Important Note to intending travellers: Australia/New Zealand ships are very often fully booked a year before sailing, as this is a very popular route. Book early to be guaranteed space as not all ships carry passengers.

Three vessels in the CMA CGM/Hapag-Lloyd joint service carry passengers via Suez. These include Hapag-Lloyd’s ADELAIDE EXPRESS and Rickmers' AENNE RICKMERS and ALEXANDRA RICKMERS .

One more ship calls at Reunion and Mauritius outbound and India on the return. For those wishing to shorten the voyage, calls will be made at La Spezia in both directions.  Operating in the CMA CGM Nemo Line (New Europe Mascarene Oceania), this ship carries passengers via Suez.  This is Hansa Shipping's CMA CGM NEWTON. Call +44 (0)20 7723 2450 or e-mail for availability.

Itinerary A (Rickmers and Hapag-Lloyd ships): Tilbury  (UK), Hamburg (Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands), La Spezia (Italy), Damietta (Egypt), Suez Canal, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane (Australia), Auckland, Napier and Port Chalmers (New Zealand) and return by way of Melbourne, Adelaide, Singapore, Colombo, Damietta and La Spezia to Tilbury (84 days).

Itinerary B (CMA CGM Nemo Line): Tilbury  (UK), Hamburg (Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Le Havre and Fos sur Mer (France), La Spezia (Italy), Damietta (Egypt), Suez Canal, Djibouti, Reunion, Port Louis (Mauritius), Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane (Australia), Auckland and Lyttelton (New Zealand) and return by way of Melbourne, Adelaide, Jakarta, Port Kelang, Chennai (India), Colombo, Djibouti, Jeddah, Damietta, Malta and La Spezia to Tilbury (91 days). This service is fully booked for 2008 and into 2009. See below for an alternative.

Two Alternatives to the Nemo Line: For those wishing to visit Mauritius and Reunion, the COSTA EUROPA will be doing two positioning voyages as follows:   28 nights on November 22, 2008, from Savona and Naples to Alexandria, Port Said, Sharm el Sheik, Aqaba, Safaga, Aden, Salalah, Mahe, Mombasa, Mayotte, Diego Suarez, Reunion and Mauritius. And 25 nights March 14, 2009, from Mauritius and Reunion to Diego Suarez, Nossy Be, Mayotte, Mombasa, Salalah, Aden, Safaga, Sharm el Sheik, Naples and Savona. Please call or e-mail for details.

Four CMA CGM vessels, CMA CGM LATOUR, CMA CGM MANET, CMA CGM MATISSE and CMA CGM UTRILLO from CMA CGM The French Line, plus NSB's ANL ESPRIT and Rickmers' MARFRET PROVENCE, will maintain the traditional French calls at Papéete, Tahiti, and Noumea, New Caledonia, on the southbound leg. These ships call outbound at New York and homebound at Philadelphia, the traditional US East Coast reception port for New Zealand lamb.

Hamburg Süd also offers an 84-day round voyage. Four ships, CAP BEATRICE, CAP CAPRICORN, CAP CLEVELAND and CAP SUNION, carry passengers out and back via Panama, with calls at Philadelphia in both directions. These ships do not call on the Pacific islands but feature a call at Cartagena, Colombia, in each direction.

CMA CGM LATOUR, CMA CGM MANET, CMA CGM MATISSE and CMA CGM UTRILLO from CMA CGM The French Line, plus ANL ESPRIT and MARFRET PROVENCE and the CAP BEATRICE, CAP CAPRICORN, CAP CLEVELAND and CAP SUNION . Call +44 (0)20 7723 2450 or e-mail for availability.

Itinerary (CMA CGM ships):  Tilbury (UK), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Dunkirk and Le Havre (France), New York, Savannah (USA), Kingston (Jamaica), Manzanillo (Panama), Panama Canal, Papeete (Tahiti), Lautoka (Fiji), Noumea (New Caledonia), Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne (Australia), Tauranga and Napier (New Zealand) and return by way of Manzanillo, Savannah and Philadelphia to Tilbury (84 days), OR

Itinerary (Cap vessels):  Tilbury (UK), Bremerhaven (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium), Philadelphia, Savannah (USA), Cartagena, Panama Canal, Auckland or Tauranga, Sydney and Melbourne (Australia), Timaru, Port Chalmers or Napier and Auckland or Tauranga (New Zealand) and return by way of Cartagena, Savannah and Philadelphia to Tilbury (84 days)

Those wishing a complete circumnavigation of the globe can remain on board back to Europe.  Full round-the-world service is still available, westabout with Bank Line or eastabout with Rickmers Pearl String. The Bank Line operates four ships carrying 12 passengers each and Rickmers twelve ships carrying 7 passengers. These routes do not include Australia but the Bank Line does call at New Zealand.  

The Bank Line ships BOULARIBANK, GAZELLEBANK, MAHINABANK and TIKEIBANK (twelve passengers each in single and double cabins) also accept passengers in a 45-day service from Dunkirk via Tahiti to Auckland, New Zealand.  Service is out by way of Panama and no US visa is required for this route. Call +44 (0)20 7723 2450 or e-mail for availability.

Itinerary: London  (UK by mini-bus), Dunkirk (France, embarkation), Papéeté (Tahiti) and Auckland.

Alternately, passengers wishing to travel round the world can change ships between the Panama ships and the Suez ships as they call in Australia or New Zealand.  

This Hamburg-Süd/Hapag-Lloyd joint route offers Trans-Pacific service with the container ship HANSA FLENSBURG from Oakland and Los Angeles. Call +44 (0)20 7723 2450 or e-mail for availability.  

Route: Long Beach to Tauranga (New Zealand), Sydney , Melbourne and Adelaide (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand), and return by way of Papéete (Tahiti) to Oakland, Seattle, Vancouver and Long Beach.

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