Incheon to Gdansk shipping route.

Incheon to Gdansk is a 11,809 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from South Korea to Poland. That is 21,870 km of water against 7,713 km as the crow flies. 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.

Pure steaming time is 35.2 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 41.0 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 27.3. Container transit time on a liner service is longer than the steaming time: ships call at other ports on the rotation, and cargo may transship at a hub. Add terminal time at Incheon and Gdansk to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 14,164 nm instead of 11,809 nm and spends roughly 7.0 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

3,185 nm of the route, 27% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA, Baltic Sea 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.

Container freight rates on Incheon to Gdansk move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Gdansk (PLGDN) carriers give about 7.5 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 64 port to port routes from Incheon in this directory, Gdansk is the 63rd shortest. Closer destinations include Buenos Aires (11,696 nm), Santos (11,492 nm) and Gothenburg (11,413 nm).