RoRo Antwerp – Montevideo
Travel Reports
Over thirty days on the Grande Brasile
13.10. – 15.11.18 With a freighter across the Atlantic After we had found the right pier in Antwerp in the huge cargo port and dutifully logged off to the police on our ship, we could [...]
Slide Shows
Across the Atlantic
The ship itself is not really photogenic around all corners, but every now and then we've landed somewhere and it's true that the places look a lot different from the sea side than from [...]
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A cylinder is several men tall
Several times on our trip to Montevideo we also dock at South American ports to unload and load cargo, including in Vitória, Brazil. Here we observe the work in the harbor. We were very excited [...]
Off to the lifeboat
In Hamburg we stop again and take passengers and a lot of cargo for South America on board. How it all works is very interesting for landlubbers like us. Ultimately, we are on the way, [...]
The passenger zone on a vessel
Our first ride on a vessel was on the Grande Brasile. You can watch the loading of Globi and explore with us the passenger part of the ship. The exit from the port of Antwerp [...]
Itinerary
Globi goes to South America
In Antwerp we could drive onto the ship ourselves. Then it went to Hamburg and from there without any further stops along the European and African coast to Cape Verde, across the Atlantic to the [...]
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Information on crossing the Atlantic
As of November 18, Grande Brasile Catering The food is very plentiful and intended for sailors who have to work hard all day. The Filipino chef is not really used to preparing European food. Twice [...]