Oakland to Port Klang shipping route.

The shipping route from Oakland, United States to Port Klang, Malaysia covers 7,722 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 13,629 km apart, so the ship sails 1.05 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 26.8 days at 12 knots, 23.0 days at 14 knots and 17.9 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 36 to 51 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 9 sailings by 1 carrier (Maersk).

348 nm of the route, 5% 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.

Container freight rates on Oakland to Port Klang move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Port Klang (MYPKG) 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, Port Klang is the 33rd shortest. Closer destinations include Laem Chabang (7,492 nm), Singapore (7,442 nm) and Melbourne (7,063 nm).