Santos to Genoa shipping route.

Santos to Genoa is a 5,340 nautical mile shipping route on a direct course, heading north east from Brazil to Italy. That is 9,891 km of water against 9,448 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar.

Pure steaming time is 15.9 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 18.5 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 12.4. 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 Santos and Genoa to plan the full ocean transit time.

886 nm of the route, 17% 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 Santos to Genoa move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Genoa (ITGOA) carriers give about 14 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 Santos in this directory, Genoa is the 15th shortest. Closer destinations include Le Havre (5,299 nm), Savannah (5,035 nm) and New York (5,035 nm).