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

Multi-purpose cargo ships such as the RICKMERS HAMBURG and the MAHINABANK offer frequent 120-day voyages around the world .

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 6 passengers), 30,000 dwt tons.

Route: Hamburg - Antwerp - Genoa - Suez - Jakarta - Singapore - Hong Kong - Shanghai - Dalian - Pusan - Yokohama - New Orleans - Houston - Baltimore - Hamburg, subject to change.

m/v BOULARIBANK, m/v GAZELLEBANK, m/v MAHINABANK, m/v TIKEIBANK (4 Double cabins and 4 Single Cabins, swimming pool, maximum 12 passengers), 18,627 gross tons.

Route: Dunkirk - Le Havre - Panama - Papeete - (Pago Pago) - Suva - Auckland - Noumea - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Santo, Vanuatu - Honiara - Port Moresby - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Kimbe, Papua New Guinea - Lae, Papua New Guinea - Madang, Papua New Guinea - Jakarta - Singapore - (Port Kelang) - (Suez) - Algeciras - Hamburg - Antwerp, subject to change. Note: One should book well in advance in order to obtain space on this route!!

(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).

2.1. Australia and New Zealand in French or International ships (84 days or 91 days)

m/v CMA CGM MATISSE and m/v CMA CGM UTRILLO (French flag, 1 Owners and 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers) and m/v CMA CGM LA TOUR and m/v CMA CGM MANET (Bahamian flag, 1 Owners and 2 Double cabins, maximum 6 passengers), 30,500 dwt tons, plus the chartered ANL ESPRIT (German flag, 1 Owners and 1 Single Cabin, swimming pool, maximum 3 passengers), 32,000 tons.

Itinerary 1: 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).

One chartered German ship carries passengers on Itinerary 2, which is Hansa Shipping's CMA CGM NEWTON (Liberian flag, 3 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 3 passengers).

Itinerary 2 (new): 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).

m/v AENNE RICKMERS and m/v ALEXANDRA RICKMERS (1 Owners and 2 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 4 passengers), 30,800 dwt tons.

Itinerary 1: 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).

m/v MARFRET PROVENCE (1 Owners and 2 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 4 passengers).

Itinerary 2: Tilbury (UK), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Dunkirk and Le Havre (France), New York, Norfolk, Savannah (USA), Kingston (Jamaica), Manzanillo (Panama), Panama Canal, Papeete (Tahiti), Noumea (New Caledonia), Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand) and return by way of Manzanillo, Savannah and Philadelphia to Tilbury (84 days).

m/v CAP BEATRICE, CAP CAPRICORN, CAP CLEVELAND and CAP SUNION (1 Owners, 3 Double and 1 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 9 passengers), 30,800 dwt tons.

Itinerary: 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)

m/v PEKING SENATOR, m/v PENANG SENATOR and m/v PORTLAND SENATOR (4 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 8 passengers), 63,645 dwt tons.

Route: Naples - La Spezia - Barcelona - Valencia - Suez - Port Kelang - Singapore - Hong Kong - Yantian - Osaka - Tokyo - Long Beach - Oakland - Tokyo - Osaka - Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Singapore - Suez - Port Said - Naples.

m/v IBN SINA (1 Owners, 2 Doubles and 2 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 8 passengers), 40,000 dwt tons.

Route: La Spezia - Fos sur Mer - Barcelona - Valencia - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Valencia - Genoa - Gioia Tauro - Suez - Jeddah - Khor Fakkan - Bin Qasim - Mundra - Nhava Sheva - Jebel Ali - Jeddah - Suez - Alexandria - Gioia Tauro - La Spezia.

m/v NORASIA POLARIS (3 Double cabins, 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers). 42,300 dwt tons.

Route: Long Beach - Yokohama - Keelung - Hong Kong - Chiwan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Pusan - Manzanillo - Puerto Quetzal - Buenaventura - Callao - Iquique - Antofagasta - Manzanillo - Lon Beach.

m/v CSAV SAO PAOLO (3 Double cabins, 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers). 42,300 dwt tons.

Route: Antofagasta - San Vicente - San Antonio - Manzanillo - Yokohama - Keelung - Hong Kong - Chiwan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Pusan - Manzanillo - Puerto Quetzal - Buenaventura - Guayaquil - Callao - Iquique - Antofagasta.

m/v CSAV TRINIDAD (1 Owners, 2 Double cabins, 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers). 33,840 dwt tons.

Route: Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Rio Grande - Paranagua - Itajai - Santos - Durban - Singapore - Hong Kong - Ningbo - Hong Kong - Singapore - Durban - Santos - Buenos Aires.

m/v CIFIC (2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 4 passengers) - about 45,000 dwt tons

Route: Houston - Kingston, Jamaica - Panama Canal - Shanghai - Pusan - Osaka - Yokohama - Panama Canal - Colon, Panama - Kingston, Jamaica - Tampa - Mobile - Houston.

m/v CCNI RIMAC (1 Owners, 2 Double cabins, 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers). 33,840 dwt tons.

Route: Valparaiso - Keelung - Hong Kong - Shanghai - Pusan - Manzanillo - Buenaventura - Guayaquil - Iquique - Mejillones - Valparaiso.

m/v CSAV MANZANILLO and m/v CSAV MARESIAS (1 Double cabin, maximum 2 passengers), 23,040 tons.

Route: Livorno - Vado Ligure - Barcelona - Valencia - San Juan - Rio Haina - Cartagena - Callao - San Antonio - Mejillones - Callao - Cartagena - Valencia - Salerno - Livorno.

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. Other vessels sometime substituted.

Route: 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.

Route: 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 CMA CGM NABUCCO, m/v CMA CGM OTELLO, m/v CMA CGM TOSCA and m/v CMA CGM TRAVIATA, (2 Double and 3 Single cabins, maximum 7 passengers), all about 100,000 dwt tons.

French Asia Line 1: Southampton- Rotterdam - Hamburg - Zeebrugge - Le Havre - Malta - Suez - Khor Fakkan - Chiwan - Dalian - Tianjin - Shanghai - Hong Kong - Yantian - Port Kelang - Suez - Southampton.

m/v CMA CGM FIDELIO, m/v CMA CGM MEDEA and m/v CMA CGM NORMA (2 Double and 3 Single cabins, maximum 7 passengers), all about 100,000 dwt tons.

French Asia Line 2: Le Havre - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Zeebrugge - Suez - Port Kelang - Ningbo - Shanghai - Yantian - Hong Kong - Port Kelang - Suez - Le Havre.

m/v CMA CGM BERLIOZ, m/v CMA CGM BIZET, m/v CMA CGM DEBUSSY and m/v CMA CGM RAVEL (5 Double cabins, maximum 10 passengers), owned by CMA CGM, and m/v CMA CGM BALZAC, m/v CMA CGM BAUDELAIRE, m/v CMA CGM VERLAINE and m/v CMA CGM VOLTAIRE (2 Double cabins, 1 Single, maximum 5 passengers), owned by NSB, all with swimming pool, all about 78,000 dwt tons.

French Asia Line 3: Southampton - Beirut - Suez - Jeddah - Port Kelang - Qingdao - Ningbo - Xiamen - Chiwan - Yantian - Suez - Malta - Le Havre - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Zeebrugge - Southampton.

m/v EVER CHAMPION, m/v EVER CHARMING, m/v EVER CHIVALRY, m/v EVER CONQUEST, m/v HATSU COURAGE, m/v HATSU CRYSTAL, m/v ITAL CONTESSA, m/v LT CORTESIA (1 Owners, 1 Double and 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 5 passengers)

Route: Thamesport - Taranto - Port Said - Tanjung Pelepas - Kaohsiung - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Tanjoung Pelepas - Suez - Taranto - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Thamesport. Note: This is a new service.

m/v CMA CGM BELLINI, m/v CMA CGM CHOPIN, m/v CMA CGM MOZART, m/v CMA CGM PUCCINI, m/v CMA CGM ROSSINI, 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)

Route: Barcelona - Fos sur Mer - Genoa - Malta - Damietta - Suez - Port Kelang - Chiwan - Qingdao - Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Hong Kong - Chiwan - Port Kelang - Suez - Malta - Valencia - Barcelona.

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.

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

m/v CALIFORNIA SENATOR, m/v HONG KONG SENATOR, m/v WASHINGTON SENATOR (1 Owners, 2 Doubles and 2 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 8 passengers); m/v PALERMO SENATOR, m/v SHANGHAI SENATOR (2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 4 passengers); m/v IBN ZAIDOUN (swimming pool, 6 passengers) - all about 40/45,000 dwt tons

Route: La Spezia - Fos sur Mer - Valencia - Gioia Tauro - Suez - Jeddah - Khor Fakkan - Singapore - Shanghai - Hong Kong - Singapore - Suez - Gioia Tauro - La Spezia.

m/v CAP VAN DIEMEN (1 Owners, 3 Double and 1 Single cabins, swimming pool, maximum 9 passengers) and m/v HANSA FLENSBURG (1 Owners, 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers) - about 25/28,000 dwt tons

Route: Long Beach - Tauranga (New Zealand) - Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide - Auckland - Papéete - Oakland - Seattle - Vancouver - Long Beach.

m/v SCI DYA (3 Double cabins, 1 Single cabin, swimming pool, maximum 7 passengers). 42,300 dwt tons.

Route: Felixstowe - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Port Said - Suez - Colombo - Nhava Sheva - Port Said - Barcelona- Felixstowe.

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, Bank Line, H Buss, CMA CGM The French Line, Cast Containers, Columbia Ship Management, Compagnie Polynésienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM), Costa Container Lines, 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, TIM Shipping, Transeste Shipping, Andrew Weir Shipping, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, 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:

Blue Star Line, CP Ships, Canada Maritime, Chilean Line, Columbus Line, Contship Containerlines, 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.