Lagos (Apapa) to Kaohsiung shipping route.

The shipping route from Lagos (Apapa), Nigeria to Kaohsiung, Taiwan covers 9,774 nautical miles port to port, via Cape of Good Hope. On a globe the two ports sit 12,432 km apart, so the ship sails 1.46 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Cape of Good Hope and Sunda Strait.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 29.1 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 33.9 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 22.6. Container transit time on a liner service is longer than the steaming time: ships call at other ports on the rotation, and cargo may transship at a hub. Add terminal time at Lagos (Apapa) and Kaohsiung to plan the full ocean transit time.

Container freight rates on Lagos (Apapa) to Kaohsiung move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Kaohsiung (TWKHH) carriers give about 7 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 Lagos (Apapa) in this directory, Kaohsiung is the 55th shortest. Closer destinations include Yantian (9,602 nm), Hong Kong (9,580 nm) and Vancouver (9,482 nm).