Incheon to Piraeus shipping route.

Incheon to Piraeus is a 8,269 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from South Korea to Greece. That is 15,314 km of water against 8,505 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 24.6 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 28.7 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 19.1. 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 Piraeus to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 14,438 nm instead of 8,269 nm and spends roughly 18.4 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

597 nm of the route, 7% 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.

Container freight rates on Incheon to Piraeus move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Piraeus (GRPIR) carriers give about 6.75 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, Piraeus is the 39th shortest. Closer destinations include Cape Town (8,144 nm), Mersin (8,043 nm) and Port Said (7,672 nm).