Gdansk to Mombasa shipping route.

Gdansk to Mombasa is a 7,237 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading south east from Poland to Kenya. That is 13,403 km of water against 6,786 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 21.5 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 25.1 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 16.8. 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 Gdansk and Mombasa 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 9,616 nm instead of 7,237 nm and spends roughly 7.1 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, 44% 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.

Container freight rates on Gdansk to Mombasa move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one.

Of the 65 port to port routes from Gdansk in this directory, Mombasa is the 37th shortest. Closer destinations include Manzanillo (7,233 nm), Buenos Aires (7,216 nm) and Nhava Sheva (7,206 nm).