Los Angeles to Port Klang shipping route.

The shipping route from Los Angeles, United States to Port Klang, Malaysia covers 8,056 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 14,190 km apart, so the ship sails 1.05 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Pure steaming time is 24.0 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 28.0 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 18.6. Liner schedules on the lane quote 23 to 34 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 13 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO and Maersk).

683 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 USLAX to MYPKG start at $4,551 for a 20GP and $6,470 for a 40GP ($6,520 for a 40HC). These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Port Klang (MYPKG) carriers give about 5 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 Los Angeles in this directory, Port Klang is the 45th shortest. Closer destinations include Bremerhaven (8,035 nm), Tanjung Priok (8,015 nm) and Barcelona (7,888 nm).