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 available only in two around-the-world services, have an average port time of one to four days.
      All offering roundtrip voyages, as well as one way or longer voyage segments.

Transatlantic

North America - Europe







      Montreal, QC, Canada (Day 1); Liverpool, England (9); Antwerp, Belgium (12); Montreal (21).
      Jonni Ritscher and Valentina - More info ...

      Montreal, QC (Day 1); Valencia, Spain (12); Leghorn, Italy (14); Cadiz, Spain (17); Lisbon, Portugal (19); Montreal (28).
      Barmbek - More info ...

      Houston, TX (Day 1); New Orleans, LA (3); Freeport, Bahamas (7), Port Everglades, FL (9), Savannah, GA (11); Charleston, SC (12), Antwerp, Belgium (22), Felixstowe, England (24), Bremerhaven, Germany (26), Le Havre, France (29), Charleston, 2nd call (39), Savannah, 2nd call (40), Freeport, 2nd call (41), Veracruz (45) and Altamira, Mexico (46), Houston (49).
      MSC Uganda (& HSR-IV-19) - More info ...


      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 7 weeks offering the following itinerary: Houston, TX (Day 1); New Orleans, LA (3); Port Everglades, FL (6); Savannah, GA (9); Freeport, Bahamas (12); Barcelona, Spain (23); Gioia Tauro (25), Naples (26) and La Spezia, Italy (28); Valencia, Spain (30); Sines, Portugal (33); Freeport, 2nd call (43); Vera Cruz (46) and Altamira, Mexico (47); Houston (49).
      MSC Tanzania - More info ...

      Savannah, GA (Day 1); New York (3); Halifax, NS (5); Tarragona, near Barcelona, Spain (14); Haifa, Israel (19); Leghorn (26) and Genoa, Italy (27); Tarragona (29), Halifax (37) and New York (39), all 2nd calls, and back to Savannah (42) ...
      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 (13); Port of Spain, Trinidad (15); Cayenne (Degrad des Cannes terminal), French Guiana (19); Belem (25), Fortaleza (29) and Natal (32), all in Brazil; Algeciras, Spain (41); Leixoes, Portugal (43); Rotterdam, Holland (46); Tilbury, UK (47) and Rouen (48).
      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); Antwerp, Belgium, (2); Le Havre, France (3); Santos, Brazil (15); Montevideo, Uruguay (18); Buenos Aires, Argentina (20); Rio Grande (22), Itajai (23), Paranagua, (24), Santos, 2nd call (26) and Rio de Janeiro, (28); all in Brazil; Tilbury, England (38); Rotterdam, the Netherlands (40); Hamburg (42).
      Valencia (Day 1) and Barcelona, Spain (3); possibly Las Palmas, Canary Islands (7); Salvador (13), Rio de Janeiro (14), Itajai (16), Paranagua (17), Sao Francisco do Sul (18), Santos (20) and Pecem (22), all in Brazil; Valencia (35).
      Maruba Maxima and MSC Geneva - More info ...


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Transpacific

North America - Australia and New Zealand





      Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal, CA (Day 1); Tauranga, NZ (16); Sydney (21), Melbourne (23) and Adelaide (26), all in Australia; Auckland, NZ, (31); Papeete, Tahiti (38); Ensenada, Mexico (46); San Francisco, Oakland terminal, CA (49); Seattle, WA (51); Vancouver, BC (53); Los Angeles (56).
      Albert Rickmers - More info



From the US East Coast:
      Philadelphia, PA (Day 1); Savannah, GA (3); Balboa, Panama (8); Auckland, NZ (24); Sydney (28) and Melbourne, Australia (31); Timaru (36), Port Chalmers (37), Napier (38) & Tauranga NZ (40); Manzanillo, Panama (56); Cartagena (57) and Philadelphia (63).
      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) 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) ...
      2) Seattle (Day 1); Yokohama (11); Shanghai (13); Pusan (15); Seattle (25).
      3) Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal, (Day 1) and San Francisco, Oakland terminal, CA (3), Pusan, Korea (15), Yantian (18); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (19); Shanghai, China (21) Kwangyang, Korea (23) and Pusan, 2nd call (24), Los Angeles (35).
      4) Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal, (Day 1); San Francisco, Oakland terminal (2); Xiamen (18), Chiwan (19), Hong Kong (20) and Yantian (21), all in China; Los Angeles (35).
      Hanjin (NSB), CMA CGM, MSC Texas, Pacific Link - More info ...

      Los Angeles, Long Beach terminal, (Day 1); San Francisco, Oakland terminal (3); Tokyo (15) and Osaka, Japan (16), Pusan, Korea (18), Shanghai, China (20), Pusan, 2nd call (23), Osaka (25 and Tokyo, 2nd calls (26) Los Angeles (35).
      Hanjin (Laeisz) - More info ...

      New York (Day 1), Savannah, GA (2), Port Everglades, FL (3), Freeport, Bahamas (4); Transit the Panama Canal (9), Manzanillo, Mexico (13); Long Beach, CA (15), Tokyo (24) and Yokohama, Japan (27), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (31), Hong Kong (33), Chiwan (35), Yantian (36), Shanghai (39) and Ningbo, China (40), Pusa, Korea (41), Manzanillo 2nd call (53), Transit the Panama Canal, (57), Freeport, 2nd call (63), New York (65).
      MSC Kenya - 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 ...


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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).
      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).
      Sailing every week or two: Southampton, England (Day 1); Rotterdam, Holland (2); Hamburg, Germany (4); Antwerp, Belgium (6); Le Havre, France (8); Tangier, Morocco (11); Port Said, Egypt (16); transit the Suez Canal (17); Djibouti, Somalia (21); Jebel Ali, UAE (24); Karachi, Pakistan (27); Nhava Sheva, next to Mumbai (29) and Mundra (32) both in India; Djibouti, 2nd call (37); Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (39); transit the Suez Canal (41), Malta (43); Tangier, 2nd call (46); Southampton (49).
      CMA CGM - More info ...

      VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - Hamburg, Germany (Day 1); Rotterdam, Holland (2); Thamesport, UK (4); via Cape of Good Hope to Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia (30); Kaohsiung, Taiwan (34); Qingdao (39), Ningbo (41), Shanghai, Yangshan terminal (43), Yantian (45) and Hong Kong (46), all in China; Tanjung Pelepas, 2nd call (50); transit the Suez Canal (59); Taranto, Italy (62); Le Havre, France (68); Hamburg (70).
      Evergreen - More info


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South Seas

Along the Americas' Coasts









      New York, NY (Day 1); Baltimore, MD (2); Charleston, SC (4); Port Everglades, FL (5); Cartagena, Colombia (9); Manzanillo, Panama (10); transit the Panama Canal (11); Guayaquil, Ecuador (13); Callao, Peru (16); San Antonio (21) and San Vicente, Chile (22); Callao (27) and Guayaquil, second calls (31); transit the Panama Canal (35); Cartagena (36) and Port Everglades, 2nd calls (39), New York (42).
      CSAV Hamburgo - More info ...




      Manzanillo, Mexico (Day 1); Perto 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 ...




      Santos, Brazil (Day 1); Buenos Aires (Day 4) and Puerto Madryn, Argentina (6); San Antonio, Chile (13); Callao, Peru (17); Guayaquil, Ecuador (20); Ilo, Peru (24); Antofagasta, Chile (26); San Antonio, 2nd call (28); Imbituba (36), Itajai or Sepetiba (39) and Santos (42), all in Brazil.
      Maruba Africa - More info ...



      Houston, TX; Cartagena, Colombia; Puerto Limon, Costa Rica; Santo Tomas de Casttilla, Guatemala; Puerto Cortes, Honduras; Kingston, Jamaica; Veracruz and Altamira, Mexico; back to Houston in approx. 21 days.
      ... 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).
      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 ...


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World Cruises

North America - the Mediterranean and Far East

5- to 6-week Mediterranean voyages,
7- to 9-week Far East voyages, and
104-day combined roundtrip voyages,
sailing every 6-7 weeks

      The Mediterranean leg: Savannah, GA (Day 1); New York (3); Halifax, NS (5); Tarragona, near Barcelona, Spain (14); Haifa, Israel (19); Leghorn (26) and Genoa, Italy (27); Tarragona (29), Halifax (37) and New York (39), all 2nd calls, and back to Savannah (42) ...
      The Far East leg: Savannah (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 ...


The Far East - South Africa - South America

77-day voyages, sailing every 4-6 weeks

      The Far East leg: Singapore (Day 1); Santos, Brazil (19); Buenos Aires, Argentina (23); Montevideo, Uruguay (25); Paranagua (27), Sao Francisco do Sul (29), Santos, 2nd call, (30) and Rio de Janeiro (32), all in Brazil; Cape Town (40) and Port Elizabeth (43), South Africa; Singapore (55).
      South America leg: Singapore (Day 1); Hong Kong (3); Kobe (8), Yokohama (10) and Nagoya, Japan (11); Pusan, Korea (13); Shanghai (15), Yantian (17) & Hong Kong (18), all in China; Singapore (22).
      MOL Wish and CMA CGM Copernic- More info ...


Northern Europe - North America - Australia & NZ

84-day voyages, 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

120-130-day eastbound voyages, sailing every two weeks

      The following itinerary begins in Houston, however a roundtrip voyage as well as voyage segments are available from and between three major ports, Houston, Hamburg and Singapore:

      Houston, TX (Day 1); New Oleans, LA (5); Philadelphia, PA (12) and possibly another port or two on the US east coast, then Antwerp, Belgium (24); Hamburg, Germany (29); Genoa, Italy (37) and another call in Europe likely, transit the Suez Canal (40); possibly Chennai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia (54), Singapore (58); possibly one or two ports in Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (64); possibly Haiphong, Vietnam; Hong Kong (70), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (73); Shanghai (77), Quingdao (79) and Xingang (82), all in China; possibly Masan, Korea; Kobe (84) and Yokohama, Japan (88) and usually an additional port or two in the Far East before crossing the Pacific with a possible call in Los Angeles or San Diego, CA and through the Panama Canal (118); back to Houston in approx. 125 days.
      Port times vary from one to several days.
      For a limited time only, Maris is pleased to offer its members a special discount on early reservations for roundtrip voyages: 6 months in advance, 5%, 12 months in advance, 10%, plus an additional 5% on sailings in July and August.
      Rickmers' Pearl String - More info ...


42-50 days, sailing eastbound or westbound every 6-7 weeks

      Eastbound: New York, NY (Day 1); Norfolk, VA (3); Savannah, GA (5); transit the Suez Canal (17); Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia, near Singapore (27); Hong Kong (31); Yantian (32) and Shanghai, China (34); Pusan, Korea (36); Seattle, WA (46).

      Westbound: Seattle (Day 1), Vancouver, BC (3); Yokohama, Japan (13); Shanghai (16), Hong Kong (18), Yantian (19), and Tanjung Pelepas, all 2nd calls (23); transit the Suez Canal (33); New York (45).
      Short Around-the-World cruise - More info ...


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