Tanjung Priok to Genoa shipping route.

Tanjung Priok to Genoa is a 6,788 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from Indonesia to Italy. That is 12,572 km of water against 11,115 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Sunda Strait, 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 20.2 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 23.6 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 15.7. 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 Tanjung Priok and Genoa to plan the full ocean transit time.

The shortest route goes through the Red Sea. Since attacks on shipping began there in late 2023, many carriers send ships via Cape of Good Hope instead. That route is 11,190 nautical miles, 4,402 more, and adds about 13.1 days at 14 knots. Longer voyages burn more fuel and tie up more ships, which is why freight rates on Red Sea lanes jumped when the diversions started.

1,439 nm of the route, 21% of it, lies inside 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 Tanjung Priok to Genoa move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Genoa (ITGOA) carriers give about 14 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 65 port to port routes from Tanjung Priok in this directory, Genoa is the 37th shortest. Closer destinations include Marsaxlokk (6,301 nm), Piraeus (5,946 nm) and Mersin (5,720 nm).