Gothenburg to Laem Chabang shipping route.

Gothenburg to Laem Chabang is a 9,610 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading east from Sweden to Thailand. That is 17,797 km of water against 8,716 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 28.6 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 33.4 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 22.2. 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 Laem Chabang 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 13,053 nm instead of 9,610 nm and spends roughly 10.3 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, 29% 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 Laem Chabang move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. 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 Gothenburg in this directory, Laem Chabang is the 48th shortest. Closer destinations include Ho Chi Minh City (9,442 nm), Vancouver (9,357 nm) and Seattle (9,335 nm).