Genoa to Lagos (Apapa) shipping route.

Genoa to Lagos (Apapa) is a 4,043 nautical mile shipping route on a direct course, heading south from Italy to Nigeria. That is 7,488 km of water against 4,256 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar.

Pure steaming time is 12.0 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 14.0 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 9.4. 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 Lagos (Apapa) to plan the full ocean transit time.

886 nm of the route, 22% 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 Lagos (Apapa) move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Lagos (Apapa) (NGAPP) carriers give about 7 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, Lagos (Apapa) is the 20th shortest. Closer destinations include Salalah (3,476 nm), Gdansk (3,088 nm) and Djibouti (2,815 nm).