Seatrade

Europe-Pacific-New Zealand-Europe

cargo

South bound: mix of general cargoes (including cars, machinery, yachts/boats etc.)

North bound: palletised fruit under deck, containers and yachts/boats on deck

container services

all types (refrigerated, frozen, dry)

routes

Europe—Panama—Pacific Islands—New Zealand—Panama—Europe

load port(s)

Sheerness, Antwerp, Dunkirk, Radicatel (Le Havre), Panama, Papeete, Noumea, Auckland, Napier, Nelson, Tauranga, Vigo, Zeebrugge, Tarragona

discharge port(s)

idem

frequency

sailings every 10 days

operational

South bound: year round

North bound: March—October

backhaul cargo

yes

transhipment

no

vessel types

Maxi, Polar, Hansa

As this service is direct (no stops in the USA or elsewhere), this trade line offers the shortest transit time both ways:

  • South bound: Europe to Tahiti 21 days, to New Caledonia 28 days, to New Zealand 32 days
  • North bound: New Zealand to Europe 27 days

We also offer further shipping connections (with optional dockside cold storage) to the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

On this trade line, as on all Seatrade-operated lines, we take care of your cargo following the 360 Quality Code. Read more about 360 Quality here.

For our agent in UK: click here.
For our agent in New Zealand and the Pacific: click here.