Valencia to Mombasa shipping route.

Valencia to Mombasa is a 4,768 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading south east from Spain to Kenya. That is 8,831 km of water against 6,336 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal and Bab-el-Mandeb, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 16.6 days at 12 knots, 14.2 days at 14 knots and 11.0 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 Valencia and Mombasa to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 8,098 nm instead of 4,768 nm and spends roughly 9.9 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, 35% 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 Valencia to Mombasa move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one.

Of the 64 port to port routes from Valencia in this directory, Mombasa is the 29th shortest. Closer destinations include Nhava Sheva (4,737 nm), Mundra (4,724 nm) and Jebel Ali (4,638 nm).