Felixstowe to Incheon shipping route.

Felixstowe to Incheon is a 10,909 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from the United Kingdom to South Korea. That is 20,204 km of water against 8,745 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 32.5 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 37.9 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 25.3. 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 Felixstowe and Incheon to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,403 nm instead of 10,909 nm and spends roughly 7.4 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, 21% 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.

Container freight rates on Felixstowe to Incheon move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Incheon (KRINC) carriers give about 10 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, Incheon is the 55th shortest. Closer destinations include Busan (10,840 nm), Qingdao (10,781 nm) and Shanghai (10,517 nm).