Arrival: January 28th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on January 28th, 1924. A passenger list of about 200 was reported.
Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on January 28th, 1924.
| Dr. E. H. Hume | President of the Yale in China College en route from Shanghai to the United States. |
| Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Browne | General Agent for the Canadian National Railway returning to Montreal after completing a visit to the Far East |
Departure: February 7th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on February 7th, 1924.
The ship was held for several hours at Victoria in an unsuccessful attempt to rendezvous with three passengers whose journey by rail to Vancouver had been delayed by snow slides.
A passenger list of 350 was reported.
Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on February 7th, 1924 at Vancouver and Victoria.
| Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rasmussen | En route to China. |
| Karl A. John | Of Hamburg, Managing Director of the Karl A. John Steamship Company. |
| Sir Edward Crowe | En route from London to Tokyo. |
| S. E. McGregor | Of London en route to Shanghai. |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Brown | En route to Shanghai. |
| O. Strome | Of Keokuk, Indiana en route to Shanghai. |
| Thomas Stebbins | Of Boston. |
| Henry Holljes | Of Baltimore, on a world trip. |
| E. Hospes | Of the Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited office at Yokohama. |
Arrival: March 31st 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on March 31st, 1924. A passenger list of nearly 700 was reported.
A cargo of 4,000 tons was carried. At Victoria 2,000 bags of mail were discharged and forwarded to Seattle.
No other passenger information is available for this crossing.
Departure: April 10th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on April 10th, 1924.
The passenger list was reported as 175 First Class and 200 Steerage passengers.
Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on April 10th, 1924 at Vancouver and Victoria.
| C. M. C. Shannon | General Manager of the Bank of Commerce at Sydney, Australia. |
| Fleetwood Albright | Associated with the Western Electric Company, Chicago. |
| G. C. Scott | Vice President of the United States Steel Products Company. |
| W. L. Keen |
Arrival: May 26th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on May 26th, 1924. A large passenger list of over 1,000 was reported. Cargo included 3,000 bales of silk valued at $4,000,000.00, tea, walnuts, rice, and cigars.
Captain J. S. Clark was a passenger on this voyage and a leader of a party of 16 travelling to England from Japan where they had delivered the steamer SOUTH AMERICAN
Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on May 26th, 1924.
| W. Hill | En route from China to London. |
| H. F. Albright | Vice President of the Western Electric Company. |
| R. E. J. Summers | Chief Engineer of the H. K. Ferguson Company. |
| Captain J. S. Clark | En route to England from Japan. |
| Colonel W. R. Dockrill | Of Vancouver, associated with the lumber industry. |
| Dr. R. Masujima | Of Tokyo. |
| G. B. Slater | Of Tokyo, associated with W. H. Allen & Company of Bedford England |
| K. T. Gurney | Associated with the British Embassy at Tokyo. |
| Dr. M. Shiowaza | En route to Geneva on a diplomatic mission for Japan. |
| L. Hannaford | Associated with the South British Insurance Company, Japan. |
| Professor M. Kamo | A Professor at Tokyo University and a delegate to an International Conference in London. |
| R. Stunzim | Associated with Sieber Hegner Company, Kobe. |
| S. P. Kitcat | Associated with the Rising Sun Petroleum Company. |
| R. Steele | Associated with the Peking Mukden Railway. |
| Percy Folwer | Associated with the Brunner Mond Company. |
| Hugo Reiss | Associated with the Anderson Meyer Company. |
| H. T. Hancock | Associated with the Standard Oil Company. |
| A. G. Stephen | Associated with the Hong Kong Shanghai banking Corporation. |
| Honourable C. McHesser | Treasure of the Hong Kong Government. |
| Captain G. I. Bruce | Of Vancouver |
| J. L. McQuarrie | Associated with the Western Electric Company. |
Departure: June 5th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on June 5th, 1924.
A fairly large passenger list and full cargo was reported.
Some passengers were brought from the East Coast on the Canadian Pacific Railway to board the ship at Vancouver.
At Vancouver the Canadian Pacific Railway delivered several hundred bags of mail to the ship. The mail had crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the SS MONTCALM from Southampton. The SS MONTCALM at left Southampton on May 24th, 1924 and the EMPRESS OF ASIA would arrive at Yokohama on June 16th, 1924 accomplishing a very fast delivery time from Great Britain to the Far East.
No other passenger information is available for this voyage.
Arrival: July 20th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on July 20th 1924.
The ship reported a passenger list of 700 and a valuable silk cargo,
The crossing from Yokohama to Race Rocks, British Columbia was accomplished in 8 days 14 hours 48 minutes; the fastest crossing the EMPRESS OF ASIA ever achieved.
No other passenger information is available for this crossing.
Departure: July 31st 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on July 31st, 1924.
A passenger list of 300 was reported
Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on July 31st, 1924 at Vancouver and Victoria.
| Bishop F. W. Warne | En route to Yokohama. |
| M. J. McMahon | Of Pittsburgh. |
| Dr. E. C. Faust | Of New York. |
| Efram Zimbalist | A renowned violinist. |
Arrival: September 15th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on September 15th, 1924. A passenger list of 304 was reported.
When the ship reached Victoria, L. K. Kojovnikoff, a Russian author, was rushed to hospital in serious condition. The individual had become ill shortly after the ship left Yokohama.
A cargo of 4,454 tons was carried including a large shipment of silk
Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on September 15th, 1924.
| Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gibbons | Of New York, returning from a world tour. |
| A. W. Wolffe | Of Manchester, associated with the Union Trading Company, Kobe. |
| A. E. Cooper | Of London, a silk merchant. |
| Joel Spitz | Of Chicago, associated with the clothier Hart Schaffner & Marx. |
| E. S. Erickson | Of New York, associated with the Texas Oil Company. |
| Mr. and Mrs. C. Coughlan | Of the shipbuilding firm J. Coughlan & Sons, Vancouver. |
| Judge H. W. Black | Of New York. |
| E. L. S. Gordon | British Consul at Dairen. |
| Reverend Dr. Harris E. Kirk | |
| Mrs. R. J. Marshall | Of Shanghai. |
| W. Posener | A London merchant en route home. |
| E. V. Ferrer | A Spanish diplomat en route home from Tokyo. |
| L. K. Kojovnikoff | A Russian author |
| Walter Siegfried | Of the tea importer Siegfried, Schmidt & Company, en route from Shanghai. |
Departure: September 25th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on September 25th, 1924.
A large passenger list was reported including a party of missionaries bound for China and India.
A large cargo was also reported.
No other passenger information is available for this voyage.
Arrival: November 10th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on November 10th, 1924.
The ship left Yokohama on November 1st and soon encountered severe weather that last through much of the crossing. At one point storm conditions were so bad that the ship was forced to heave to for 5 hours.
Due to the bad weather the arrival at Victoria was 12 hours behind schedule.
A cargo of approximately 3,500 tons was reported. Included were 4,750 bales of raw silk valued at nearly $7,000,000.00.
Forty bags of mail and a small consignment of cargo were discharged at Victoria. Most of this mail was transshipped to Seattle.
Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on November 10th, 1924.
| Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Mitchell | Associated with the Albert Advertising Agency of New York returning from a tour of the Far East. |
| Dr. C. Bennett | Government Quarantine Health Officer at Woosung. |
| Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kerr | Returning to Scotland after making a round trip to the Far East aboard the EMPRESS OF ASIA. |
| C. J. Nahas | Of Shanghai. |
| J. B. Reis | An American merchant reported to be making his 27th crossing of the Pacific as a passenger of Canadian pacific Steamships. |
| G. R. Gregg | Associated with G. R. Gregg & Co. of Toronto. |
| J. Downs | A textile engineer en route to Montreal. |
| S. E. Lucas | Of the Standard Oil Company in Kobe, en route to New York. |
| J. W. Allen | Of Seattle. |
| Anna Herzog | Associated with Illies & Co, in Kobe, en route to Hamburg. |
Departure: November 20th 1924
The EMPRESS OF ASIA began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on November 20th, 1924.
The sailing of the ship was delayed a day to accommodate the mail train arriving at Vancouver from the East Coast. Stormy conditions on the Atlantic had delayed the mail ships arriving from Europe.
A passenger list of nearly 500 was reported’ including 100 in First Class, 60 in Second Class, 25 in Third Class and approximately 300 in Steerage.
While in the Far East the EMPRESS OF ASIA would be dry-docked for her annual overhaul.
A capacity cargo was reported including 50 tons of British Columbia apples, British Columbia salmon, wheat, butter, flour, 700 tons of wood pulp destined for Japan, and 100 tons of zinc and lead.
Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on November 20th, 1924 at Vancouver and Victoria.
| Lily Negri | Returning to Shanghai from Paris. |
| Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Arnold | En route to Shanghai. |
| W. A. O’Grady | Associated with the Quaker Oats Manufacturing Company of Chicago, en route to Shanghai. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Francis de Lacy Hyde | Of Plainfield, New Jersey, en route to the Far East. |