Laem Chabang to Genoa shipping route.

The shipping route from Laem Chabang, Thailand to Genoa, Italy covers 7,308 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,148 km apart, so the ship sails 1.48 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 21.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 25.4 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 16.9. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 60 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 56 sailings by 4 carriers (CMA CGM, ONE, OOCL and ZIM).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,403 nm instead of 7,308 nm and spends roughly 15.2 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,439 nm of the route, 20% 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 THLCH to ITGOA start at $2,775 for a 20GP and $3,550 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 65 port to port routes from Laem Chabang in this directory, Genoa is the 39th shortest. Closer destinations include Vancouver (7,243 nm), Seattle (7,221 nm) and Marsaxlokk (6,821 nm).