Antwerp to Singapore shipping route.

The shipping route from Antwerp, Belgium to Singapore covers 8,362 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 10,556 km apart, so the ship sails 1.47 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 24.9 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 29.0 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 19.4. Liner schedules on the lane quote 40 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 1 sailings by 1 carrier (COSCO).

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 11,850 nautical miles, 3,488 more, and adds about 10.4 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, 28% 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 SGSIN start at $4,225 for a 20GP and $6,025 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 Singapore (SGSIN) carriers give about 6 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, Singapore is the 39th shortest. Closer destinations include Oakland (8,194 nm), Port Klang (8,177 nm) and Los Angeles (7,809 nm).