Tanjung Priok to Houston shipping route.

Tanjung Priok to Houston is a 12,042 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Indonesia to the United States. That is 22,303 km of water against 16,507 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Sunda Strait, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 41.8 days at 12 knots, 35.8 days at 14 knots and 27.9 days at 18 knots. 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 Houston to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 12,219 nm instead of 12,042 nm and spends roughly 0.5 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,746 nm of the route, 23% of it, lies inside North American 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 Tanjung Priok to Houston move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Houston (USHOU) 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 65 port to port routes from Tanjung Priok in this directory, Houston is the 65th shortest. Closer destinations include Cartagena (10,994 nm), Savannah (10,960 nm) and Charleston (10,905 nm).