Port Said to Cartagena shipping route.

The shipping route from Port Said, Egypt to Cartagena, Colombia covers 6,053 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 11,053 km apart, so the ship sails 1.01 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 18.0 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 21.0 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 14.0. 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 Port Said and Cartagena to plan the full ocean transit time.

1,935 nm of the route, 32% 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 Port Said to Cartagena move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Cartagena (COCTG) carriers give about 10 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 Port Said in this directory, Cartagena is the 38th shortest. Closer destinations include Laem Chabang (5,869 nm), Ho Chi Minh City (5,701 nm) and Savannah (5,610 nm).