Comments on: How to Cross the Ocean on a Freighter Ship

By: George

George — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:11:11 +0000

From December 2008 to April 2009 I was a passenger on the Rickmers Jakarta. It was a 126-day, round-the-world trip and a great experience. I’ve included the link to my blog at http://gklucsarits.blogspot.com
There are some other links to helpful resources, especially Dale Stenseth’s blog from the same ship.

Cheers,
George

By: Rory

Rory — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:15:28 +0000

I’m going to be in New Zealand next year whilst on my backpacking travels, and I am interested in possibly getting a freighter (or god knows what else) to Antarctica (Hey, why not?)
Anyone have any recommendations, seeing as I am a backpacker, and therefore money is not my strong point… I’d appreciate any MANLY help that anyone could give me.

p.s. If you say take a jumper, you suck. ;-)

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:53:42 +0000

Check this link http://www.seatravelltd.co.uk/j/index.php/freighter/choose-your-freighter
or email those people they are able to help with a reservation. I did 2 voyage with them Transatlantic there and back – easy.
Will definitely do it again.
Linda

By: Meliss

Meliss — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:37:50 +0000

I really appreciated your candor, Oakland CA is my home town and an ocean crossing is top of my list, your description helps immensely in my preparations. Now it looks like a crossing may be sooner rather then later. My husband has landed a job in Hong Kong, I’m sad to leave the Taco Trucks of Oakland but ya gotta go where the work is. I’d like to travel by cargo ship along with our cats. If anyone can recommend more reading and or information I’d be grateful.

By: asp

asp — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:36:48 +0000

I’ve been wondering how a vegetarian (like myself) would fare on a freighter. I’ve done the cheese sandwiches often enough on road trips, so I could deal with that. But I also found a comment on another site: “The type of food will vary with the nationality of the officers but the cooks will do their best to accommodate you. I was pleasantly surprised when clients (who hadn’t told me they were vegetarians) came home delighted with the dishes the cook prepared just for them.” http://www.tcpltd.com/freighter-voyages.html

That makes it sound like one could luck out and find a ship with a flexible cook!