Cargo ship passenger fares with Sailing route from UK to Australia

Luxury freighter cruises and Freighter cruises cabins. The majority of freighter cruise lines operate year-round, so you can sail almost any time you please. Exactly when you travel depends on your budget (obviously fares are pricier during the destination’s tourist season), weather preferences and tolerance for crowds. For example, the weather in French Polynesia in Luxury freighter cruises, where Aranui 5 sails, is least humid in July and August, but prices are also higher and available cabins are fewer since there’s a large local festival in July for Freighter cruises, and August is when most French take their summer vacation in Luxury freighter. See More Freighter Cruise Lines Most potential freight cruisers are interested in combi-liners — ships that combine cruise ship comforts (air-conditioned cabins, Wi-Fi and onboard fitness rooms) with cargo-carrying facilities. There are two major combi-liner companies for Freighter cruises cabins: Tahiti-based Aranui Adventure Cruises operates the Aranui 5, which sails through the archipelagos of French Polynesia. And from Cape Town, South Africa, RMS St. Helena delivers mail and supplies to the South Atlantic islands of St. Helena and Ascension.

There are similar freight cruise lines operating along the coast of India, in Indonesia and along the Chinese coast, but maritime historian Peter Knego warns that they are a “far cry” from what cruisers will find on Aranui 5 and RMS St. Helena in terms of amenities, food and service. Such freighters, he said, are suitable only for the most adventurous and low-maintenance travelers for Luxury freighter cruises and Freighter cruises cabins in Freighter cruises. Freight cruises that carry a dozen or fewer passengers per ship (with only basic facilities and without an onboard doctor) include CMA CGM, which sails to the Far East, Europe, Asia and North and South America; PZM Polish Steamship Company, sailing seasonally between Minnesota and Amsterdam; and Hamburg Sud, which operates itineraries all over the world for Luxury freighter. Freighter Cruise Itineraries in Freighter cruises cabins Freighter ships and combi-liners operate itineraries all over the world and of varying lengths for Luxury freighter cruises. See More Up to 14 Nights: The shortest freighter cruises typically run between 10 and 14 days. These include transatlantic crossings, Aranui 5’s French Polynesian run and RMS St. Helena’s sailings from Cape Town to the Atlantic islands of St. Helena and Ascension about Luxury freighter cruises and Freighter cruises cabins for Freighter cruises. 15 Nights to Several Months: Cargo lines such as CMA-CGM and Hamburg Sud offer extended sailings as long as 100 days, with itineraries that include the Far East, South America, Asia and North and South America. Transatlantic: Freighters that carry 12 or fewer passengers, such as Rickmers-Linie’s Spirit of Lisbon; CMA-CGM’s Fort St. Georges, St. Louis, and St. Pierre; and Hamburg Sud ships make Atlantic crossings year-round. Regional: The two regions that are served most regularly by freighter cruises are French Polynesia, served by Aranui 5, and the South Atlantic, served by RMS St. Helena in Freighter cruises. Around the World: Container ships ply every ocean, and passengers can book inter-continental passage on both east- and west-bound cruises. CMA-CGM sails an around-the-world itinerary of approximately 77 days from Houston, Texas, through the Suez and Panama Canals. Rickmers’ ships sail eastbound only from China, but an agent might be able to combine a sailing with a CMA-CGM voyage from the U.S. east coast or Mediterranean to make a longer round-the-world trip.

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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