Genoa to Salalah shipping route.

Genoa to Salalah is a 3,476 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading east from Italy to Oman. That is 6,438 km of water against 5,191 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal and Bab-el-Mandeb, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 12.1 days at 12 knots, 10.4 days at 14 knots and 8.0 days at 18 knots. 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 Salalah to plan the full ocean transit time.

1,439 nm of the route, 41% 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 Salalah move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Salalah (OMSLL) carriers give about 3 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, Salalah is the 19th shortest. Closer destinations include Gdansk (3,088 nm), Djibouti (2,815 nm) and Gothenburg (2,692 nm).