The Last Ocean Liners

Until the early 1970s, it was routinely possible to schedule extensive world journeys by transferring between three, four or five different ocean liners on point-to-point line voyages. The services were promoted to take advantage of a coordinated system of fares and schedules among cooperating shipping companies known as the "Interchange Lines".

In January 1962, for example, one could begin at New York with an 11 day Atlantic crossing on American Export Line's Constitution (above) to Tenerife, Gibraltar and Naples. After visiting Italy, passengers caught the Asia of Lloyd Triestino outbound for 25 days via the Suez Canal to Pakistan, India, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Then the traveler could sail home across the Pacific on American President Lines' President Cleveland, for 19 days to San Francisco via Kobe, Yokohama and Honolulu. In those days fares for this alluring around the world voyage began at only US$935 in Tourist Class or US$1488 in First Class.

Here we survey the 1962 schedules and services of the Interchange Lines as they weaved together these romantic routes on splendid ships over exotic seas. Come along. It's sailing hour, so let's enjoy a pleasant journey back into the not-so-distant past when ocean liners could take you almost anywhere!

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