Kaohsiung to Savannah shipping route.

Ships leaving Kaohsiung for Savannah head north and cover a sea distance of 10,698 nautical miles (19,813 km), via Panama Canal. The straight line between the ports is 13,519 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Panama Canal, 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 31.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 37.1 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 24.8. Liner schedules on the lane quote 33 to 69 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 31 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,352 nautical miles, 1,654 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Strait of Gibraltar is congested or closed.

377 nm of the route, 4% 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 TWKHH to USSAV start at $7,490 for a 20GP and $9,350 for a 40GP ($9,402 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 Savannah (USSAV) carriers give about 4 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, Savannah is the 60th shortest. Closer destinations include Charleston (10,689 nm), Houston (10,633 nm) and Santos (10,534 nm).