Cartagena to Port Said shipping route.

Ships leaving Cartagena for Port Said head north east and cover a sea distance of 6,053 nautical miles (11,210 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 11,053 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 18.0 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 21.0 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 14.0. 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 Port Said to plan the full ocean transit time.

1,935 nm of the route, 32% 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 Port Said move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Port Said (EGPSD) carriers give about 9 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, Port Said is the 31st shortest. Closer destinations include Piraeus (5,577 nm), Gdansk (5,446 nm) and Buenos Aires (5,214 nm).