Genoa to Ho Chi Minh City shipping route.

Genoa to Ho Chi Minh City is a 7,140 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading east from Italy to Vietnam. That is 13,224 km of water against 9,780 km as the crow flies. 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 24.8 days at 12 knots, 21.3 days at 14 knots and 16.5 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 62 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 43 sailings by 2 carriers (ONE and OOCL).

The shortest route goes through the Red Sea. Since attacks on shipping began there in late 2023, many carriers send ships via Cape of Good Hope instead. That route is 12,235 nautical miles, 5,095 more, and adds about 15.2 days at 14 knots. Longer voyages burn more fuel and tie up more ships, which is why freight rates on Red Sea lanes jumped when the diversions started.

1,439 nm of the route, 20% 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.

Recent freight rates for ITGOA to VNSGN start at $2,988 for a 20GP and $4,626 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 Ho Chi Minh City (VNSGN) 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 Genoa in this directory, Ho Chi Minh City is the 43rd shortest. Closer destinations include Manzanillo (6,935 nm), Tanjung Priok (6,788 nm) and Callao (6,632 nm).