# When did the last North Atlantic passenger ship lines \[cease\] operations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 17, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325 "2016-02-17T10:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325/61 "2016-02-19T19:12:12Z")
> [@Dana\_Scully](#): > > I dislike flying intensely. What would a round trip ticket on the QM cost? It looks like about $1400 one way for an inside cabin, so about $3000 round trip. > **[Luxury cruise vacations 2024, 2025 & 2026 – Cunard US](https://www.cunard.com/en-us)** > > Big Balcony Event - Enjoy $600 or more Onboard Credit per Stateroom to spend on your luxury Cunard cruise when you book a Britannia Balcony or any higher stateroom grade. Offer ends September 30, 2024. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325/62 "2016-02-19T19:14:38Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Since we’ve established that there is still passenger service from the US to Europe, what about other voyages? For example, can you take a passenger ship from the US to Australia? Australia to Chile? Brazil to South Africa? Mexico to China? A quick perusal of Sydney cruises brought up destinations of: Seattle, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Singapore and Hong Kong. All running anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325/63 "2016-02-19T19:15:24Z")
> [@Dana\_Scully](#): > > I dislike flying intensely. What would a round trip ticket on the QM cost? Looking on the Cunard website, for advance booking of balcony cabins on winter 2016/17 transatlantic sailings, it can go as low as £1049 per person each way, so say $3000 for a round trip. Ocean view and inside cabins are cheaper. You can play about with options here: > **[Luxury cruise holidays 2024, 2025 & 2026 – Cunard UK](https://www.cunard.com/en-gb?ASCookie=AEMOrigin&s=QM)** > > Book a luxury 2024, 2025, or 2026 Cunard cruise of 7 nights or more to enjoy up to US$620 on board credit per balcony stateroom, plus complimentary stateroom upgrades on selected voyages. Book by 2 Sepetmber 2024. ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325/64 "2016-02-19T19:19:28Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Since we’ve established that there is still passenger service from the US to Europe, what about other voyages? For example, can you take a passenger ship from the US to Australia? Australia to Chile? Brazil to South Africa? Mexico to China? You can travel as a passenger on [freighters](https://www.freightercruises.com/voyages.php) on at least most of those routes. For example, CMA-CGM’s Pearl River Express has weekly sailings from Oakland, California, to Hong Kong and several Chinese ports, returning via Long Beach. Of course, these ships carry a maximum of ten passengers and the full roundtrip takes a month and a half. ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325/65 "2016-02-19T20:09:59Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > You can travel as a passenger on [freighters](https://www.freightercruises.com/voyages.php) on at least most of those routes. For example, CMA-CGM’s Pearl River Express has weekly sailings from Oakland, California, to Hong Kong and several Chinese ports, returning via Long Beach. Of course, these ships carry a maximum of ten passengers and the full roundtrip takes a month and a half. And as far as I know, these freight ship passages are actually the cheapest options that are available to those who absolutely insist on travelling by ship. What you get is a no-frills spare cabin, you are served the same food as the crew members and there is absolutely no onboard entertainment (other than, maybe, a DVD player). ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325/66 "2016-02-19T21:08:28Z")
In 1972, my family traveled from Los Angeles to Taipei, Taiwan, on the President Wilson (American President Line (APL)). That was our last oceanic trip by ship. (At the time, it was cheaper to take an ocean liner back and forth from Taiwan to the USA than it was to fly. Plus, we got a nice 2-week vacation out of it!) According to Wikipedia, the President Wilson was the last passenger ship of the APL and was sold off in 1973. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-last-north-atlantic-passenger-ship-lines-cease-operations/746325.md?page=3)