Port Klang to Savannah shipping route.

The shipping route from Port Klang, Malaysia to Savannah, United States covers 10,498 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 16,104 km apart, so the ship sails 1.21 times the straight line distance. 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.

Pure steaming time is 31.2 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 36.5 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 24.3. Liner schedules on the lane quote 44 to 60 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 33 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,401 nm instead of 10,498 nm and spends roughly 5.7 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,496 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 USSAV start at $6,999 for a 20GP and $8,370 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 Savannah (USSAV) 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, Savannah is the 60th shortest. Closer destinations include Charleston (10,443 nm), Montreal (10,094 nm) and New York (10,000 nm).