Port Klang to Houston shipping route.

Ships leaving Port Klang for Houston head north east and cover a sea distance of 11,581 nautical miles (21,448 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 15,965 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 40.2 days at 12 knots, 34.5 days at 14 knots and 26.8 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 37 to 58 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 26 sailings by 2 carriers (CMA CGM and Maersk).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 12,501 nm instead of 11,581 nm and spends roughly 2.7 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,746 nm of the route, 24% 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.

Recent freight rates for MYPKG to USHOU start at $7,176 for a 20GP and $8,350 for a 40GP ($8,420 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 Houston (USHOU) carriers give about 4 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 64 port to port routes from Port Klang in this directory, Houston is the 64th shortest. Closer destinations include Callao (11,137 nm), Balboa (10,949 nm) and Cartagena (10,941 nm).