Laem Chabang to Seattle shipping route.

The shipping route from Laem Chabang, Thailand to Seattle, United States covers 7,221 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 12,026 km apart, so the ship sails 1.11 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 21.5 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 25.1 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 16.7. Liner schedules on the lane quote 28 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 2 sailings by 1 carrier (CMA CGM).

548 nm of the route, 8% 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 THLCH to USSEA start at $6,990 for a 20GP and $9,700 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 Seattle (USSEA) carriers give about 3.94 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, Seattle is the 37th shortest. Closer destinations include Marsaxlokk (6,821 nm), Piraeus (6,466 nm) and Cape Town (6,465 nm).