Manzanillo to Salalah shipping route.

The shipping route from Manzanillo, Mexico to Salalah, Oman covers 10,021 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 15,364 km apart, so the ship sails 1.21 times the straight line distance. 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 29.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 34.8 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 23.2. 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 Salalah to plan the full ocean transit time.

The shortest route goes through the Red Sea. Since attacks on shipping began there in late 2023, many carriers send ships via Cape of Good Hope instead. That route is 12,122 nautical miles, 2,102 more, and adds about 6.3 days at 14 knots. Longer voyages burn more fuel and tie up more ships, which is why freight rates on Red Sea lanes jumped when the diversions started.

2,083 nm of the route, 21% 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 Salalah move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Salalah (OMSLL) carriers give about 3 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, Salalah is the 59th shortest. Closer destinations include Djibouti (9,360 nm), Port Klang (9,269 nm) and Tanjung Priok (9,217 nm).