Ho Chi Minh City to Genoa shipping route.

The shipping route from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Genoa, Italy covers 7,140 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,780 km apart, so the ship sails 1.35 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Malacca, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 21.3 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 24.8 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 16.5. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 62 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 43 sailings by 2 carriers (ONE and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,235 nm instead of 7,140 nm and spends roughly 15.2 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,439 nm of the route, 20% 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.

Recent freight rates for VNSGN to ITGOA start at $2,988 for a 20GP and $4,626 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 Genoa (ITGOA) carriers give about 14 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, Genoa is the 40th shortest. Closer destinations include Oakland (6,954 nm), Vancouver (6,704 nm) and Seattle (6,683 nm).