Singapore to Hamburg shipping route.

The shipping route from Singapore to Hamburg, Germany covers 8,634 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 10,152 km apart, so the ship sails 1.58 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, 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 25.7 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 30.0 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 20.0. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 45 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 30 sailings by 4 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Maersk and MSC).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,122 nm instead of 8,634 nm and spends roughly 10.4 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,599 nm of the route, 30% of it, lies inside North 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.

Recent freight rates for SGSIN to DEHAM start at $1,705 for a 20GP and $3,140 for a 40GP ($3,100 for a 40HC). These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Hamburg (DEHAM) carriers give about 3.83 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 Singapore in this directory, Hamburg is the 51st shortest. Closer destinations include Bremerhaven (8,588 nm), Rotterdam (8,381 nm) and Antwerp (8,362 nm).