Le Havre to Mundra shipping route.

Ships leaving Le Havre for Mundra head east and cover a sea distance of 6,166 nautical miles (11,420 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 6,650 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 18.4 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 21.4 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 14.3. 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 Le Havre and Mundra to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 10,845 nm instead of 6,166 nm and spends roughly 13.9 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,159 nm of the route, 35% of it, lies inside North Sea 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.

Container freight rates on Le Havre to Mundra move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Mundra (INMUN) carriers give about 3.95 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 61 port to port routes from Le Havre in this directory, Mundra is the 29th shortest. Closer destinations include Cape Town (6,119 nm), Jebel Ali (6,080 nm) and Callao (6,048 nm).