Los Angeles to Port Said shipping route.

Ships leaving Los Angeles for Port Said head north east and cover a sea distance of 9,268 nautical miles (17,164 km), via Panama Canal. The straight line between the ports is 12,158 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal, 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 27.6 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 32.2 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 21.5. 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 Los Angeles and Port Said to plan the full ocean transit time.

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,843 nautical miles, 3,575 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Suez Canal is congested or closed.

2,136 nm of the route, 23% of it, lies inside North American ECA, US Caribbean 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 Los Angeles to Port Said move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Port Said (EGPSD) carriers give about 9 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 Said is the 53rd shortest. Closer destinations include Piraeus (8,792 nm), Gdansk (8,518 nm) and Marsaxlokk (8,344 nm).