Buenos Aires to Oakland shipping route.

The shipping route from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Oakland, United States covers 7,830 nautical miles port to port, via Strait of Magellan. On a globe the two ports sit 10,406 km apart, so the ship sails 1.39 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Magellan.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 23.3 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 27.2 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 18.1. 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 Oakland to plan the full ocean transit time.

358 nm of the route, 5% of it, lies inside North American 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 Oakland move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Oakland (USOAK) 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 65 port to port routes from Buenos Aires in this directory, Oakland is the 37th shortest. Closer destinations include Salalah (7,696 nm), Los Angeles (7,503 nm) and Melbourne (7,427 nm).