Ho Chi Minh City to Savannah shipping route.

The shipping route from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Savannah, United States covers 11,312 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 15,171 km apart, so the ship sails 1.38 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 33.7 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 39.3 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 26.2. Liner schedules on the lane quote 37 to 55 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 24 sailings by 4 carriers (HMM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and ZIM).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 11,810 nm instead of 11,312 nm and spends roughly 1.5 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,496 nm of the route, 22% of it, lies inside North American 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 USSAV start at $6,077 for a 20GP and $8,980 for a 40GP ($8,248 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 Savannah (USSAV) 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, Savannah is the 64th shortest. Closer destinations include Charleston (11,257 nm), Montreal (10,908 nm) and Callao (10,869 nm).