Orient Lines, for example, charges $15 for its Asia dinner on select cruises.
Orient Lines of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is too, for three cruises to Antarctica.
Reflecting the recovery in global shipping, Neptune Orient Lines said that it earned $205.8 million in the third quarter, reversing a $28.5 million loss a year earlier.
For the first time, Orient Lines' (www.orientlines.com) 826-passenger Marco Polo will sail around Iceland, making stops in five ports including Reykjavik and Husavik.
Companies that operate their own ships to the Antarctic include Abercrombie & Kent, Aurora Expeditions, Clipper Cruise Line, Lindblad Expeditions, Orient Lines, Quark Expeditions and Society Expeditions.
Orient Lines Marco Polo Capacity 848 passengers; 22,080 tons, outdoor pool, spa, fitness center, casino, Continental cuisine; entered service as the Alexandr Pushkin in 1965, rebuilt in 1993.
Earlier this month, Orient Lines, a luxury cruise operator, reduced its 2009 prices for European cruises as much as $5,500 a couple.
The Neptune Orient Lines, Nippon Yusen of Japan and other shipping lines are extending a peak season surcharge for carrying cargo to the United States from Asia by a month because demand is higher than they had expected.
The shipping lines posting improved results included two late last week, Neptune Orient Lines in Singapore and Orient Overseas International here, as well as Sinotrans in Beijing on Monday, and China Shipping Development and A.P. Moller-Maersk on Tuesday.
Orient Lines Crown Odyssey Capacity 1,036 passengers; 34,250 tons, indoor and outdoor pools, spa, fitness center, casino, Continental and Asian cuisine, choice of restaurants; entered service in 1988, renovated in 2000.
