Orient Overseas Line

Hong Kong

Some vessels were originally registered with Chinese Maritime Trust in China (Taiwan).

Sailings October 1968-December 1969 (issued October 1968)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Jade
Oriental Pearl
Hong Kong, Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, San Diego.
Return voyages: San Francisco, Yokohama, Kobe, Keelung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong.

Sailings November 1969-October 1970 (issued November 14, 1969)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Rio
Oriental Amiga
Oriental Carnaval
Oriental Esmeralda
(Around-the-world) San Diego, Acapulco, Cristobal, Port Everglades (except Oriental Amiga), La Guaira, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Dare-es-Salaam, Mombasa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Sailings June 1970-April 1971 (issued July 1970)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Lady
Oriental Musician
Oriental Ruler
Oriental Hero
Oriental Inventor
Oriental Warrior
Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Keelung, Los Angeles, Panama Canal, New York.
Return voyages: New York, Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi/Beaumont (optional), Panama Canal, Los Angeles, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Pusan, Yosu/Inchon (optional), Keelung, Kaohsiung.

Sailings March 1972-August 1973 (issued March 15, 1972)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Rio
Oriental Carnaval
Oriental Esmeralda
(Around-the-world) Los Angeles, Acapulco, Panama Canal, Port Everglades, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Kobe, Yokohama, Vancouver, Vancouver Island ports (Port Alberni, Crofton, Nanaimo, Duncan Bay), San Francisco.
Many voyages included a call at Keelung between Singapore and Hong Kong (thus double calls at Keelung).
Embarkations at Los Angeles; debarkations at San Francisco.
Click to view a photo of the Oriental Rio

Sailings April 1972-February 1973 (issued April 15, 1972)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Warrior
Oriental Lady
Oriental Hero
Oriental Musician
Typical voyage:
New York, Philadelphia (autumn sailings), Baltimore (spring sailings), Norfolk (autumn sailings), Charleston (spring sailings), New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, Panama Canal, Los Angeles, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Pusan/Yuso/Inchon, Keelung, Kaohsiung.
Return voyages: Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Keelung, Pusan, Los Angeles, Panama Canal, Charleston, New York.
Oriental Inventor
Oriental Ruler
Oriental Fantasia
Miami, Mobile, Houston, Galveston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Pusan/Yuso/Inchon, Keelung, Kaohsiung.
Return voyages: Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Keelung, Kobe, Yokohama, Los Angeles, Cristobal, New Orleans, Miami.
Oriental Amiga New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, Panama Canal, Los Angeles, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Pusan/Yuso/Inchon, Keelung, Kaohsiung.
Return voyages: Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Keelung, Pusan, Los Angeles, Panama Canal, Charleston, New York.

(One roundtrip voyage August-December only.)

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Sailing April 18, 1972 (issued December 1971)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Seawise University ("Seawise")
(intended maiden voyage as Seawise University)
Vancouver, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Suva, Sydney, Fremantle, Bali, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, Vancouver, Los Angeles.

(Advertised as a cruise, though "one way and sectional fares" were available upon request. The cruise was never realized since a fire on January 9, 1972 in Hong Kong destroyed the former Queen Elizabeth.)

Sailings June 1973-May 1974 (issued May 1, 1973)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Jade
Oriental Pearl
Los Angeles, Keelung, Hong Kong. Occasional calls at Kaohsiung.
Return voyage: Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, San Diego. Occasional calls at Keelung.
Embarkations at Los Angeles; debarkations at San Diego.
Click to view photos of the Oriental Jade and Oriental Pearl

Sailings August 1973-March 1974 (issued April 1, 1973)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Empress (Around-the-world) Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama, Keelung, Hong Kong, Sattahip (Bangkok), Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Mombasa, Durban, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Barbados, Port Everglades, Cartagena, Cristobal, Balboa, Acapulco, Los Angeles.

Sailing October 5, 1973 (issued August 15, 1973)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental President Honolulu, Yokohama, Hakata (Fukuoka), Hong Kong. (One sailing only; no return voyage.)

Sailings March 1974-May 1975 (issued March 1, 1974)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oriental Carnaval
Oriental Esmeralda
(Around-the-world) San Francisco, Los Angeles, Acapulco, Cristobal, Port Everglades, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Durban, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Vancouver, Pacific Northwset outports, San Francisco.

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See also the shipping in 1971 section.

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This page last updated April 30, 2011.