New Seattle-Vancouver Cargo-Passenger Service Via Suez: PNW, Far East, Israel And Black Sea On Zim Ontario And Zim San Francisco

The Zim Ontario and Zim San Francisco now offer a long-haul route between the Pacific Northwest and the Black Sea via Suez

The 6-passenger NSB sister ships Zim San Francsco and Zim Ontario have recently changed from Zim Lines’ Halifax – Panama – Hong Kong run to a new route between Seattle and Vancouver, China and Malaysia, Suez, Israel and the Black Sea.

These are the only ships in the Zim fleet to carry [assengers and offer two very long round voyages that can also be booked one-way as part of a round-the-world itinerary.

On the return voyage to North America the ships call at Ho Chi Minch City in Vietnam. Port rotations for each ship are slightly different and are given below:

   Seattle / Vancouver / Far East / Odessa via Suez (105 days)

m/v ZIM ONTARIO (1 Owners and 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers), 63,600 tons.  Route: Seattle – Vancouver – Pusan – Qingdao – Ningpo – Shanghai – Da Chan Bay – Port Kelang – Suez Canal – Haifa – Istanbul – Novorossiysk – Odessa – Istanbul – Haifa – Suez Canal – Ho Chi Minh City – Da Chan Bay – Yantian – Xiamen – Ningpo – Shanghai – Seattle – Vancouver.

   Vancouver / Far East / Odessa via Suez (112 days)

m/v ZIM SAN FRANCISCO (1 Owners and 2 Double cabins, swimming pool, maximum 6 passengers), 63,600 tons.  Route: Vancouver – Pusan – Qingdao – Ningpo – Shanghai – Da Chan Bay – Port Kelang – Suez Canal – Ashdod – Haifa – Istanbul – Novorossiysk – Odessa – Haifa – Suez Canal – Port Kelang – Ho Chi Minh City – Da Chan Bay – Yantian – Xiamen – Ningpo – Shanghai – Pusan – Vancouver.

Fares for a full round voyage of 105 days start at €10,625 per peron double and €12.095 single. For a typical 13-night voyage the fares are €1,579 double and €1,791 single, while for a typical 28-day voyage they are €3,079 and €3,491, respectively.

Non-US and Canadian citizens need a full US B1/B2 visa to enter US ports as cargo ships are not included in the visa waiver program.

To book these ships, or any other cargo ship voyage, please call Miri Lopusna at The Cruise People Ltd in London on +44 (0)20 7723 2450 or email us at PassageEnquiry@aol.com.

 

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