Haiphong to Le Havre shipping route.

The shipping route from Haiphong, Vietnam to Le Havre, France covers 9,496 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,385 km apart, so the ship sails 1.87 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 28.3 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 33.0 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 22.0. Liner schedules on the lane quote 29 to 65 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 108 sailings by 5 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, ONE and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,840 nm instead of 9,496 nm and spends roughly 10.0 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,159 nm of the route, 23% of it, lies inside North 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.

Recent freight rates for VNHPH to FRLEH start at $1,943 for a 20GP and $3,177 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 Le Havre (FRLEH) 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 Haiphong in this directory, Le Havre is the 47th shortest. Closer destinations include Lagos (Apapa) (9,469 nm), Algeciras (8,310 nm) and Manzanillo (8,180 nm).