Seattle to Port Said shipping route.

Seattle to Port Said is a 10,482 nautical mile shipping route via Panama Canal, heading north from the United States to Egypt. That is 19,412 km of water against 10,886 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar and 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 31.2 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 36.4 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 24.3. 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 Seattle and Port Said to plan the full ocean transit time.

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,238 nautical miles, 1,756 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Suez Canal is congested or closed.

3,350 nm of the route, 32% of it, lies inside North American ECA, US Caribbean Sea 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 Seattle to Port Said move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Port Said (EGPSD) carriers give about 9 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, Port Said is the 56th shortest. Closer destinations include Karachi (10,164 nm), Mundra (10,010 nm) and Piraeus (10,006 nm).