Felixstowe to Port Said shipping route.

The shipping route from Felixstowe, United Kingdom to Port Said, Egypt covers 3,237 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 3,405 km apart, so the ship sails 1.76 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar.

Pure steaming time is 9.6 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 11.2 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 7.5. 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 Port Said to plan the full ocean transit time.

2,285 nm of the route, 71% 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 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 61 port to port routes from Felixstowe in this directory, Port Said is the 12th shortest. Closer destinations include Montreal (3,088 nm), Piraeus (2,761 nm) and Marsaxlokk (2,313 nm).