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"ALL CHANGE" FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND PASSENGER TRADES
The recent reorganisation of the Australia/New Zealand trades has seen
passenger routings on cargo ships 'all change' as of this month, as the new services begin. A dozen ships have now replaced the ten that that previously carried passengers. With the acquisition of P&O Nedlloyd by Maersk and CP Ships (including Contship Containerlines) by Hapag-Lloyd during 2005, the previous eastabout and westabout round-the-world services have now come to an end and have been replaced by two 84-day pendulum services, weekly out-and-back via Suez and fortnightly out and back via Panama. In addition, Hamburg Süd has mounted its own fortnightly 84-day round voyage via Panama. Of the twenty-four ships involved in these trades, not all carry passengers, but half of them, or a dozen, do, in all cases using Tilbury as their base UK port. Five vessels in the new CMA CGM/Hapag-Lloyd joint service trade via Suez. These include the Hapag-Lloyd-chartered ADELAIDE EXPRESS, Rickmers' AENNE RICKMERS, ALEXANDRA RICKMERS, formerly known as CONTSHIP LONDON and CONTSHIP ROME, the French-flag CMA CGM UTRILLO and the German LEDA TRADER. Australia/New Zealand ports of call are similar to the previous service, with a homebound call at Singapore on the way back to Europe and calls at La Spezia in each direction. Seven ships now trade via Panama. These include four CMA CGM/Marfret vessels, the CMA CGM LATOUR, CMA CGM MANET and CMA CGM MATISSE plus Rickmers' MARFRET PROVENCE, in the CMA CGM/Hapag-Lloyd joint service, which maintains the traditional French calls at Papeete, 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. In addition, three chartered Hamburg-Süd ships, the CAP VAN DIEMEN, CAP VICTOR and CAP VINCENT, now carry passengers out and back via Panama on another 84-day round voyage, which calls at Philadelphia in both directions. These ships do not call on the Pacific islands but feature a call at Cartagena, Colombia, in both directions. Kevin Griffin -- The Cruise People Ltd, 88 York Street, London W1H 1QT, England www.cruisepeople.co.uk Isn't it High Time you were on the High Seas? Telephone: +44 (0)20 7723 2450 Telefax: +44 (0)20 7723 2486 UK Freephone 0800 526 313 E-Mail: ---------------------------------------------------- Leading Cruise Agents Alliance (LCA) Passenger Shipping Association Retail Agents (PSARA) American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) ---------------------------------------------------- |
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