Container ship travel to europe

Container ship travel to europe See More In eight days you can travel from Antwerp to Finland, in two weeks from Antwerp to New York and in 41 days from Rotterdam to Sri Lanka. Passengers are allowed on container ships, ships with containers and ‘rolling stock’ (trains, bulldozers, trucks) and ships carrying bulk cargo (coal, steel and grain). Gas and oil tankers do not take passengers for safety reasons about Container ship travel to europe.

Tourism experts see freighter holidays as a niche product. “The interest in authentic holiday experiences has been increasing for years,” says Jan van der Borg, professor of Tourism Management at KU Leuven. “On a cargo ship you can play cards with the crew and look at the stars at night for Container ship travel to europe.” “There will certainly be people who want to experience this,” says Bas Hillebrand, professor of Marketing Management and Innovation at Radboud University. Sailing on a cargo ship does not seem to him to be a competition for a cruise, because tourists on a cargo ship have a different experience than on a cruise ship, so it will appeal to a different type of person. Eke Eijgelaar, researcher at Breda University of Applied Sciences, thinks that a trip by freighter could be interesting for adventurers with a big bankroll, or working people on a sabbatical. “A bit of back to basics is popular again these days.” See More Although Green Tickets focuses on Europe for the time being, further trips by freighter certainly fit in with its offer. “At the moment this is the only sustainable alternative to transatlantic flights. Except for sailing, but that takes a lot longer and there are no scheduled sailing services (yet) for Container ship travel to europe.”” Karel de Boer of Fair Ferry is working on that. He wants to apply the technology of racing sailboats in passenger sailing ships. “If that is successful, a sailing ship can be as fast as a cargo ship. Then you can sail from Rotterdam or Antwerp to the US in a week, without fuel. That’s a lot faster than the fifty days it currently takes with a traditional sailing ship.”” Until then people can book a trip on a traditional sailing ship (tallship) at Fair Ferry. Unlike CptnZeppos, where passengers are not allowed to help on board, this is the intention at Fair Ferry. “They hoist the sails together and keep watch at night. In retrospect, it turns out that people enjoyed working with strangers almost more than the destination.”

Steve Joury

Cargo trip advisor at Cargoholidays

Passionate about slow trip travel and sea. Steve know most shipping route and procedure to discover our beautiful world from sea on a container ship. He have been at most trips from 7 days on cargo travel to 140 days on board.

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