Ho Chi Minh City to Antwerp shipping route.

Ships leaving Ho Chi Minh City for Antwerp head north west and cover a sea distance of 8,991 nautical miles (16,651 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 9,915 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. 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 26.8 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 31.2 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 20.8. Liner schedules on the lane quote 36 to 68 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 42 sailings by 3 carriers (Hapag-Lloyd, ONE and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,434 nm instead of 8,991 nm and spends roughly 10.2 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,333 nm of the route, 26% 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 VNSGN to BEANR start at $1,984 for a 20GP and $3,269 for a 40GP ($3,019 for a 40HC). These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Antwerp (BEANR) 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 Ho Chi Minh City in this directory, Antwerp is the 50th shortest. Closer destinations include London Gateway (8,940 nm), Felixstowe (8,938 nm) and Lagos (Apapa) (8,885 nm).