London Gateway to Kaohsiung shipping route.

London Gateway to Kaohsiung is a 9,980 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from the United Kingdom to Taiwan. That is 18,483 km of water against 9,906 km as the crow flies. 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 29.7 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 34.7 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 23.1. Liner schedules on the lane quote 39 to 48 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 6 sailings by 2 carriers (CMA CGM and Maersk).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,272 nm instead of 9,980 nm and spends roughly 9.8 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,286 nm of the route, 23% 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.

Recent freight rates for GBLGP to TWKHH start at $1,725 for a 20GP and $3,140 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 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 61 port to port routes from London Gateway in this directory, Kaohsiung is the 50th shortest. Closer destinations include Xiamen (9,969 nm), Yantian (9,765 nm) and Hong Kong (9,744 nm).