Seattle to Manila shipping route.

Seattle to Manila is a 6,078 nautical mile shipping route on a direct course, heading north west from the United States to the Philippines. That is 11,257 km of water against 10,688 km as the crow flies. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Pure steaming time is 18.1 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 21.1 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 14.1. 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 Seattle and Manila to plan the full ocean transit time.

548 nm of the route, 9% 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.

Container freight rates on Seattle to Manila move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Manila (PHMNL) 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 Seattle in this directory, Manila is the 22nd shortest. Closer destinations include Yantian (5,821 nm), Hong Kong (5,821 nm) and Savannah (5,805 nm).