Sending Mail to the Ship

Important Reminder: Mail to those aboard ship should be addressed as follows:

Name of Person

C/O: Explorer

Arrival Date

Port Agent Address

Currently the U.S. Post Office recommends sending international mail at least two weeks in advance. Please keep in mind that mail service in other countries may vary. Letters should be sent Airmail only. Please do not send any mail to the Institute for Shipboard Education or to the University of Virginia to be forwarded. Do not enclose currency in the mail.

Please do not send packages to the ship - Excessive duty is charged in some countries. In many instances, packages are not delivered to the ship. Packages may be held in customs, or at a local post office, and the recipient aboard ship is never notified. If you send packages, you do so at your own risk.

Please note: The agents listed below are not contracted by the Institute for Shipboard Education, but by the ship's management company. Therefore, the Institute cannot assume liability for the actions, or lack thereof, taken by those listed below regarding receipt and delivery of mail and faxes.

PORT ADDRESS OF
PORT AGENT SUGGESTED
AIRMAIL
DATE San Juan, PUERTO RICO
Phone: 1 787 982 8888
Fax: 1 787 982 8890 Cruise Plus Service & Sales
1760 Fernandez Juncos Avenue
San Juan, PUERTO RICO, 00909 January 12

Salvador, BRAZIL
Phone: 55 71 3241 4990
Fax: 55 71 3243 5633 Oceanus Agencia Maritima
Av. Estados Unidos, 555, Room 712
40015-010 Salvador, BAHIA-BRASIL January 22

Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: 27 21 419 8660
Fax: 27 21 421 6984 John T. Rennie & Sons
PO Box 702, 1 Thibault Square
8000 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA February 5

Port Louis, MAURITIUS
Phone: 230 202 70 40
Fax: 230 208 5814 Ireland Blyth Limited
Shipping Operations Department
No 6 Dr Ferriere Street
Port Louis, MAURITIUS February 16

Chennai, INDIA
Phone: 91 44 252 12032
Fax: 91 44 252 43813 J.M. Baxi & Co.
3rd Floor, Clive Battery Complex
4 & 4A, Rajaji Salai
Chennai 600 001, INDIA February 26

Penang, MALAYSIA
Phone: 60 4 2623 245
Fax: 60 4 2627 989 Inchcape Shipping Services SDN
4th Floor Unit 4B
Wisma Saw Chong Thuah
39-c, Pengkalan Weld
10300 Penang, MALAYSIA March 5

Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
Phone: 84 8 823 1052
Fax: 84 8 824 2996 General Forwarding Agency
5th Floor Osic Building
8 Nguyen Hue Avenue
D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM March 13

HONG KONG
Phone: 852 2746 7312
Fax: 852 2744 3240 Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd.
Units 1802-1805, 18th Floor
No 3 Lockhart Road
Wanchai, HONG KONG - CHINA March 20

Shanghai, CHINA
Phone: 86 21 6323 1350
Fax: 86 21 6329 1519 Penavico Shanghai
3/F 13 Zhong Shan Road (E 1)
Shanghai 200002, P.R. CHINA March 24

Kobe, JAPAN
Phone: 81 78 391 3046
Fax: 81 78 391 3105 Inchcape Shipping Services (Japan) Ltd.
Kenryu Bldg, Room 502
6, Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku
Kobe-shi, Hygo-ken 650-0024, JAPAN March 28

Honolulu, HAWAII
Phone: 1 808 599 8604
Fax: 1 808 599 1950 Inchcape Shipping Services
521 Ala Moana Blvd.
Suite 256
Honolulu, HI 96813 April 8

Puntarenas, COSTA RICA
Phone: 506 440 2000
Fax: 506 442 8862 R. Smyth & Co S.A.
500 M. Norte del Super Santiago
Rio Segundo
Alajuela, COSTA RICA April 26

Time Aboard Ship

Based on Eastern Daylight Time - the time on the ship is ahead EDT by the number of hours listed below:

Country Time Difference

Puerto Rico 1 hour

Brazil 2 hours

South Africa 7 hours

Mauritius 9 hours

India 10.5 hours

Malaysia 13 hours

Vietnam 11 hours

Hong Kong 12 hours

China 12 hours

Japan 13 hours

Hawaii, USA -6 hours

Costa Rica -1 hour