Valencia to Ho Chi Minh City shipping route.

Valencia to Ho Chi Minh City is a 7,369 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading east from Spain to Vietnam. That is 13,647 km of water against 10,668 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 25.6 days at 12 knots, 21.9 days at 14 knots and 17.1 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 25 to 55 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 41 sailings by 3 carriers (Maersk, ONE and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 11,764 nm instead of 7,369 nm and spends roughly 13.1 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,668 nm of the route, 23% 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.

Recent freight rates for ESVLC to VNSGN start at $2,916 for a 20GP and $3,931 for a 40GP. These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Ho Chi Minh City (VNSGN) 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 64 port to port routes from Valencia in this directory, Ho Chi Minh City is the 42nd shortest. Closer destinations include Tanjung Priok (7,017 nm), Singapore (6,740 nm) and Port Klang (6,556 nm).