Hong Kong to Oakland shipping route.

The shipping route from Hong Kong to Oakland, United States covers 6,092 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 11,103 km apart, so the ship sails 1.02 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 18.1 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 21.2 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 14.1. Liner schedules on the lane quote 22 to 137 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 22 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, Maersk and MSC).

348 nm of the route, 6% 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 HKHKG to USOAK start at $4,847 for a 20GP and $7,015 for a 40GP ($7,065 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 Oakland (USOAK) 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 63 port to port routes from Hong Kong in this directory, Oakland is the 31st shortest. Closer destinations include Vancouver (5,843 nm), Jeddah (5,822 nm) and Seattle (5,821 nm).