Oakland to Hong Kong shipping route.

Oakland to Hong Kong is a 6,092 nautical mile shipping route on a direct course, heading north west from the United States to Hong Kong. That is 11,283 km of water against 11,103 km as the crow flies. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 18.1 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 21.2 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 14.1. Liner schedules on the lane quote 22 to 137 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 22 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, Maersk and MSC).

348 nm of the route, 6% of it, lies inside North American 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 USOAK to HKHKG start at $4,847 for a 20GP and $7,015 for a 40GP ($7,065 for a 40HC). 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 Oakland in this directory, Hong Kong is the 23rd shortest. Closer destinations include Kaohsiung (5,842 nm), Xiamen (5,837 nm) and Auckland (5,808 nm).