Singapore to Rotterdam shipping route.

The shipping route from Singapore to Rotterdam, Netherlands covers 8,381 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 10,541 km apart, so the ship sails 1.47 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 24.9 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 29.1 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 19.4. Liner schedules on the lane quote 23 to 47 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 5 sailings by 3 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO and ONE).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 11,869 nm instead of 8,381 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.

2,341 nm of the route, 28% 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 NLRTM start at $2,529 for a 20GP and $3,826 for a 40GP. These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Rotterdam (NLRTM) 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 Singapore in this directory, Rotterdam is the 49th shortest. Closer destinations include Antwerp (8,362 nm), London Gateway (8,311 nm) and Felixstowe (8,309 nm).