Cartagena to Montreal shipping route.

The shipping route from Cartagena, Colombia to Montreal, Canada covers 3,491 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 3,909 km apart, so the ship sails 1.65 times the straight line distance. No canals on this leg, the extra miles come from sailing around headlands and islands.

Pure steaming time is 10.4 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 12.1 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 8.1. 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 Cartagena and Montreal to plan the full ocean transit time.

1,590 nm of the route, 46% of it, lies inside North American ECA and US Caribbean 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 Cartagena to Montreal move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Montreal (CAMTR) carriers give about 3 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 Cartagena in this directory, Montreal is the 9th shortest. Closer destinations include Los Angeles (3,301 nm), New York (2,235 nm) and Manzanillo (2,017 nm).