Hong Kong to Vancouver shipping route.

The shipping route from Hong Kong to Vancouver, Canada covers 5,843 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 10,255 km apart, so the ship sails 1.06 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 20.3 days at 12 knots, 17.4 days at 14 knots and 13.5 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 17 to 37 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 34 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, Maersk and OOCL).

570 nm of the route, 10% 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 CAVAN start at $4,723 for a 20GP and $6,860 for a 40GP ($6,910 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 Vancouver (CAVAN) carriers give about 3 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, Vancouver is the 30th shortest. Closer destinations include Jeddah (5,822 nm), Seattle (5,821 nm) and Mombasa (5,558 nm).