Ho Chi Minh City to Valencia shipping route.

Ho Chi Minh City to Valencia is a 7,369 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from Vietnam to Spain. That is 13,647 km of water against 10,668 km as the crow flies. 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 21.9 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 25.6 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 17.1. Liner schedules on the lane quote 25 to 55 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 41 sailings by 3 carriers (Maersk, ONE and OOCL).

The shortest route goes through the Red Sea. Since attacks on shipping began there in late 2023, many carriers send ships via Cape of Good Hope instead. That route is 11,764 nautical miles, 4,395 more, and adds about 13.1 days at 14 knots. Longer voyages burn more fuel and tie up more ships, which is why freight rates on Red Sea lanes jumped when the diversions started.

1,668 nm of the route, 23% 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 ESVLC start at $2,916 for a 20GP and $3,931 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 Valencia (ESVLC) 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, Valencia is the 43rd shortest. Closer destinations include Barcelona (7,292 nm), Los Angeles (7,288 nm) and Genoa (7,140 nm).