Manila to New York shipping route.

Manila to New York is a 11,517 nautical mile shipping route via Panama Canal, heading north from the Philippines to the United States. That is 21,330 km of water against 13,671 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes 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 34.3 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 40.0 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 26.7. 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 Manila and New York to plan the full ocean transit time.

The next option is via Cape of Good Hope, 13,564 nautical miles, 2,046 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Cape of Good Hope is congested or closed.

522 nm of the route, 5% 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.

Container freight rates on Manila to New York move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At New York (USNYC) carriers give about 4 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 Manila in this directory, New York is the 64th shortest. Closer destinations include Savannah (11,110 nm), Charleston (11,101 nm) and Houston (11,045 nm).