How to send us mail

Here is how you can send us mail in our different ports around the world.

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	March 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