Felixstowe to Montreal shipping route.

Ships leaving Felixstowe for Montreal head north west and cover a sea distance of 3,088 nautical miles (5,719 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 5,293 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 9.2 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 10.7 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 7.1. 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 Felixstowe and Montreal to plan the full ocean transit time.

1,387 nm of the route, 45% of it, lies inside North American ECA and North 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 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 61 port to port routes from Felixstowe in this directory, Montreal is the 11th shortest. Closer destinations include Piraeus (2,761 nm), Marsaxlokk (2,313 nm) and Genoa (2,188 nm).