Gdansk to Haiphong shipping route.

The shipping route from Gdansk, Poland to Haiphong, Vietnam covers 10,522 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 8,010 km apart, so the ship sails 2.43 times the straight line distance. 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 31.3 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 36.5 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 24.4. Liner schedules on the lane quote 45 to 58 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 9 sailings by 2 carriers (CMA CGM and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,866 nm instead of 10,522 nm and spends roughly 10.0 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

3,185 nm of the route, 30% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA, Baltic 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 PLGDN to VNHPH start at $1,943 for a 20GP and $3,177 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 Haiphong (VNHPH) carriers give about 4 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 65 port to port routes from Gdansk in this directory, Haiphong is the 49th shortest. Closer destinations include Laem Chabang (10,006 nm), Ho Chi Minh City (9,838 nm) and Vancouver (9,753 nm).