Gothenburg to Djibouti shipping route.

The shipping route from Gothenburg, Sweden to Djibouti, Djibouti covers 5,117 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 5,769 km apart, so the ship sails 1.64 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 17.8 days at 12 knots, 15.2 days at 14 knots and 11.8 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 Gothenburg and Djibouti to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 10,813 nm instead of 5,117 nm and spends roughly 17.0 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,789 nm of the route, 54% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA, Baltic Sea ECA and 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 Gothenburg to Djibouti move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Djibouti (DJJIB) 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 Gothenburg in this directory, Djibouti is the 24th shortest. Closer destinations include Cartagena (5,049 nm), Lagos (Apapa) (4,694 nm) and Jeddah (4,456 nm).