Houston to Singapore shipping route.

Houston to Singapore is a 11,766 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from the United States to Singapore. That is 21,790 km of water against 16,016 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, 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 35.0 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 40.9 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 27.2. Liner schedules on the lane quote 42 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 1 sailings by 1 carrier (CMA CGM).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 12,222 nm instead of 11,766 nm and spends roughly 1.3 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,746 nm of the route, 23% 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 USHOU to SGSIN start at $11,700 for a 20GP and $13,000 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 Singapore (SGSIN) 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 Houston in this directory, Singapore is the 63rd shortest. Closer destinations include Ho Chi Minh City (11,745 nm), Port Klang (11,581 nm) and Haiphong (11,416 nm).