Montreal to Karachi shipping route.

Montreal to Karachi is a 8,102 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Canada to Pakistan. That is 15,004 km of water against 11,228 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 24.1 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 28.1 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 18.8. 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 Montreal and Karachi to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,003 nm instead of 8,102 nm and spends roughly 11.6 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, 37% 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.

Container freight rates on Montreal 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 Montreal in this directory, Karachi is the 38th shortest. Closer destinations include Durban (8,047 nm), Vancouver (7,543 nm) and Seattle (7,521 nm).