Antwerp to Haiphong shipping route.

Ships leaving Antwerp for Haiphong head north east and cover a sea distance of 9,675 nautical miles (17,918 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 9,030 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 28.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 33.6 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 22.4. Liner schedules on the lane quote 29 to 57 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 38 sailings by 5 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, ONE and OOCL).

The shortest route goes through the Red Sea. Since attacks on shipping began there in late 2023, many carriers send ships via Cape of Good Hope instead. That route is 13,018 nautical miles, 3,344 more, and adds about 10.0 days at 14 knots. Longer voyages burn more fuel and tie up more ships, which is why freight rates on Red Sea lanes jumped when the diversions started.

2,333 nm of the route, 24% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA and 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.

Recent freight rates for BEANR to VNHPH start at $2,214 for a 20GP and $3,376 for a 40GP. These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Haiphong (VNHPH) carriers give about 4 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 61 port to port routes from Antwerp in this directory, Haiphong is the 45th shortest. Closer destinations include Laem Chabang (9,159 nm), Vancouver (9,045 nm) and Seattle (9,023 nm).