Callao to Marsaxlokk shipping route.

The shipping route from Callao, Peru to Marsaxlokk, Malta covers 6,757 nautical miles port to port, via Panama Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 10,935 km apart, so the ship sails 1.14 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar and Panama 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 20.1 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 23.5 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 15.6. 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 Callao and Marsaxlokk to plan the full ocean transit time.

The next option is via Strait of Magellan, 10,112 nautical miles, 3,356 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Strait of Gibraltar is congested or closed.

1,159 nm of the route, 17% of it, lies inside US Caribbean 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 Callao to Marsaxlokk move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Marsaxlokk (MTMAR) 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 Callao in this directory, Marsaxlokk is the 30th shortest. Closer destinations include Cape Town (6,698 nm), Lagos (Apapa) (6,659 nm) and Genoa (6,632 nm).