Savannah to Kaohsiung shipping route.

Savannah to Kaohsiung is a 10,698 nautical mile shipping route via Panama Canal, heading north west from the United States to Taiwan. That is 19,813 km of water against 13,519 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes 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 31.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 37.1 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 24.8. Liner schedules on the lane quote 33 to 69 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 31 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,352 nautical miles, 1,654 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Strait of Gibraltar is congested or closed.

377 nm of the route, 4% of it, lies inside North American 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.

Recent freight rates for USSAV to TWKHH start at $7,490 for a 20GP and $9,350 for a 40GP ($9,402 for a 40HC). These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Kaohsiung (TWKHH) carriers give about 7 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 64 port to port routes from Savannah in this directory, Kaohsiung is the 57th shortest. Closer destinations include Xiamen (10,693 nm), Singapore (10,683 nm) and Port Klang (10,498 nm).