Tokyo to Marsaxlokk shipping route.

Tokyo to Marsaxlokk is a 8,970 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from Japan to Malta. That is 16,613 km of water against 10,258 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Malacca, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 31.1 days at 12 knots, 26.7 days at 14 knots and 20.8 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 Marsaxlokk to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,191 nm instead of 8,970 nm and spends roughly 12.6 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

952 nm of the route, 11% 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 Tokyo to Marsaxlokk move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Marsaxlokk (MTMAR) carriers give about 6 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, Marsaxlokk is the 43rd shortest. Closer destinations include Piraeus (8,615 nm), Callao (8,497 nm) and Cape Town (8,463 nm).