Tokyo to Felixstowe shipping route.

The shipping route from Tokyo, Japan to Felixstowe, United Kingdom covers 11,255 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,470 km apart, so the ship sails 2.20 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 39.1 days at 12 knots, 33.5 days at 14 knots and 26.1 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 Tokyo and Felixstowe to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 12,604 nm instead of 11,255 nm and spends roughly 4.0 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,285 nm of the route, 20% 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.

Container freight rates on Tokyo to Felixstowe move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Felixstowe (GBFXT) 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 Tokyo in this directory, Felixstowe is the 56th shortest. Closer destinations include Montreal (11,155 nm), Le Havre (11,129 nm) and Lagos (Apapa) (11,051 nm).