Marsaxlokk to Yokohama shipping route.

Marsaxlokk to Yokohama is a 8,959 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Malta to Japan. That is 16,592 km of water against 10,265 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Malacca, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 26.7 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 31.1 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 20.7. 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 Marsaxlokk and Yokohama to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,180 nm instead of 8,959 nm and spends roughly 12.6 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

952 nm of the route, 11% of it, lies inside 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 Marsaxlokk to Yokohama move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Yokohama (JPYOK) carriers give about 8 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 Marsaxlokk in this directory, Yokohama is the 60th shortest. Closer destinations include Melbourne (8,822 nm), Oakland (8,729 nm) and Dalian (8,639 nm).