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

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CONTAINER SHIP CRUISESwww.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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SOUTHAMPTON TO HONG KONG

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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