Montreal to Mombasa shipping route.

The shipping route from Montreal, Canada to Mombasa, Kenya covers 8,307 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 12,125 km apart, so the ship sails 1.27 times the straight line distance. 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 24.7 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 28.8 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 19.2. 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 Montreal and Mombasa 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 9,803 nm instead of 8,307 nm and spends roughly 4.5 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, 36% 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 Mombasa move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one.

Of the 65 port to port routes from Montreal in this directory, Mombasa is the 42nd shortest. Closer destinations include Nhava Sheva (8,276 nm), Mundra (8,262 nm) and Jebel Ali (8,176 nm).