Felixstowe to Nhava Sheva shipping route.

Felixstowe to Nhava Sheva is a 6,306 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading east from the United Kingdom to India. That is 11,679 km of water against 7,108 km as the crow flies. 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 21.9 days at 12 knots, 18.8 days at 14 knots and 14.6 days at 18 knots. 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 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 10,774 nm instead of 6,306 nm and spends roughly 13.3 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, 36% 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 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 61 port to port routes from Felixstowe in this directory, Nhava Sheva is the 30th shortest. Closer destinations include Mundra (6,293 nm), Cape Town (6,245 nm) and Jebel Ali (6,207 nm).