Genoa to Laem Chabang shipping route.

Ships leaving Genoa for Laem Chabang head east and cover a sea distance of 7,308 nautical miles (13,535 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 9,148 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 21.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 25.4 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 16.9. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 60 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 56 sailings by 4 carriers (CMA CGM, ONE, OOCL and ZIM).

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 12,403 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 THLCH start at $2,775 for a 20GP and $3,550 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 Genoa in this directory, Laem Chabang is the 44th shortest. Closer destinations include Ho Chi Minh City (7,140 nm), Manzanillo (6,935 nm) and Tanjung Priok (6,788 nm).