SOUTHAMPTON TO HONG KONG PASSENGER ONBOARD A CARGO SHIP CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, Marseille Departed Southampton July 1, 2015 arrived Hong Kong August 7, 2015

1. SOUTHAMPTON TO HONG KONG
PASSENGER ONBOARD A CARGO SHIP
CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, Marseille
Departed Southampton July 1, 2015
arrived Hong Kong August 7, 2015
MARITIMEPROJECTS
www.maritime-projects.com
CONTAINER SHIP CRUISES
www.maritime-cruises.com

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Sailing on the ocean has been something, that always attracted me – ever since I was
a kid.
I was five years old, when I in 1967, together with my parents (my father was an
officer onboard), embarked a danish cargo ship in Puerto Rico and sailed through the
Panama Canal towards Japan and further on to South Africa. In those days that trip
took four months. Back then it was customary that officers from time to time could
bring their families. I vaguely remember sunset in the Pacific leaving Japan listening
to AFN (American Forces Network) music on the radio.
I since kept my interest in shipping, and started my career in 1980. When I was 23,
I became partner, shareholder and CEO in the Swedish branch of Penta Shipping,
which was agent of COSCO. Later I founded Martin Bencher Group, and in 2012
– after 15 years – I sold the company to my partner. Since then I started again with
partners a network of freight forwarders, a company that sells freighter trips around
the world, and a project freight forwarding company, so everything is in one way or
the other shipping related.
Why freighter travel you would ask? Answer is simple:
The relaxation you have being on a ship, and in particular a cargo ship, which has
fixed routines, noone bothers you, no big choice of entertainment and simple life,
whilst the world outside is moving, cannot be described.
With this booklet I have tried to show you this with images taken onboard my most
recent trip, on the CMA CGM Christophe Colomb – a 380 m long and 50 m wide giant
able to load about 13,000 containers (teu). When I started in shipping in 1980 the
biggest cargo ship could load about 3,000 containers. Every year since 2005 I have
been onboard a cargo ship for 14 days to 2 months of duration. Sometimes I have
brought some of my children, as I was brought along by my parents many kilos ago
too.
Bo Drewsen is the chairman of
Maritime Projects Ltd,
www.maritime-projects.com,
which is the parent company of :
CLC Projects Network
www.clcprojects.com
&
Maritime Cruises
www.maritime-cruises.com
Bo is 53 years old, married and has 6 children. Bo
left Denmark originally in 1986 and moved to
Stockholm, Sweden. In 1992 he left for Asia and
was stationed in Asia for a total of 21 years, until
he returned to Stockholm in 2013. The longterm
stay in Asia also included stints in Finland, UK,
Malta, Indonesia and longterm stays in Beijing,
Shanghai and Kunming. With an average of 250
travel days a year during most of the stay abroad
Bo is a globetrotter indeed.
Bo is still active in shipping, and is currently
planning his next containership trip to take place
in June or July 2016.

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Maritime Projects Ltd. (Parent company of Maritime Cruises) offer a unique
opportunity for you, your family and friends to travel as passengers on board
a container ship.
Cargo Cruises reach ports all over the world. Normally they follow a certain
schedule and spend between 24-48 hours in port.
What makes a trip by container ship different from a normal cruise ship is obvious;
the peace, quiet, solitude and privacy whilst still being able to enjoy superior food,
friendly crew and access to most places on board the ship at your convenience.
Onboard you can enjoy reading books without distraction, and the atmosphere is
very relaxed, there is no need to dress up for dinner, you can simply be as you are.
Traveling by cargo ship (either container or break bulk ship) is indeed a mode of
transport that is less known to most people. Most people would think that if you
travel in this way you would have to be 65 years or older and retired but that is
certainly not the case.
While there is no public entertainment on board, no cinema, golf course or shopping
hell available, there is however ample space, peace and quiet for the busy executive
and his or her family to get away from it all, to just BE and BE TOGETHER!
www.maritime-cruises.com

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CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, Marseille
Departed Southampton July 1, 2015
arrived Hong Kong August 7, 2015

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Visitkortlomme 105 x 60 mm med flap
(så visitkortet ikke falder ud)

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MARITIMEPROJECTS
www.maritime-projects.com
CONTAINER SHIP CRUISES
www.maritime-cruises.com