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On a Freighter Even the Routine is Extraordinary
And the Destinations are Some of the Most Exotic in the World

 

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, such as the Rickmers New Orleans (photo above) sailing from the Far East transpacific to North America and transatlantic to Europe, have an average port time of two to three days.


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Northern Europe - North America - Australia & NZ

Sailing every three to four 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 The French Line - More info ...


Asia - North America - Northern Europe

Sailing every two weeks, this unique service combines the best of two worlds - the comfort of modern ship and the slow, relaxed pace of the past, offering the followng 100-day voyages as well as transatlantic and transpacific segments:

Singapore (Day 1); one or two ports in Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City or Haiphong, Vietnam; Hong Kong, Shanghai (20), Xingang, Dalian and oe a few other ports in China; Masan, Korea; Yokohama (32 and possibly Kobe, Japan; across the Pacific and a possible call at the US West Coast, then transit the Panama Canal, and likely call in Central America, then Houston (65), New Oleans, Philadelphia, PA (78) transatlatic to Antwerp, Belgium (88), Hamburg, Germany (92) and Genoa, Italy (100). Port times vary from one to several days.
      Rickmers - More info ...








Around-the-World

Sailing eastbound:
1) Houston, TX (Day 1), Mobile, AL (2), Miami (4) and Jacksonville, FL (6), Savannah, GA (7), Charleston, SC (8) and New York (10), all in the USA; transatlantic to Tangier, Morocco (19); transit the Suez Canal (24); Jebel Ali, UAE (33); Singapore (45); Hong Kong (50), Chiwan (51) and Shanghai (54), all in China; Pusan, Korea (55); transpacific to Balboa, Panama (72), transit the Panama Canal (73) and Punta Manzanillo (74), all in Panama; Houston (77).

2) New York (Day 1), Norfolk (2), Savannah (5), transatlantic and transit the Suez Canal (20), Tanjung Pelepas (35), Hong Kong (39), Yantian (40), Shanghai (42), Pusan (46), transpacific to Seattle (55) and Vancouver (58).

Sailing westbound: Seattle, WA, USA (Day 1) and Vancouver, BC, Canada (3) via Yokohama, Japan (15); Shanghai (17), Ningbo (19), Hong Kong (21) and Yantian (22), all in China; Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia (26); transit the Suez Canal (36) and transatlantic to New York (49), Norfolk, VA (51) and Savannah, GA (54), all in the USA.
      CMA CGM The French Line - More info ...



Transatlantic


North America - Europe

Sailing every two to three weeks offering the following itinerary: Bremerhaven, Germany (Day 1); Le Havre, France (3); Charleston, SC (13); Savannah, GA (14), Port Everglades, FL (16), Freeport, Bahamas (17); Veracruz (22) and Altamira, Mexico (24), Houston, TX (26); New Orleans, LA (28); Freeport, 2nd call (30); Savannah, 2nd call (32); Charleston, 2nd call (34) Antwerp, Belgium (45); Felixstowe, England (47) and Bremerhaven (49).
      MSC Alessia, Flaminia & Ilona - More info ...

Sailing every two months:
      Eastbound:New York, NY (Day 1); Norfolk, VA (2); Savannah, GA (4); Algeciras (15) and Valencia, Spain (17); Genoa, Italy (19).
      Westbound: La Spezia (Day 1) and Genoa, Italy (2); Barcelona (4), Valencia (5) and Algeciras, Spain (7); New York (16), Norfolk (18) and Savannah (20).
      Hanjin San Diego More Info ...

Sailing every two weeks: Houston, New Oleans, Philadelphia, PA transatlatic to Antwerp, Belgium, Hamburg, Germany and Genoa, Italy.
      Rickmers - More info ...

North America - The Far East

Sailing monthly:
New York, NY (Day 1): Norfolk, VA (3); Boston, MA (5), transit the Suez Canal (17), Singapore (30); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (35), Hong Kong (36) and Yantian, China (37); Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam (40); Singapore, 2nd call (42); transit the Suez Canal (53); New York (63).
      Hanjin - More info ...



Europe - Central and South America




Weekly sailings:

Dunkirk, Rouen (Day 1), Le Havre (2), Montoir de Bretagne, near St. Nazaire and Nantes (4), all in France; transatlantic crossing; Point à Pitre, Guadeloupe (13); Fort de France, Martinique (15); Point à Pitre, 2nd call (18) and back to Dunkirk (28).

Tilbury, UK (Day 1); Rouen (2) and Le Havre, France (4); Philipsburg, St. Maarten (13); Port of Spain, Trinidad (15); Cayenne (Degrad des Cannes terminal), French Guiana (18); Belem (24), Fortaleza (27) and Natal (29), all in Brazil; Algeciras, Spain (37); Rotterdam, Holland (41); Tilbury, UK (42).
      CMA CGM - More info ...

Sailing once every 5 weeks: Valencia, Spain (Day 1); Sines, Portugal (4); Las Palmas, Canary Islands (6); Salvador (13), Rio de Janeiro (15), Itajai (17), Paranagua (19), Rio Grande (21), Santos (23) and Pecem (26), all in Brazil; Valencia (35).
      MSC Carouge - More info ...

Sailing once every 8 weeks: Genoa and Leghorn, Italy (Day 1); Marseille, Fos sur Mer terminal, France (3); Barcelona (4) and Valencia, Spain (6); Las Palmas, Canary Islands (10); Suape (17) and Santos, Brazil (21); Buenos Aires, Argentina (25); Rio Grande (27), Navegantes (29), Sao Francisco do Sul (30), Santos, 2nd call (33), Rio de Janeiro, Itaguai terminal (34), Suape (37) Fortaleza, Pecem terminal (39), all in Brazil; Las Palmas, 2nd call (47); Algeciras (49) and Valencia, Spain (52); Gioia Tauro (55) and Genoa, Italy (56).
      MSC Geneva - More info ...



Transpacific

North America - Australia and New Zealand


Sailing monthly: 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).



Sailing every two months: - Oakland, CA (Day 1); Seattle, WA (2); Vancouver, BC (4); Long Beach, CA (8); Tauranga, NZ (23); Sydney (29), Melbourne (31) and Adelaide, Australia (34); Auckland. NZ (39); Papeete, Tahiti (44); Ensenada, Mexico (53); Oakland (56).
      Hamburg Sud - More info ...
Europe - US East Coast - Australia and New Zealand

Monthly sailings: 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 The French Line - More info ...


North America - The Far East










Weekly sailings:

Line 1) The CMA CGM Hugo and Pacific Link
Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal (Day 1) and San Francisco, Oakland terminal, CA (2); Tianjin, Xingang terminal (22), Dalian (24), Quingdao (25) and Shanghai (27), all in China; Los Angeles (40).

Line 2) The Ever Champion, Hatsu Crystal, and Hatsu Courage
Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal (Day 1) and San Francisco, Oakland terminal, CA (2); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (16); Xiamen (17), Hong Kong (19) and Yantian (20), all in China; Los Angeles (35).

Line 3) The The Hanjin Copenhagen and Madrid
Seattle, WA (1); Portland, OR (2); Vancouver, BC (4); Pusan (18) and Kwangyang, Korea (19); Ningpo (21) and Shanghai, China (22); Pusan, 2nd call (23); Prince Rupert, BC (34) and Seattle (35).

Line 4) The The Hanjin Baltimore, Boston and Miami
Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal (Day 1) and San Francisco, Oakland terminal, CA (3); Seattle, WA (6); Pusan, Korea (20); Yantian, China (24); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (26); Shanghai, China (27); Kwangyang (30) and Pusan, 2nd call (31), Los Angeles (42).
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Sailing twice per month:
Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal (Day 1) and San Francisco, Oakland terminal, CA (2); Tokyo (16) and Osaka, Japan (17); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (21); Port Kelang, Malaysia (26); Singapore (27); Ho Chi Minh, Tan Cang terminal, Vietnam (30); Yantian, China (33); Kaohsiung (34) and Osaka (37) 2nd calls; Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal (49).
      Hanjin - More info ...


Sailing every 9 weeks: New York; Norfolk, VA (Day 1), Charleston, SC (3); Savannah, GA (5); Kingston, Jamaica (9); Colon, Panama (11); transit the Panama Canal (12); transpacific to Pusan, Korea (31); Xiamen, China (33), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (34); Shecku (36), Yantian (37) and Hong Kong (38) all in China; transpacific and through the Panama Canal (58); - Colon (59) and Kingston (60) 2nd calls; New York (64).
      ZIM Ontario - More info ...

Sailing every two weeks: Singapore (Day 1); one or two ports in Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City or Haiphong, Vietnam; Hong Kong, Shanghai (20), Xingang, Dalian and oe a few other ports in China; Masan, Korea; Yokohama (32 and possibly Kobe, Japan; across the Pacific and a possible call at the US West Coast, then transit the Panama Canal, and likely call in Central America, then Houston (65), New Oleans, Philadelphia, PA (78) transatlatic to Antwerp, Belgium (88), Hamburg, Germany (92) and Genoa, Italy (100). Port times vary from one to several days.
      Rickmers - More info ...


Central & South America - The Far East
Sailing every month or two along the Central and South America then to the Far East as follows: ... Manzanillo (15); Yokohama, Japan (32); Tianjin Xingang (37) and Qingdao, China (39); Pusan, Korea (43); Shanghai(45), Ningbo (47), Xiamen (48), Hong Kong (49) and Chiwan (50), all in China; Pusan, 2nd call (53); Manzanillo (70).
      CMA CGM VoltaireMore info ...



Europe - Asia























Northern Europe - Asia

FAL-1 - Weekly sailings: Southampton, England; Hamburg, Germany (Day 1); Rotterdam, Holland (4); Zeebrugge, Belgium (5); Le Havre, France (6); Malta (12); transit the Suez Canal (16); Khor Fakkan, next to Dubai, UAE (22); Yantian, next to Hong Kong (34), Dalian (37), Tianjin Xingang (39), Shanghai (41) Xiamen (43), Hong Kong (45) and Yantian, 2nd call (46), all in China; Port Kelang, Malaysia (50); transit the Suez Canal (61); Tanger, Morocco (66); Southampton (70).

FAL 3 - Weekly sailings: Southampton, England; Beirut, Lebanon (Day 7); transit the Suez Canal (9); Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (13); Port Kelang, Malaysia (29), Chiwan (34),Qingdao (39); Ningbo (42); Hong Kong (Chiwan, Nansha and Yantian terminals) (45-47), all in China; Ho Chi Minh, Vung Tao terminal, Vietnam (49); Port Kelang, 2nd call (51); transit the Suez Canal (62); Malta (64); Le Havre (70) and Dunkirk, France (71); Zeebrugge, Belgium (72); Rotterdam, Holland (73); Hamburg, Germany (74); Zeebrugge, 2nd call (75); Southampton (77).

FAL 5 - Sailing every week or two: Le Havre, France: Rotterdam, Holland (Day 3); Hamburg, Germany (5); Rotterdam, 2nd call (9); Zeebrugge, Belgium (10); transit the Suez Canal (18); Port Kelang, Malaysia (34); Singapore (35); Ningbo (42), Shanghai (43) and Hong Kong, Yantian terminal (46), all in China; Tanjung Pelepas (50) and Port Kelang, Malaysia, 2nd call (52); transit the Suez Canal (64); Le Havre (70).
      More info ...

The Mediterranean - Asia

MEX - Sailing every week or two: Valencia and Barcelona, Spain (Day 1); Fos sur Mer, next to Marseille, France (2); Genoa, Italy (4); Malta (7); Damietta (11) and Port Said, Egypt (13); transit the Suez Canal (14); Khor Fakkan, UAE (22); Port Kelang, Malaysia (32); Hong Kong, Nansha terminal (37) and Xiamen, China (39); Kwangyang (43) and Pusan, South Korea (44); Shanghai (47), Ningbo (48), Xiamen (50) Hong Kong, Nansha and Chiwan terminals (52-53) all in China; Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia (next to Singapore) (57); Port Kelang, 2nd call (58); transit the Suez Canal (68); Beirut, Lebanon (70); Malta, 2nd call (73); Valencia (77).
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South Seas

Along the Americas' Coasts

New York, NY (Day 1); Philadelphia, PA (2); Norfolk, VA (3); Charleston, SC (5); Jackonsville (7) and Port Everglades, FL (8); Suape (20) and Santos, Brazil (25); Buenos Aires, Argentina (28); Rio Grande (31), Navegantes (33), Santos, 2nd call (35), Rio de Janeiro (36), Salvador (38), Suape (39) and Fortaleza, Pecem terminal (41) all in Brazil; New York (49).
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Sailing every month or two along the Central America: - Manzanillo (Day 1) and Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico (2); Buenaventura, Colombia (6); Balboa, Panama (9), Lazaro Cardenas (13), Manzanilo (15) ... then to the Far East.
      CMA CGM Voltaire - More info ...


California - South Pacific Islands
Sailing once per month: 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...

Asia - Australia & New Zealand

Sailing once in five weeks: Pusan, Korea (Day1); Shanghai (2), Ningbo (4) and Shekou, China (7); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (8); Melbourne (19), Sydney (22) and Brisbane, Australia (25); Pusan (35).
      Hanjin Pretoria - More info...


Sailing once every 8 weeks:Singapore (Day 1-2); Noumea, New Caledonia (12-14); possible calls at Lautoka and Suva, Fiji; Auckland (19-21), Wellington (23-24), Tauranga (26-28); Subic Bay, Philippines (40-41); Bangkok, Thailand or possibly Hong Kong and Vietnam (53-54) ; Jakarta, Indonesia (57-58); and Singapore (Day 60).
      Tasman Campaigner - More Info ...






Northern Europe - South Africa

Sailing once every six weeks: Rotterdam, Holland (Day 1); Tilbury, England (2); Bremerhaven, Germany (4); Las Palmas, Canary Islands (10); Cape Town (19), Port Elizabeth (21) and Durban (24), South Africa; Cape Town, second call (26); Las Palmas, 2nd call (36); back to Rotterdam (42).
      DAL Kalahari - More info...