Kaohsiung to Genoa shipping route.

The shipping route from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Genoa, Italy covers 8,181 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,821 km apart, so the ship sails 1.54 times the straight line distance. 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 24.4 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 28.4 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 18.9. Liner schedules on the lane quote 25 to 77 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 50 sailings by 4 carriers (CMA CGM, ONE, OOCL and ZIM).

The shortest route goes through the Red Sea. Since attacks on shipping began there in late 2023, many carriers send ships via Cape of Good Hope instead. That route is 13,124 nautical miles, 4,943 more, and adds about 14.7 days at 14 knots. Longer voyages burn more fuel and tie up more ships, which is why freight rates on Red Sea lanes jumped when the diversions started.

1,439 nm of the route, 18% 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.

Recent freight rates for TWKHH to ITGOA start at $2,865 for a 20GP and $3,700 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 Genoa (ITGOA) carriers give about 14 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 Kaohsiung in this directory, Genoa is the 41st shortest. Closer destinations include Marsaxlokk (7,694 nm), Manzanillo (7,397 nm) and Piraeus (7,339 nm).