Ho Chi Minh City to Los Angeles shipping route.

Ho Chi Minh City to Los Angeles is a 7,288 nautical mile shipping route on a direct course, heading north east from Vietnam to the United States. That is 13,498 km of water against 13,147 km as the crow flies. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 25.3 days at 12 knots, 21.7 days at 14 knots and 16.9 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 19 to 34 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 21 sailings by 4 carriers (HMM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and ONE).

683 nm of the route, 9% of it, lies inside North American 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 USLAX start at $4,515 for a 20GP and $6,550 for a 40GP ($6,600 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 Los Angeles (USLAX) carriers give about 4 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, Los Angeles is the 41st shortest. Closer destinations include Genoa (7,140 nm), Oakland (6,954 nm) and Vancouver (6,704 nm).