Savannah to Mersin shipping route.

The shipping route from Savannah, United States to Mersin, Türkiye covers 5,670 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 9,856 km apart, so the ship sails 1.07 times the straight line distance. 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 16.9 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 19.7 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 13.1. 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 Mersin to plan the full ocean transit time.

2,555 nm of the route, 45% 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 Mersin move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Mersin (TRMER) 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, Mersin is the 28th shortest. Closer destinations include Port Said (5,610 nm), Lagos (Apapa) (5,320 nm) and Piraeus (5,134 nm).