Montreal to Hong Kong shipping route.

Montreal to Hong Kong is a 11,712 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north from Canada to Hong Kong. That is 21,690 km of water against 12,435 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, 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 34.9 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 40.7 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 27.1. Liner schedules on the lane quote 22 to 29 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 25 sailings by 2 carriers (CMA CGM and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 12,665 nm instead of 11,712 nm and spends roughly 2.8 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

3,001 nm of the route, 26% of it, lies inside North American 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.

Recent freight rates for CAMTR to HKHKG start at $7,615 for a 20GP and $9,515 for a 40GP. These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Hong Kong (HKHKG) 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 Montreal in this directory, Hong Kong is the 57th shortest. Closer destinations include Manila (11,635 nm), Haiphong (11,592 nm) and Busan (11,519 nm).