Cartagena to Nhava Sheva shipping route.

The shipping route from Cartagena, Colombia to Nhava Sheva, India covers 9,122 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 15,262 km apart, so the ship sails 1.11 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 27.2 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 31.7 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 21.1. 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 Nhava Sheva 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 10,842 nm instead of 9,122 nm and spends roughly 5.1 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,935 nm of the route, 21% 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 Cartagena to Nhava Sheva move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Nhava Sheva (INNSA) carriers give about 3.95 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, Nhava Sheva is the 53rd shortest. Closer destinations include Mundra (9,109 nm), Dalian (9,057 nm) and Ningbo (9,034 nm).