Shipping Routes Directory.
Distance and transit time for 12,000+ freight routes by sea, air, road and rail. Each route has a map, the facts that change the voyage, and live numbers from Navo apps.
Distance and transit time by mode
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Port to port distance in nautical miles along real shipping lanes, days at sea, canals and the Red Sea detour. 66 ports, 4,240 routes.
Shanghai to 
Rotterdam10,589 nm- Shanghai to
Los Angeles5,749 nm 
Singapore to Rotterdam8,381 nm- Ningbo to
Hamburg10,728 nm - Shanghai to Singapore2,214 nm
- Yantian to
Felixstowe9,763 nm
Airport to airport distance and flight time, with weekly freighter and passenger flights on the lane. 70 airports, 4,814 routes.
Hong Kong (HKG) to Frankfurt (FRA)9,612 km- Shanghai (PVG) to Chicago (ORD)11,901 km
Dubai (DXB) to London (LHR)5,773 km
Seoul (ICN) to Anchorage (ANC)6,402 km- Amsterdam (AMS) to New York (JFK)6,140 km
- Singapore (SIN) to
Sydney (SYD)6,608 km
City to city driving distance and trucking transit time on the truck road network. 82 cities, 1,478 routes.
- Rotterdam to
Milan1,096 km - Hamburg to
Warsaw868 km 
Madrid to 
Paris1,325 km- Los Angeles to Chicago3,248 km
- Laredo to
Monterrey231 km - Dubai to
Riyadh1,026 km
Rail freight distance and transit time between cities on the freight rail network. 85 cities, 1,740 routes.
- Duisburg to Malaszewicze1,263 km
- Rotterdam to Milan1,017 km
- Hamburg to
Prague640 km - Los Angeles to Chicago3,470 km
- Shanghai to Chengdu2,222 km
Mumbai to Delhi1,368 km
How the directory works
Each route page answers two questions: how far is it, and how long does it take. For sea that is the port to port distance in nautical miles along the lanes ships really use, the canals and straits on the way, the miles inside emission control areas, and what the trip costs in days if the ship avoids the Red Sea. For air, road and rail it is the network distance and a realistic transit time.
Below the numbers sit live fragments from Navo apps: how many sailings and carriers serve the lane, the lowest market rate for 20 and 40 foot boxes, weekly flights for an airport pair, free days at the port of discharge. From any route you can open the exact same route in Navo Distance and change speed or add legs.
FAQ
How is the distance measured?
Sea routes follow shipping lanes, canals and straits, never land. Air distance is the great circle plus 5% for airways. Road and rail follow the actual networks. Every page says which assumptions it uses.
How is transit time calculated?
Sea time is steaming at 14 knots without port calls, air time is block time at 800 km/h, road time assumes one driver with 9 driving hours a day, rail time 30 km/h average for a freight train. Scheduled services add calls, handling and customs.
Can I change the speed or add stops?
Yes. Every route opens in Navo Distance, where you can change speed, add legs and compare routings, for example Suez against the Cape of Good Hope.
Where do sailings and rates come from?
From Navo apps: sailing schedules of 240+ carriers, market freight rates and air cargo flight data, refreshed regularly.
Distances and times from the Navo distance engine navo-distance-time 0.3.0.