Port Said to Los Angeles shipping route.

Port Said to Los Angeles is a 9,268 nautical mile shipping route via Panama Canal, heading north west from Egypt to the United States. That is 17,164 km of water against 12,158 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal, 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 27.6 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 32.2 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 21.5. 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 Los Angeles to plan the full ocean transit time.

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,843 nautical miles, 3,575 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Suez Canal is congested or closed.

2,136 nm of the route, 23% of it, lies inside North American ECA, US Caribbean Sea 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.

Container freight rates on Port Said to Los Angeles move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Los Angeles (USLAX) 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 65 port to port routes from Port Said in this directory, Los Angeles is the 61st shortest. Closer destinations include Sydney (8,366 nm), Tokyo (8,019 nm) and Yokohama (8,007 nm).