Piraeus to Manila shipping route.

The shipping route from Piraeus, Greece to Manila, Philippines covers 7,026 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,638 km apart, so the ship sails 1.35 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Malacca, 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 20.9 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 24.4 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 16.3. 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 Piraeus and Manila 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 13,301 nm instead of 7,026 nm and spends roughly 18.7 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

597 nm of the route, 8% of it, lies inside 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 Piraeus to Manila move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Manila (PHMNL) 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 Piraeus in this directory, Manila is the 44th shortest. Closer destinations include Haiphong (6,982 nm), Buenos Aires (6,803 nm) and Laem Chabang (6,466 nm).