# Is it still possible to travel by boat?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 25, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-possible-to-travel-by-boat/715920 "2015-03-25T03:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-possible-to-travel-by-boat/715920/21 "2015-03-25T15:46:42Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Note that as far as getting from point A to point B, cruise ships, especially the above, are not exactly cheap. So the price of freighter passage should be compared to those.

I didn’t find the price of an equivalent travel on a cruise ship.

And anyway, cruise ships offer a lot of services that are absent on freighters. So, I’m not sure it’s fair to make a comparison.

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**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-possible-to-travel-by-boat/715920/22 "2015-03-25T16:16:55Z")

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> Bremerhaven - USA east coast
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> Roundtrip on a container vessel of a German shipping line runs between Bremerhaven and the USA east coast. **Partlegs to/from New York possible**.
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> Route
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> Bremerhaven, Le Havre, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Charleston, New York, Antwerpen, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven
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> Prices:
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> Total price **from** : 3560 €
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> Price per day **from** : 101 €
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> Travel duration: 35 Day(s)

[http://www.hamburgsued-frachtschiffreisen.de/hsr/en/freightertravel/travelareas/usacaribbeancentralamerica\_1/usacaribbeanresult\_66.jsp](http://www.hamburgsued-frachtschiffreisen.de/hsr/en/freightertravel/travelareas/usacaribbeancentralamerica_1/usacaribbeanresult_66.jsp)

Bremerhaven is a German port where countless immigrants from Germany and other European countries began their journey to America.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-possible-to-travel-by-boat/715920/23 "2015-03-26T18:25:50Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> The latter isn’t possible today. The intercontinental ocean liners were totally gone by the mid-70s as they were unable to compete with air travel (with the exception of the QE2, which was successfully marketed as a luxury product, more like a cruise, rather than a transportation service).

So I suppose [Cunard](http://www.cunard.com/cruise-types/transatlantic-cruises/) isn’t letting people go from NY to Southhampton or back … in serious luxury.

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**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-possible-to-travel-by-boat/715920/24 "2015-03-26T19:15:41Z")

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I once took Turkish Maritime Lines from Venice to Izmir, Turkey. I don’t remember just how long it took, but it seems like it was 2 or 3 days at sea. It was actually a ferry, as I was bringing my car with me. That was back in 1996.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-possible-to-travel-by-boat/715920/25 "2015-03-27T05:19:46Z")

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I know of [a ship](http://ww.picton-castle.com/voyages/the-voyages/transatlantic-voyage.html) doing a trans-Atlantic trip this fall. I wouldn’t call it fast. Or luxurious. Or cheap. But it is possible.

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