Laem Chabang to Savannah shipping route.

The shipping route from Laem Chabang, Thailand to Savannah, United States covers 11,479 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 14,988 km apart, so the ship sails 1.42 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 34.2 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 39.9 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 26.6. Liner schedules on the lane quote 41 to 65 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 53 sailings by 4 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and ZIM).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 12,349 nm instead of 11,479 nm and spends roughly 2.6 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,496 nm of the route, 22% of it, lies inside North American 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.

Recent freight rates for THLCH to USSAV start at $5,626 for a 20GP and $8,900 for a 40GP ($7,848 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 65 port to port routes from Laem Chabang in this directory, Savannah is the 64th shortest. Closer destinations include Charleston (11,425 nm), Callao (11,408 nm) and Montreal (11,075 nm).