The Cruise People Ltd [Round the World & Extended Voyages]

Multi-purpose cargo ship RICKMERS ANTWERP: Round the World in 124 days. CMA CGM MANET serves the South Pacific and Australia/New Zealand in 84 days.

1. Round the World & Far East in German ships (124 days with 18/25-day break)

m/v RICKMERS ANTWERP, m/v RICKMERS GENOA, m/v RICKMERS HAMBURG, m/v RICKMERS JAKARTA, m/v RICKMERS NEW ORLEANS, m/v RICKMERS SEOUL, m/v RICKMERS SHANGHAI, m/v RICKMERS SINGAPORE and m/v RICKMERS TOKYO - (2 Double and 2 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers), 30,000 dwt tons.

NOTE: until further notice passengers will not be carried on the stretch between Genoa and Singapore. Unfortunately, this ban has had to be imposed because some passengers have ignored officers' instructions to stay off the decks in areas where pirates are active. The duration of this passage is about 18-25 days, which would allow passengers about a three-week break in either Europe and/or Southeast Asia before rejoining the ship in Singapore. Alternatively, we can arrange passage through Suez on a fast container ship.

Itinerary: New Orleans - Houston - Baltimore - Hamburg - Antwerp - Genoa (All passengers must disembark here until further notice) - Suez - Jakarta - Singapore (Passengers may embark or re-board here) - Hong Kong - Shanghai - Dalian - Pusan - Yokohama - New Orleans - Houston - Baltimore - Hamburg, ports subject to change.

US Gulf & East Coast / Mediterranean / Suez / Far East / Panama / US Gulf & East Coast (76 days) on board m/v CMA CGM BLUE WHALE, m/v CMA CGM FLORIDA, m/v CMA CGM KINGFISH, m/v CMA CGM SWORDFISH and m/v CMA CGM TARPON (3 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers), 65,890 tons.

Itinerary: Houston - Mobile - Miami - Jacksonville - Savannah - Charleston - New York - Tanger Med - Jebel Ali - Singapore- Hong Kong - Chiwan - Shanghai - Pusan - Balboa - Manzanillo, Panama - Houston. Round the World bookings also accepted from Hong Kong.

US East Coast / Suez Canal / US West Coast (105 days round trip) on board m/v CMA CGM DOLPHIN (UK flag, 3 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers), m/v CMA CGM FIGARO (French flag, 3 Double cabins and 1 Single, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers) and m/v CMA CGM TOSCA (French flag, (2 Double and 3 Single cabins, maximum 7 passengers).

Itinerary: New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Suez Canal - Tanjung Pelepas - Hong Kong - Yantian - Shanghai - Pusan - Seattle - Vancouver - Yokohama - Shanghai - Ningbo - Hong Kong - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Suez Canal - New York. New York to Seattle 55 days, Seattle to New York 50 days. Complete your Round-the-World trip by crossing North America by rail.

Nassau / Havana / Brazil / Ghana / South Africa / Mauritius / India / Singapore / Viet Nam / Hong Kong / Cgina / Japan / Hawaii / US West Coast (105 days round trip) on board m/v EXPLORER (taking about 200 passengers, swimming pool, 8,000 book library, 24,318 gross tons).

Itinerary: Nassau - Havana - Manaus, Brazil - Tema, Ghana - Cape Town - Port Louis, Mauritius - Cochin, India - Singapore - Ho Chi Minh City - Hong Kong - Shanghai - Kobe - Yokohama - Hilo, Hawaii - San Diego (105 days, January 18 to May 2, 2012)

(NOTE: We ask enquirers to send a phone number with their requests so that immediate matters can be dealt with person-to-person. We make quotations, determine availability, and confirm reservations for those who give a full address and telephone number).

m/v CMA CGM MATISSE and m/v CMA CGM UTRILLO (1 Owners and 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers) and m/v CMA CGM MANET (same but no pool, maximum 6 passengers), all Cypriot flag, 30,500 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Tilbury - Rotterdam - Dunkirk - Le Havre - New York - Savannah - Kingston (Jamaica) - Manzanillo (Panama) - Panama Canal -Papeete (Tahiti) - Lautoka (Fiji) - Noumea (New Caledonia) - Sydney - Melbourne - Napier - Tauranga - Manzanillo - Kingston - Savannah - Philadelphia - Tilbury. Note: Visas required for calls in the United States and Australia.

m/v CMA CGM VERLAINE and m/v CMA CGM VOLTAIRE (2 Double and 1 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 5passengers), 130,700 tons.

Itinerary: Hong Kong - Chiwan - Ningbo - Shanghai (Yangshan) – Pusan - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Lazaro Cardenas - Callao - Iquique - San Antonio - San Vicente - San Antonio - Lazaro Cardenas - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Shanghai (Yangshan) - Keelung - Hong Kong.

m/v CAP JACKSON (1 Single Owners and 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 2 passengers), 50,270 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Hong Kong - Singapore - Durban - Suape - Sepetiba - Itajai - Santos - Port Elizabeth - Durban - Hong Kong - Shanghai - Nansha - Hong Kong.

m/v CMA CGM ANDROMEDA, m/v CMA CGM AQUILA and m/v CMA CGM CALLISTO, (2 Twins and 3 Double cabins, maximum 10 passengers), m/v CMA CGM HYDRA, m/v CMA CGM MUSCA and m/v CMA CGM THALASSA (1 Owners and 3 Double cabins, maximum 8 passengers), French and International flag, about 114-132,000 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Southampton - Hamburg - Zeebrugge - Rotterdam - Le Havre - Malta - Suez - Khor Fakkan - Yantian - Dalian - Tjanijn Xingang - Shanghai - Xiamen - Hong Kong - Yantian - Port Kelang - Suez - Malta - Southampton (77 days).

m/v CMA CGM CASSIOPEIA, m/v CMA CGM CENTAURUS, m/v CMA CGM COLUMBA, m/v CMA CGM GEMINI, m/v CMA CGM LYRA , m/v CMA CGM MEDEA and m/v CMA CGM TITAN, (2 Twins and 3 Double cabins, maximum 10 passengers), m/v CMA CGM RIGOLETTO (2 Double and 3 Single cabins, maximum 7 passengers), all about 100,000 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Southampton - Beirut - Suez - Jeddah - Port Kelang - Chiwan - Xiamen - Qingdao - Ningbo - Chiwan - Nansha - Yantian - Vung Tao (Vietnam) - Port Kelang - Suez - Malta - Le Havre - Dunkirk - Zeebrugge - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Zeebrugge - Southampton (77 days).

m/v CMA CGM AMERIGO VESPUCCI, m/v CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB and m/v CMA CGM LA PEROUSE (French flag,), and m/v CMA CGM CORTE REAL and m/v CMA CGM MAGELLAN (British flag), (1 Twin and 4 Double cabins, maximum 10 passengers), 148,000 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Le Havre - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Zeebrugge - Port Kelang - Singapore - Ningbo - Shanghai - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Kelang - Le Havre (68 days).

m/v CMA CGM BELLINI, m/v CMA CGM CHOPIN, m/v CMA CGM PUCCINI, m/v CMA CGM STRAUSS, m/v CMA CGM VERDI and m/v CMA CGM WAGNER (French or International flag, 1 Owners and 4 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 10 passengers).

Itinerary: Southampton - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Le Havre - Port Said - Suez Canal - Khor Fakkan - Jebel Ali (passengers accepted this far) - Karachi - Nhava Sheva (no passengers accepted to or from India) - Mundra - Salalah - Djibouti - Jeddah - Suez Canal - Malta (passengers accepted again) - Tanger Med - Southampton.

m/v CMA CGM BERLIOZ and m/v CMA CGM RAVEL (5 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 10 passengers), about 80,000 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Trieste - Rijeka - Damietta - Suez Canal - Jeddah - Port Kelang - Singapore - Shanghai - Pusan - Hong Kong - Chiwan - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Kelang - Suez Canal – Damietta - Piraeus - Trieste.

m/v CMA CGM VELA (2 Owners and 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 8 passengers), 130,700 tons.

Itinerary: Southampton - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Zeebrugge - Le Havre - Malta - Suez - Khor Fakkan – Yantian – Dalian – Xingang - Shanghai (Yangshan) - Xiamen - Hong Kong - Yantian - Port Kelang - Suez - Tanger Med - Southampton.

m/v BAHIA, m/v BAHIA CASTILLO , m/v BAHIA GRANDE and m/v BAHIA NEGRA (1 Owners, 1 Double and/or 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 3/5 passengers).

Itinerary: Philadelphia - Savannah - Cartagena - Panama Canal - Balboa - Auckland - Sydney - Melbourne - Timaru - Port Chalmers - Napier - Tauranga - Auckland - Manzanillo - Cartagena - Philadelphia.

m/v EVER CONQUEST and m/v ITAL CONTESSA and m/v LT CORTESIA (1 Owners, 1 Double and 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 5 passengers), 100,887 tons.

Itinerary: Hamburg - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Suez Canal - Tanjung Pelepas - Qingdao - Shanghai (Yanghsan) - Ningbo - Xiamen - Yantian - Port Kelang - Suez Canal - Hamburg.

m/v HANJIN YANTIAN (3 Owners cabins, 1 Double and 2 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 10 passengers), 93,600 tons.

Itinerary: Felixstowe - Zeebrugge - Tangier - Suez Canal - Ningbo - Shanghai - Xiamen - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Suez Canal - Algeciras - Bremerhaven - Felixstowe.

m/v HANJIN AMSTERDAM, m/v HANJIN ATHENS, m/v HANJIN BRUSSELS and m/v HANJIN VIENNA (1 Owners, 1 Double and 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 5 passengers), 68,800 tons.

Itinerary: Rotterdam – Algeciras – Suez Canal – Singapore – Shanghai – Kaohsiung – Yantian – Baria Vung Tau – Singapore – Suez – Le Havre - Hamburg.

m/v CMA CGM BALZAC and m/v CMA CGM VOLTAIRE (1 Owners, 1 Double and 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 5 passengers), 77,900 tons.

m/v CONTI ANPING (1 Owners, 2 Double and 1 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers), 53,600 tons, and m/v ZIM SAN FRANCISCO (1 Owners and 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers), 63,600 tons.

Itinerary: New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Miami - Panama Canal – Kaohsiun - Shekou - Hong Kong – Panama Canal – New York.

m/v ZIM ONTARIO (1 Owners and 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6passengers), 63,600 tons.

Itinerary: Savannah – Charleston – Kingston – Cristobal – Panama Canal – Pusan – Shanghai – Xiamen – Shenzen – Hong Kong – Panama Canal – Savannah.

m/v HANJIN CHICAGO and HANJIN GENEVA (1 Owners, 1 Double and 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 5 passengers), 68,800 tons.

Itinerary: New York – Norfolk – Boston – Suez Canal – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Baria Vung Tau – Singapore – Suez Canal – New York.

m/v IRMA, m/v IRYDA, m/v ISA, m/v ISADORA and m/v ISOLDA (1 Owners, 1 Double and 2 Single cabins, maximum 6 passengers), 35,000 dwt tons. New: m/v DRAWSKO, m/v JUNO, m/v LUBIE, m/v MAMRY, m/v MIEDWIE, m/v RESKO, m/v SOLINA and m/v WICKO (1 Double with 3rd & 4th berths and 1 Single cabin, maximum 5 passengers), 30,000 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Great Lakes Trans-Atlantic round voyages are offered, with embarkation in IJmuiden, Cleveland or Burns Harbor at a fare of $5,700 for 60 days, with a refund of $95 per day for a voyage of less than 60 days, or surcharge of $95 per day for days over. The fare is variable as eastbound destination ports are not known until the outbound grain cargo is stemmed. Ships then normally return to IJmuiden to load back to the Great Lakes again. The eastbound trade is grain (wheat, corn, soybeans, peas, etc) and about half the ships load at Duluth, Minnesota, or Thunder Bay, Ontario, with the rest loading at Milwaukee, Toledo, Montreal, Sorel or Quebec. Destinations are not known until the last minute and can be any of Morocco, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Norway, Poland or Russia before returning to IJmuiden. (Note: Now that Egon Oldendorff has stopped carrying passengers, this is one of the last voyages left for those wanting a long voyage in a bulk carrier).

m/v GRANDE AMBURGO, m/v GRANDE BUENOS AIRES, GRANDE FRANCIA, GRANDE SAO PAOLO (1 Owners, 3 Outside cabins, 2 Inside cabins, maximum 12 passengers), m/v GRANDE BRASILE (1 Owners, 5 Inside cabins, maximum 12 passengers), and m/v REPUBBLICA DE ARGENTINA (1 Owners, 5 Double cabins, maximum 12 passengers), all about 50,000 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Antwerp - Le Havre - Bilbao - Casablanca - Dakar - Banjul - Conakry - Freetown - Salvador de Bahia - Vitoria - Rio de Janeiro - Santos - Zarate - Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Paranagua - Santos - Rio de Janeiro - Dakar - Emden - Hamburg - Tilbury - Antwerp.

m/v NATALIE SCHULTE (1 Ownes cabin and 4 Single cabins, maximum 10 passengers), 33,650 tons.

Itinerary: Long Beach - Tauranga - Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide - Auckland - Papéete - Oakland - Seattle - Vancouver - Long Beach.

m/v CSAV APPENINI , m/v CSAV JURA and m/v CSAV PYRENEES (4 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 8 passengers), 63,645 dwt tons

Itinerary: Istanbul - Constanza - Ilyechevsk - Odessa - Port Kelang - Xingang - Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Xiamen - Chiwan - Port Kelang - Port Said - Istanbul.

m/v CAP BLANCHE, m/v CAP PASADO and m/v CAP VILANO (1 Double and 3 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 5 passengers), 37,500 dwt tons.

Itinerary: Tilbury - Hamburg - Antwerp - Caucedo - Manzanillo - Panama Canal - Buenaventura - Callao - Valparaisao - Calloa - Buenaventura - Panama Canal - Manzanillo - Cartagena - Caucedo - Rotterdam - Tilbury.

Itinerary: New York – Philadelphia – Norfolk – Charleston – Jacksonville – Port Everglades – Suape – Santos – Buenos Aires – Rio Grande – Navegantes – Santos – Rio de Janeiro – Salvador – Suape – Pecem – New York.

Did you know that flying produces 36 times more carbon dioxide per passenger-mile than sea travel?

Our many suppliers of excellent freighter cruises and cargo ship voyages include:

Christian F Ahrenkiel, Alpha Ship, Amerigo Express Line, CMA CGM The French Line, Cast Containers, Columbia Ship Management, Compagnie Polynésienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM), Peter Doehle, French Asia Line, French West Indies Line, Grimaldi Freighter Cruises, Hamburg-Süd, Hansa Shipmanagement, Hapag-Lloyd, Horn Line, Interorient Navigation, Reederei F Laeisz, Leonhardt & Blumberg, MCC, Mare Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, Martime Gesellschaft, NSB Freighter Cruises, NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtssgesellschaft Buxtehude, Reederei Nord, Norwegian Coastal Voyage (Hurtigruten), OPDR, OVDS, Oltmann Shipping, PZM Polish Steamship Company, Projex, Reederei B Rickmers, Rickmers Linie Pearl String Service, St Helena Line, Reederei Heinrich Schepers, Reederei Karl Schlüter, H Schuldt, TFDS, Transeste Shipping, Andrew Weir Shipping, Tom Wörden, Reederei Hermann Wulff, Frachtschiff Touristik Kapitän Peter Zylmann.

The following companies no longer carry passengers but we can place you with other owners:

Bank Line, Blue Star Line, H Buss, CP Ships, Canada Maritime, Chilean Line, Columbus Line, Contship Containerlines, Costa Container Lines, Elders & Fyffes, Furness Withy, Fyffes Line, Geest Line, Hanseatic Shipping Co Ltd, Intership Navigation Co Ltd, Ivaran Lines, Lykes Lines, MSC, Mediterranean Shipping Co, Mineral Shipping Co, Egon Oldendorff, P&O Nedlloyd Containers, Polish Ocean Lines, Safmarine, Seatrade Groningen, United Baltic Corporation.