Savannah to Karachi shipping route.

Savannah to Karachi is a 8,506 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from the United States to Pakistan. That is 15,753 km of water against 12,830 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb and Suez 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 25.3 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 29.5 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 19.7. 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 Savannah and Karachi to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 11,695 nm instead of 8,506 nm and spends roughly 9.5 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,496 nm of the route, 29% of it, lies inside North American 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 Savannah to Karachi move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Karachi (PKKHI) carriers give about 5 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, Karachi is the 37th shortest. Closer destinations include Durban (7,739 nm), Salalah (7,647 nm) and Cape Town (7,025 nm).