The Pacific Tom Wörden The Polynesia departs Los Angeles for San Francisco, CA; Papeete, Tahiti; Apia, Western Samoa; Pago Pago, American Samoa; returning to Los Angeles in about 28 days. Mare Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Tausala Samoa departs Los Angeles for San Francisco, CA; Papeete, Tahiti; Apia, Western Samoa; Pago Pago, American Samoa; returning to Los Angeles in approximately 28 days.
Published: July, 2005
The Pacific
Tom Wörden
The Polynesia departs Los Angeles for San Francisco, CA; Papeete, Tahiti; Apia, Western Samoa; Pago Pago, American Samoa; returning to Los Angeles in about 28 days.
Mare Schiffahrtsgesellschaft
Tausala Samoa departs Los Angeles for San Francisco, CA; Papeete, Tahiti; Apia, Western Samoa; Pago Pago, American Samoa; returning to Los Angeles in approximately 28 days.
Asia and Europe
Hanjin & Senator
A fleet of 18 containerships, some of them the largest passenger-carrying freighters on the seas today, sail weekly from Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA across the Pacific to Pusan, South Korea; Tokyo and Osaka, Japan; Hong Kong, China and via Singapore to Europe and back in approximately 84 days.
Reederei F. Laeisz
Nine ships from the West Coast to the Far East and North Europe (transits the Mediterranean). From Long Beach to Oakland, CA; Tokyo & Osaka, Japan; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Hong Kong; Singapore; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Suez Canal transit; Le Havre, France; Hamburg, Germany; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Felixstowe, England; Suez Canal transit; Colombo; Singapore; Yantian, China; Hong Kong; Osaka; Tokyo; returning to Long Beach in approximately 84 days.
Transeste Schiffahrt / Oltmann Shipping
The Trade Bravery & Trade Rainbow depart Long Beach for Oakland, CA; Hong Kong; Chiwan & Shanghai, China; Pusan, S. Korea; returning to Long Beach in about 35 days.
The Mediterranean
H. Buss/Oltmann Shipping
The Cielo del Canada departs Vancouver, BC for Portland, OR, Oakland, CA; Manzanillo, Mexico; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Panama Canal transit; Cartagena, Colombia; Thamesport, England; Rotterdam, Holland; Valencia, Spain; Livorno & Genoa, Italy; Fos sur Mer, France; San Juan, PR; Panama Canal transit; Manzanillo, Mexico, Long Beach (northbound only), returning to Vancouver in approximately 64 days.
Australia and New Zealand
ANZDL (German)
The Direct Tui sails every seven weeks from Los Angeles, CA to Auckland, NZ, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Auckland, 2nd call, and back either via Papeete, Tahiti or Honolulu, HI to Oakland, CA, Seattle, WA or Vancouver, BC and Los Angeles in approximately 48 days.
Hamburg Sud
The Hamburg Sud sails every three to four weeks from San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC and Los Angeles, CA to Auckland, NZ; Sydney and Melbourne, Australia; Auckland, 2nd call; Suva, Fiji; possibly Honolulu, HI and back to San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Los Angeles in approximately 55 days.
Internet Guide to Freighter Travel
http://www.geocities.com/freighterman.geo/mainmenu.html
Freighter World Cruises, Inc.
180 S. Lake Ave., Suite 335
Pasadena, CA 91101-2655
(626) 449-3106 or (800) 531-7774 http://www.freighterworld.com/
TravLtips
P.O. Box 580188
Flushing, NY 11358
(718) 224-0435 or (800) 872-8584 http://www.travltips.com/freighterdirectory.html
Maris Freighter Cruises
215 Main St.
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 222-1500 or (800) 99-MARIS http://www.freightercruises.com/
