Manzanillo to Karachi shipping route.

Manzanillo to Karachi is a 10,879 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north from Mexico to Pakistan. That is 20,148 km of water against 15,036 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Panama Canal and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 32.4 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 37.8 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 25.2. 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 Manzanillo and Karachi to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Strait of Malacca sails 11,983 nm instead of 10,879 nm and spends roughly 3.3 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,083 nm of the route, 19% of it, lies inside 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 Manzanillo to Karachi move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Karachi (PKKHI) 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 Manzanillo in this directory, Karachi is the 62nd shortest. Closer destinations include Mombasa (10,744 nm), Colombo (10,589 nm) and Salalah (10,021 nm).