Algeciras to Lagos (Apapa) shipping route.

Ships leaving Algeciras for Lagos (Apapa) head south and cover a sea distance of 3,189 nautical miles (5,905 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 3,422 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 9.5 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 11.1 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 7.4. Container transit time on a liner service is longer than the steaming time: ships call at other ports on the rotation, and cargo may transship at a hub. Add terminal time at Algeciras and Lagos (Apapa) to plan the full ocean transit time.

32 nm of the route, 1% of it, lies inside Mediterranean Sea ECA. In an emission control area ships must burn fuel with no more than 0.1% sulphur or clean the exhaust with scrubbers. That fuel costs more, and carriers add it to the ocean freight bill as a low sulphur or ECA surcharge.

Container freight rates on Algeciras to Lagos (Apapa) move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Lagos (Apapa) (NGAPP) carriers give about 7 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 65 port to port routes from Algeciras in this directory, Lagos (Apapa) is the 18th shortest. Closer destinations include Jeddah (2,641 nm), Gdansk (2,233 nm) and Mersin (1,985 nm).