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These are the most common and modern passenger-carrying freighters on the seas today. They can carry upto 12 passengers and 15,000 containers. |
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In the past, products such as electronic equipment, machinery, furniture, food, etc., were packed in boxes, crates and bags and loaded on board. It was a much more cumbersome method of loading, stowing and securing cargo and these ships also called at more ports along the route, making voyages longer and subject to frequent delays. While containerization has changed all that, certain overweight and oversize cargoes which cannot be held in containers, are still carried by general-cargo ships, as well as by more modern multipurpose and semi-containerships, Ro-Ro (Roll-on Roll-off) and reefer (refrigerated cargo) vessels. |
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The basic service provided by these ships is connecting local communities, such as the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia or along the coasts of Norway, bringing them mail and supplies. The British Royal Mail Ship, St. Helena, makes longer trips from the U.K. to South Africa as well as to the Ascension, Canary and St. Helena Islands. And from April through October, a fleet of vintage coastal traders, which once delivered supplies to the islands, now offer a selection of one- and two-week roundtrip voyages along the Croatian coast in the Northern, Central and Southern Adriatic. |
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Maris Freighter Cruise & Travel Club Int'l
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