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Hapag Lloyd Cruises

133 crossings between 75 ports in 42 countries. On 66 they are the only operator on the water; on 10 they are the quickest of several; on 54 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

50% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 66 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

54 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

Where they are beaten

56 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Hamburg central bus station – Kiel central bus station 90 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 96 h 00 FlixBus-eu 1 h 10 rate not held 6 rivals

Hamburg central bus station – Lübeck central train station Hapag Lloyd Cruises 120 h 00 FlixBus-eu 50 min rate not held 1 rival

Dubrovnik – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 555 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 192 h 00 Windstar Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Monte Carlo Hapag Lloyd Cruises 216 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 24 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Palma de Mallorca Hapag Lloyd Cruises 240 h 00 AIDA Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Piraeus-Athens – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) Hapag Lloyd Cruises 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 15 rivals

Istanbul – Piraeus-Athens Hapag Lloyd Cruises 240 h 00 Viking Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 15 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Dubrovnik Hapag Lloyd Cruises 240 h 00 Seabourn Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Palma de Mallorca – Porto-Leixoes Hapag Lloyd Cruises 240 h 00 TUI Cruises 216 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Lisbon (Oriente) – Malaga 471 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 264 h 00 MSC Cruises 48 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Funchal – Ponta Delgada 976 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 264 h 00 Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Longyearbyen – Tromso 958 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 264 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages 192 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Lisbon (Oriente) – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1317 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 264 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 120 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Funchal – Miami 6099 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 264 h 00 MSC Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Malaga – Palma de Mallorca 695 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 264 h 00 Marella Cruises 216 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Palma de Mallorca – Villefranche-sur-Mer 601 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 264 h 00 Silversea Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Palma de Mallorca – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2128 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 312 h 00 AIDA Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Hong Kong – Saigon 1508 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 312 h 00 Azamara Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Dubrovnik – Piraeus-Athens Hapag Lloyd Cruises 312 h 00 Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Dublin – Reykjavik 1494 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 312 h 00 Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Bilbao (Bus Station) – Lisbon (Oriente) Hapag Lloyd Cruises 312 h 00 Oceania Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

East New York – Nassau 1766 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 312 h 00 Scenic Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Cape Town – Port Louis 4131 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 AIDA Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Hamburg central bus station – Palma de Mallorca 1646 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 TUI Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Seward 2053 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 Royal Caribbean 168 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

East New York – Montreal 534 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 Crystal Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

Hong Kong – Incheon 2065 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 Azamara Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Santa Cruz de Tenerife Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 MSC Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Hamburg central bus station – Reykjavik 2145 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 HX Expeditions 312 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Milwaukee – Toronto Hapag Lloyd Cruises 336 h 00 Viking Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Cape Town – Mahe Island Seychelles Hapag Lloyd Cruises 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises 360 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Hong Kong – Singapore 2594 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 360 h 00 Cunard 96 h 00 rate not held 16 rivals

Hong Kong – Tokyo 2880 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 360 h 00 Princess Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 12 rivals

East New York – Miami 1756 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 360 h 00 Norwegian Cruise Line 72 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Funchal – Lisbon (Oriente) 974 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 360 h 00 Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Colon – Panama City 58 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 360 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions 120 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

East New York – Hamburg central bus station 6128 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 384 h 00 Cunard 216 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Benoa – Darwin 1757 km Hapag Lloyd Cruises 384 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Kangerlussuaq – Reykjavik Hapag Lloyd Cruises 384 h 00 Seabourn Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Hamburg central bus station – flight Hapag Lloyd Cruises 384 h 00 Small Cruise Lines 240 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

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Where they are the only boat

66 crossings with no other operator on record.

Malaga – Monte Carlo 216 h 00 rate not held 1271 km

Funchal – Seville 240 h 00 rate not held 18320 km

Kiel central bus station – Stockholm (St Eriksplan) 264 h 00 rate not held 739 km

Hamburg central bus station – Stockholm (St Eriksplan) 264 h 00 rate not held 819 km

Hamburg central bus station – Tromso 264 h 00 rate not held 1851 km

Palma de Mallorca – Piraeus-Athens 264 h 00 rate not held

Colombo – Singapore 264 h 00 rate not held 2730 km

Belem – Porto-Leixoes 288 h 00 rate not held

Bilbao (Bus Station) – Hamburg central bus station 288 h 00 rate not held

Klang – Saigon 288 h 00 rate not held 1038 km

Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Seville 312 h 00 rate not held 18028 km

Montevideo – Sal Island 312 h 00 rate not held 6426 km

Dublin – Porto-Leixoes 312 h 00 rate not held

Cape Town – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 312 h 00 rate not held 7838 km

Palma de Mallorca – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 312 h 00 rate not held 1024 km

Monte Carlo – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 312 h 00 rate not held 2706 km

Dakar – Funchal 336 h 00 rate not held 1996 km

Porto-Leixoes – Sal Island 336 h 00 rate not held

Incheon – Tomakomai Higashi 336 h 00 rate not held

Sal Island – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 336 h 00 rate not held 7638 km

Miami – Willemstad Curacao 336 h 00 rate not held

Hamburg central bus station – Malaga 336 h 00 rate not held 2173 km

Istanbul – Malaga 336 h 00 rate not held 2913 km

Boston – Colon 360 h 00 rate not held 3770 km

Funchal – Hamburg central bus station 360 h 00 rate not held 3148 km

Funchal – Sal Island 360 h 00 rate not held 7546 km

Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Willemstad Curacao 360 h 00 rate not held

Klang – Mahe Island Seychelles 360 h 00 rate not held

Colon – Miami 360 h 00 rate not held 1826 km

Halifax – flight 384 h 00 rate not held

Colon – Halifax 384 h 00 rate not held 4226 km

Belem – Halifax 384 h 00 rate not held 5340 km

Reykjavik – flight 384 h 00 rate not held

Hamburg central bus station – Longyearbyen 384 h 00 rate not held 2756 km

Bremerhaven – Tromso 384 h 00 rate not held 1867 km

Miami – Nassau 384 h 00 rate not held 295 km

Halifax – Willemstad Curacao 408 h 00 rate not held

Kangerlussuaq – Toronto 408 h 00 rate not held

Hamburg central bus station – Ponta Delgada 408 h 00 rate not held 3227 km

Cape Town – Sal Island 408 h 00 rate not held 12463 km

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Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Hapag Lloyd Cruises crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 133 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.