Today if you want to travel to the other side of the world, your options are pretty limited.
But there was a time only a few years ago when a viable third option was available for those impervious to sea sickness.
It was possible to travel across the ocean as a passenger on a cargo ship, seeing a side of the world not usually included in tourism brochures.
Like many things post-pandemic. the industry has never recovered.
For more than two decades, Napier man Hamish Jamieson was the man you needed to see if you wanted hitch a ride on one of these ocean-going freighters.
He speaks to Emile Donovan.
cargo ship Photo: 123RF
