Genoa to Busan shipping route.

Ships leaving Genoa for Busan head north east and cover a sea distance of 9,042 nautical miles (16,747 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 9,311 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Malacca, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 26.9 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 31.4 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 20.9. 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 Genoa and Busan to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,431 nm instead of 9,042 nm and spends roughly 13.1 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,439 nm of the route, 16% of it, lies inside 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 Genoa to Busan move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Busan (KRPUS) carriers give about 10 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 Genoa in this directory, Busan is the 56th shortest. Closer destinations include Qingdao (8,984 nm), Shanghai (8,719 nm) and Ningbo (8,605 nm).