Santos to Valencia shipping route.

Ships leaving Santos for Valencia head north east and cover a sea distance of 4,870 nautical miles (9,018 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 8,516 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. 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 14.5 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 16.9 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 11.3. 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 Santos and Valencia to plan the full ocean transit time.

416 nm of the route, 9% 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 Valencia move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Valencia (ESVLC) carriers give about 6 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, Valencia is the 8th shortest. Closer destinations include Balboa (4,594 nm), Algeciras (4,486 nm) and Cartagena (4,323 nm).