There a lot of world cruise segments available for you to choose and you can easily find them from each and every continents of this world. World cruises usually depart in January and generally the trip takes time about 90 to 120 nights, actually there are some trips that sail for 335 nights or almost 1 year.

Some people would say a complete world cruise trip is a bit too long, therefore some cruise line companies have shorter segments to offer. Among many cruise lines in the world, there are few of them that are well known for their complete or segmented world cruises.

Here are the names along with their departure ports:

• Cruise West Cruise Line

Departure ports: Auckland (New Zealand), Barcelona (Spain), Bombay (Mumbai, India), Cairo/Giza (Alexandria, Egypt), Darwin (Australia), Easter Island (Chilean dependency), Halifax (NS, Canada), Istanbul (Turkey), Lautoka (Fiji), London (England), Madras (India), Muscat (Oman), Oslo (Norway), Panama City (Panama), Papeete (Tahiti, Society Islands), Paris (France), Rome (Civitavecchia, Italy), Singapore, St. John’s (NL, Canada), Sydney (Australia), Valletta (Malta), Venice (Italy), West Palm Beach (Florida, US)

• Crystal Line

Departure ports: Athens (Piraeus, Greece), Bombay (Mumbai, India), Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (UAE), Miami (Florida, US), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rome (Civitavecchia, Italy)

• Cunard Cruise Line

Departure ports: Bangkok (Laem Chabang, Thailand), Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (UAE), Fort Lauderdale (Florida, US), Hong Kong (China), London (Southampton, England), Los Angeles (California, US), New York (Brooklyn, New York, US), San Francisco (California, US), Singapore, Sydney (Australia)

• Fred. Olsen Cruise Line

Departure ports: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (UAE), Lima (Callao, Peru), London (Dover, England), London (Southampton, England), San Francisco (California, US), Singapore, Sydney (Australia)

• Holland America Line

Departure ports: Bombay (Mumbai, India), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cape Town (South Africa), Fort Lauderdale (Florida, US), Hong Kong (China), Kobe (Japan), Los Angeles (California, US), Singapore

• P&O Cruises Cruise Line

Departure ports: Adelaide (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand), Bangkok (Laem Chabang, Thailand), Bombay (Mumbai, India), Brisbane (Australia), Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (UAE), Hong Kong (China), London (Southampton, England), Melbourne (Australia), Perth (Fremantle, Australia), San Francisco (California, US), Singapore, Sydney (Australia),

• Princess Cruises

Departure ports: Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (UAE), Fort Lauderdale (Florida, US), London (Southampton, England), Los Angeles (California, US), New York (Manhattan, New York, US), Rome (Civitavecchia, Italy), Singapore, Sydney (Australia)

• Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Departure ports: Cape Town (South Africa), Fort Lauderdale (Florida, US), Hong Kong (China), San Diego (California, US), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vancouver (BC, Canada)

• Seabourn Cruise Line

Departure ports: Dubai (UAE), Fort Lauderdale (Florida, US), Hong Kong (China), Los Angeles (California, US), Papeete (Tahiti, Society Islands), Sydney (Australia)

• Silversea Cruise Line

Departure ports: Fort Lauderdale (Florida, US)

Each cruise lines have different departure ports of their segmented world cruise trips. You can easily find most of them in the big cities on the major countries.