Tanjung Priok to Vancouver shipping route.

Ships leaving Tanjung Priok for Vancouver head north east and cover a sea distance of 7,504 nautical miles (13,898 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 13,326 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 22.3 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 26.1 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 17.4. 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 Tanjung Priok and Vancouver to plan the full ocean transit time.

570 nm of the route, 8% 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 Tanjung Priok to Vancouver move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Vancouver (CAVAN) carriers give about 3 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, Vancouver is the 42nd shortest. Closer destinations include Seattle (7,483 nm), Algeciras (7,274 nm) and Valencia (7,017 nm).