Bremerhaven to Mombasa shipping route.

The shipping route from Bremerhaven, Germany to Mombasa, Kenya covers 6,616 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 7,030 km apart, so the ship sails 1.74 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 23.0 days at 12 knots, 19.7 days at 14 knots and 15.3 days at 18 knots. 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 Bremerhaven and Mombasa to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 8,994 nm instead of 6,616 nm and spends roughly 7.1 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,564 nm of the route, 39% 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.

Container freight rates on Bremerhaven to Mombasa move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one.

Of the 63 port to port routes from Bremerhaven in this directory, Mombasa is the 34th shortest. Closer destinations include Buenos Aires (6,594 nm), Nhava Sheva (6,585 nm) and Mundra (6,571 nm).