Buenos Aires to Algeciras shipping route.

The shipping route from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Algeciras, Spain covers 5,376 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 9,588 km apart, so the ship sails 1.04 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar.

At sea, the voyage lasts 18.7 days at 12 knots, 16.0 days at 14 knots and 12.4 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 Buenos Aires and Algeciras 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 Buenos Aires to Algeciras move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Algeciras (ESALG) 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 65 port to port routes from Buenos Aires in this directory, Algeciras is the 7th shortest. Closer destinations include Cartagena (5,214 nm), Lagos (Apapa) (4,563 nm) and Durban (4,560 nm).