos Aires, Argentina (22); Rio Grande (24), Sao Francisco do Sul (28), Santos, 2nd call (30), Rio de Janeiro (31) and Suape (33), all in Brazil; Las Palmas (40), Valencia (44), Barcelona (46), all 2nd calls, Gioaia Tauro, Italy (48) and Genoa (49).       MSC Geneva - More info ...

Bremerhaven, Germany (Day 1); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (10); Cartagena, Colombia (12); Cristobal, Panama (13); transit the Panama Canal (14); Buenaventura, Colombia (17); Guayaquil, Ecuador (20); Callao, Peru (24); Valparaiso (29) and Coronel, Chile (32); Balboa, Panama (40); transit the Panama Canal (41); Antwerp, Belgium (52); Rotterdam, Holland (53); Felixstowe, England (54) and Bremerhaven (55).       MSC Monterey and MSC Carouge: - More info ...

Transpacific

North America - Australia and New Zealand

From the US East Coast:       Philadelphia, PA (Day 1); Savannah, GA (3); Cartagena, Columbia (8); transit the Panama Canal (9); Balboa, Panama (10); Auckland, NZ (28); Sydney (31) and Melbourne, Australia (34); Timaru (39), Port Chalmers (40), Napier (42), Tauranga (43) and Auckland, all in New Zealand (44); transit the Panama Canal (61); Manzanillo, Panama (62); Cartagena, 2nd call (63) and Philadelphia (70).       Hamburg Sud - More info ...

Coming from northern Europe: Tilbury, UK (Day 1); Rotterdam, Holland (2), Dunkirk (3) and Le Havre, France (5); New York, NY (13); Savannah, GA (15); Kingston, Jamaica (19); Manzanillo, Panama (21); transit the Panama Canal (22); Papeete, Tahiti (31); Lautoka, Fiji (37); Noumea, New Caledonia (40); Sydney (46) and Melbourne (48), all in Australia; Napier (53) and Tauranga, NZ (54); Panama Canal (69); Manzanillo (70) and Savannah (74) 2nd calls; Philadelphia, PA (76) and Tilbury (84).       CMA-CGM - More info ...

North America - The Far East

1) Los Angeles (Day 1) and San Francisco, CA (4); Xiamen (18), Chiwan (20), Hong Kong (21) and Yantian (22), all in China; Los Angeles (35).       2) Los Angeles (Day 1) and San Francisco, CA (3); Pusan, Korea (15); Yantian, China (18); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (19); Shanghai, China (21); Kwangyang, Korea (23); Pusan, 2nd call (24), Los Angeles (35).       3) Los Angeles (Day 1) and San Francisco, CA (3); Yokohama, Japan (14), Dalian (16), Xingang (17), Qingdao (19) and Shanghai, China (20); Princ Rupert, BC, Canada (29); Long Bach (33).       4) Seattle, WA (Day 1), Portland, OR (3); Vancouver, BC (6), KwangYang, Korea (17); Hong Kong (20) and Yantian, China (21); Yokohama, Japan (25), Prince Rupert (34) and Vancouver, 2nd call, BC (36) and Seattle (38) ...       5) Seattle (Day 1); Yokohama (11); Shanghai (13); Pusan (15); Seattle (25).       Hanjin (NSB) and CMA CGM - More info ...

Coming from the Mediterranean ... Savannah (Day 42); Kingston, Jamaica (46); transit the Panama Canal (48); Los Angeles (56) and Oakland, CA (58); Shekou (73), Hong Kong (74), Ningbo (76) and Shanghai (77), all in China; Pusan, Korea (79); Balboa, Panama (97); transit the Panama Canal (98); Kingston, 2nd call (101) and Savannah (104).       ZIM Ontario and ZIM San Francisco - More info ...

Central & South America - The Far East

San Antonio and Valparaiso or San Vicente, Chile; Callao, Peru; Buenaventura, Colombia; Caldera, Costa Rica; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Manzanillo, Mexico; Hong Kong, Chiwan and Shanghai, China; Pusan, Korea and back via Manzanillo to Perto Quetzal and Acajunta, El Salvador; Corinto, Nicaragua; Buenaventura, Callao, San Antonio and Valparaiso.       CMA CGM Pacifico - More info ...

Europe - Asia

Northern Europe - The Far East       Weekly sailings: Southampton, England (Day 1); Hamburg, Germany (2); Rotterdam, Holland (4); Zeebrugge, Belgium (5); Le Havre, France (6); Malta (12); transit the Suez Canal (16); Khor Fakkan, next to Dubai, UAE (24); Chiwan, next to Hong Kong (35); Pusan (38) and Kwangyang (39) both in Korea; Dalian (41), Xingang (40), Shanghai (44), Hong Kong (47) and Yantian, next to Hong Kong (48), all in China; Singapore (51); Port Kelang, Malaysia (52); transit the Suez Canal (62); Tanger, Morocco (67); Southampton (70). Western Mediterranean - The Far East       Weekly sailings: Valencia (Day 1) and Barcelona, Spain (2); Fos sur Mer, next to Marseille, France (4); Genoa (5) and Naples, Italy (7); Malta (9); Damietta, Egypt (12); transit the Suez Canal (13); Djibouti, Somalia (18); Khor Fakkan, UAE (22); Port Kelang, Malaysia (29); Chiwan, next to Hong Kong (33), Lianyungang (37) and Qingdao (39) all in China; Pusan, Korea (41); Shanghai (43), Ningbo (45), Xiamen (47), Chiwan, 2nd call, (49) and Hong Kong (50) all in China; Port Kelang, 2nd call, (54); Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (62); transit the Suez Canal (65); Malta, 2nd call (68); Valencia (70). Northern Europe - India       Sailing every few weeks: Southampton, England (Day 1); Hamburg, Germany (3); Rotterdam, Holland (5); Antwerp, Belgium (6); Le Havre, France (8); Port Said, Egypt (18; transit the Suez Canal (19); Djibouti, Somalia (24); Jebel Ali, UAE (29); Karachi, Pakistan (32); Nhava Sheva, next to Mumbai (34) and Mundra (37) both in India; Djibouti, 2nd call (42); Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (45); transit the Suez Canal (47), Malta (50); Tangier, Morocco (53); Southampton (56).       More info ...

South Seas

Along the Americas' Coasts

Manzanillo, Mexico (Day 1); Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala (3); Acajunta, El Salvador (4); Corinto, Nicaragua (5); Buenaventura, Colombia (8); Callao, Peru (12); San Antonio (17) and Valparaiso or San Vicente, Chile (18-20); Callao, 2nd call (25); Buenaventura, 2nd call (30); Caldera, Costa Rica (34); Puerto Quetzal, 2nd call (36); Manzanillo (38), continuing to the Far East ...       CMA CGM Pacifico - More info ...

California - South Pacific Islands

Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal (Day 1); Papeete, Tahiti (12); Apia, Western Samoa (15); Pago Pago, American Samoa (18); Los Angeles (30).       Cap Tapaga - More info ...

Around Australia and New Zealand

Singapore (Day 1); Jakarta, Indonesia (3); Fremantle (9), Melbourne (15) and Sydney (18), all in Australia; Bluff (23), Port Chalmers (26) Lyttleton (27), Welington (28) and Napier, New Zealand (29); Brisbane, Australia (36) and Singapore (49).       Sydney (Day 1) and Melbourne, Australia (5); Nelson (10), Auckland (13), Tauranga (14), Littelton (17) and Wellington, all in New Zealand (18) and back to Sydney (21).       MSC Basel and Palermo - More info ...

SE Asia - New Zealand - South Pacific Islands       Singapore (Day 1); Noumea, New Caledonia; Lautoka and Suva, Fiji Islands; Auckland, New Zealand (Day 21); New Plymouth, Wellington, Timaru and Tauranga (Day 30),New Zealand; Hong Kong; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Jakarta, Indonesia; Sri Racha, Thailand and Singapore (Day 60).       Tasman Campaigner - More info ...

Northern Europe - South Africa       Bremerhaven, Germany (Day 1); Le Havre, France (3); Lisbon, Portugal (5); Cape Town (22),East London (24), Durban (26), Port Elizabeth (27) and Cape Town, 2nd call (28) all in South Africa; Lisbon, 2nd call (43); Thamesport, England (46); Antwerpen, Belgium (47) and Bremerhaven (49).       More Info ...

World Cruises

North America - the Mediterranean and Far East Sailing to the Mediterranean every 5-6 weeks Sailing to the Far East every 6-7 weeks 105-day combined roundtrip voyages.

The Maditerranean leg: Savannah, GA (Day 1); New York (3); Halifax, NS (5); Tarragona, near Barcelona, Spain (15); Haifa, Israel (20); Piraeus, Greece (23); Leghorn (26) and Genoa, Italy (27); Tarragona (28); Halifax (37); New York (39); Savannah (41) ...       The Far East leg: Savannah (41); Kingston, Jamaica (46); transit the Panama Canal (48); Los Angeles (56) and Oakland, CA (58); Shenzhen (74), Hong Kong (75), Ningbo (78) and Shanghai (79), all in China; Pusan, Korea (80); Balboa, Panama (98); transit the Panama Canal (99); Kingston, 2nd call (102) and Savannah (105).       ZIM Ontario and ZIM San Francisco - More info ...

SE Asia - South Africa - South America Sailing every 2 months

Hong Kong (Day 1); Durban, South Africa (14); Buenos Aires, Argentina (27); Montevideo, Uruguay (29); Paranagua (32), Sao Francisco do Sul (33), Santos (35) and Rio de Janeiro (37), all in Brazil; transatlantic to ... ... Cape Town (46) and Port Elizabeth, South Africa (48); again across the Indian Ocean to Singapore (60) and back to Hong Kong (63).       MOL Wish - More info ...

Northern Europe - North America - Australia & NZ Sailing every 3 weeks       Tilbury, UK (Day 1); Rotterdam, Holland (2), Dunkirk (3) and Le Havre, France (5); New York, NY (13); Savannah, GA (15); Kingston, Jamaica (19); Manzanillo, Panama (21); transit the Panama Canal (22); Papeete, Tahiti (31); Lautoka, Fiji (37); Noumea, New Caledonia (40); Sydney (46) and Melbourne (48), all in Australia; Napier (53) and Tauranga, NZ (54); Panama Canal (69); Manzanillo (70) and Savannah (74) 2nd calls; Philadelphia, PA (76) and Tilbury (84).       CMA CGM - More info ...

Around-the-World

Sailing eastbound every two weeks       Visiting approx. two dozen ports with an average port time of 2-3 days. This unique voyage combines the best of two worlds - the comfort of modern ship and the slow, relaxed pace of the past.       The following itinerary begins in Houston. However, the voyage can be taken from any of the three major ports, Houston, Hamburg and Singapore:       Houston, TX (Day 1); New Oleans, LA (5); Philadelphia, PA (12) and possibly another port or two in the Gulf and East Coast areas, then Hamburg, Germany (24); Antwerp, Belgium (29); Genoa, Italy (37); transit the Suez Canal (40); possibly Jeddah, Saudi Arabia or Dubai, UAE; Jakarta, Indonesia (54), Singapore (58); one or two ports in Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City (65) and Haiphong, Vietnam (68); Hong Kong (71), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (74); Shanghai (77), Xingang (80) and Dalian (83), all in China; Masan, Korea (86); Yokohama (90) and possibly Kobe, Japan; cross the Pacific with a possible call at the US West Coast, then through the Panama Canal (116) and a likely call in Central America, and back to Houston in approx. 125 days.       Port times vary from one to several days.       Other than our special membership discount bonus, Maris is pleased to offer to all customers a discount on early reservations for roundtrip voyages only: 6 months in advance, 5%, 12 months in advance, 10%.       Rickmers' Pearl String - More info ...

Sailing eastbound every 70 days       Hong Kong (Day 1) and Chiwan, China (2); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (3); Ningbo (4), Shanghai (5) and Qindao, China (7); Pusan, Korea (8); transpacific to Ensenada (20) and Manzanillo, Mexico (23); transit the Panama Canal (29); Kingston, Jamaica (31); Santo Domingo (Caucedo terminal), Dominican Republic (33); Puerto Cabello, Venezuela (35); Port of Spain, Trinidad (42); via Cape of Good Hope to Hong Kong (70).       Ville de Taurus - More info ...

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