Gdansk to Laem Chabang shipping route.

The shipping route from Gdansk, Poland to Laem Chabang, Thailand covers 10,006 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 8,326 km apart, so the ship sails 2.23 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 34.7 days at 12 knots, 29.8 days at 14 knots and 23.2 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 35 to 58 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 22 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, MSC and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,450 nm instead of 10,006 nm and spends roughly 10.3 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, 32% 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 THLCH start at $2,360 for a 20GP and $3,677 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 Laem Chabang (THLCH) carriers give about 5 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, Laem Chabang is the 48th shortest. Closer destinations include Ho Chi Minh City (9,838 nm), Vancouver (9,753 nm) and Seattle (9,731 nm).