Port Said to Seattle shipping route.

Ships leaving Port Said for Seattle head north and cover a sea distance of 10,482 nautical miles (19,412 km), via Panama Canal. The straight line between the ports is 10,886 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. 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 31.2 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 36.4 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 24.3. 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 Port Said and Seattle to plan the full ocean transit time.

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,238 nautical miles, 1,756 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Suez Canal is congested or closed.

3,350 nm of the route, 32% 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 Seattle move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Seattle (USSEA) carriers give about 3.94 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, Seattle is the 64th shortest. Closer destinations include Oakland (9,653 nm), Auckland (9,453 nm) and Los Angeles (9,268 nm).