Ho Chi Minh City to Santos shipping route.

The shipping route from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Santos, Brazil covers 9,645 nautical miles port to port, via Cape of Good Hope. On a globe the two ports sit 16,815 km apart, so the ship sails 1.06 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Cape of Good Hope and Sunda Strait.

Pure steaming time is 28.7 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 33.5 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 22.3. Liner schedules on the lane quote 28 to 53 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 11 sailings by 3 carriers (Evergreen, Maersk and ONE).

Recent freight rates for VNSGN to BRSSZ start at $3,765 for a 20GP and $4,115 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 Santos (BRSSZ) carriers give about 6 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, Santos is the 55th shortest. Closer destinations include Gothenburg (9,442 nm), Hamburg (9,263 nm) and Bremerhaven (9,217 nm).