London Gateway to Mombasa shipping route.

London Gateway to Mombasa is a 6,339 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading south east from the United Kingdom to Kenya. That is 11,739 km of water against 7,206 km as the crow flies. 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 22.0 days at 12 knots, 18.9 days at 14 knots and 14.7 days at 18 knots. 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 London Gateway and Mombasa 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 8,717 nm instead of 6,339 nm and spends roughly 7.1 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, 36% 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 London Gateway to Mombasa move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one.

Of the 61 port to port routes from London Gateway in this directory, Mombasa is the 32nd shortest. Closer destinations include Buenos Aires (6,317 nm), Nhava Sheva (6,308 nm) and Mundra (6,294 nm).