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Sea Distance Between Ports.

Distance in nautical miles and days at sea between 66 major container ports, 4,240 port pairs. Each route follows real shipping lanes, shows the canals and straits it passes, and the longer way round when ships avoid the Red Sea.

Port to Port Distance

Port to port distance is measured along the sea lanes ships actually use: through the Suez and Panama canals, the Strait of Malacca, Gibraltar and the English Channel, never across land. Time at sea is pure steaming at 14 knots, a typical speed for a container ship today. Port calls, canal waiting and transhipment come on top.

Since the Red Sea attacks many carriers send Asia to Europe services around the Cape of Good Hope. Where the shortest route runs through Suez and Bab-el-Mandeb, the page also gives the distance and days of the route that avoids the Red Sea, so you can see what the detour costs in time.

Popular sea routes

All sea routes by origin

66 ports, 4,240 routes. Open an origin to see its destinations.

Algeciras (ESALG)65
Antwerp (BEANR)61
Auckland (NZAKL)65
Balboa (PABLB)65
Barcelona (ESBCN)64
Bremerhaven (DEBRV)63
Buenos Aires (ARBUE)65
Busan (KRPUS)65
Callao (PECLL)65
Cape Town (ZACPT)65
Cartagena (COCTG)65
Charleston (USCHS)64
Colombo (LKCMB)65
Dalian (CNDLC)63
Djibouti (DJJIB)65
Durban (ZADUR)65
Felixstowe (GBFXT)61
Gdansk (PLGDN)65
Genoa (ITGOA)65
Gothenburg (SEGOT)65
Haiphong (VNHPH)65
Hamburg (DEHAM)64
Ho Chi Minh City (VNSGN)65
Hong Kong (HKHKG)63
Houston (USHOU)65
Incheon (KRINC)64
Jebel Ali (AEJEA)65
Jeddah (SAJED)65
Kaohsiung (TWKHH)64
Karachi (PKKHI)64
Laem Chabang (THLCH)65
Lagos (Apapa) (NGAPP)65
Le Havre (FRLEH)61
London Gateway (GBLGP)61
Los Angeles (USLAX)65
Manila (PHMNL)65
Manzanillo (MXZLO)65
Marsaxlokk (MTMAR)65
Melbourne (AUMEL)65
Mersin (TRMER)65
Mombasa (KEMBA)65
Montreal (CAMTR)65
Mundra (INMUN)64
New York (USNYC)65
Nhava Sheva (INNSA)65
Ningbo (CNNGB)64
Oakland (USOAK)65
Piraeus (GRPIR)65
Port Klang (MYPKG)64
Port Said (EGPSD)65
Qingdao (CNTAO)64
Rotterdam (NLRTM)60
Salalah (OMSLL)65
Santos (BRSSZ)65
Savannah (USSAV)64
Seattle (USSEA)64
Shanghai (CNSHA)64
Singapore (SGSIN)64
Sydney (AUSYD)65
Tanjung Priok (IDTPP)65
Tokyo (JPTYO)64
Valencia (ESVLC)64
Vancouver (CAVAN)64
Xiamen (CNXMN)62
Yantian (CNYTN)63
Yokohama (JPYOK)64

Distances and times from the Navo distance engine navo-distance-time 0.3.0. Open any route in the Navo Distance app to change speed or add legs.

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