Felixstowe to Hong Kong shipping route.

The shipping route from Felixstowe, United Kingdom to Hong Kong covers 9,742 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,513 km apart, so the ship sails 1.90 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 33.8 days at 12 knots, 29.0 days at 14 knots and 22.6 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 31 to 44 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 18 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, Evergreen and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,077 nm instead of 9,742 nm and spends roughly 9.9 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,285 nm of the route, 23% of it, lies inside North 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.

Recent freight rates for GBFXT to HKHKG start at $2,299 for a 20GP and $3,493 for a 40GP. These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Hong Kong (HKHKG) carriers give about 5 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 61 port to port routes from Felixstowe in this directory, Hong Kong is the 47th shortest. Closer destinations include Manila (9,666 nm), Haiphong (9,622 nm) and Laem Chabang (9,106 nm).