How to Travel by Cargo Ship

"Most of the major global shipping lines CMA-CGM, Canada Maritime, and Bank Line offer paying passengers space on one of their lines. As a paying passenger you are accommodated in guest cabins and have access to most areas of the ship. Captains and crew spend a lot of time on the water,... more

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Rated by nepaltrekking on Aug 30, 12:33am

its very nice site
Rated by spaniard485 on Jul 31, 12:23pm

I may actually be doing this in the near future!
Rated by theplanetd on Jun 13, 7:37am

Cool, I have always wanted to do this. Maybe with this advice I will one day.
Reviewed by katierica on Jun 10, 4:59am

Amazing pics!!
Rated by Barrie501 on May 15 2009, 5:00am

Ever wonder if it were possible to travel by cargo ship? Here's how. Thanks to pocketcultures for this.
Rated by pocketcultures on May 15 2009, 4:46am

I tried to do this once, but it didn't work out. I think you have to be quite flexible with timing - when I called they said 'well the ship is supposed to sail on the 17th, but it could be 3 days or a week later. We're not really sure' It sounded like it was going to be quite pricey as well. Sounds like a cool experience though.
Rated by hellaHOMER on Mar 22 2009, 11:07pm

This would be awesome to experience once in my lifetime...but I'm now fearful of modern-day pirates hijacking the cargo ship and holding everyone hostage for ransom...or worse, being left for dead. X_x
Rated by F3nr1L on Mar 14 2009, 9:44am

You know, I honestly didn't know you could still do this. The summer after I finish my college? Might be a good thing to do. A unique thing to do at least.
Rated by kaatarra on Mar 10 2009, 7:27am

I'm just crazy enough to think this would be fun....

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