Seattle to Savannah shipping route.

Seattle to Savannah is a 5,805 nautical mile shipping route via Panama Canal, heading east from the United States to the United States. That is 10,751 km of water against 3,861 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 17.3 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 20.2 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 13.4. 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 Savannah to plan the full ocean transit time.

1,643 nm of the route, 28% 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 Savannah move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Savannah (USSAV) carriers give about 4 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, Savannah is the 19th shortest. Closer destinations include Charleston (5,795 nm), Houston (5,740 nm) and Kaohsiung (5,571 nm).