Vancouver to Kaohsiung shipping route.

Ships leaving Vancouver for Kaohsiung head north west and cover a sea distance of 5,592 nautical miles (10,357 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 9,868 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 19.4 days at 12 knots, 16.6 days at 14 knots and 12.9 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 15 to 32 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 21 sailings by 2 carriers (CMA CGM and OOCL).

570 nm of the route, 10% 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.

Recent freight rates for CAVAN to TWKHH start at $5,777 for a 20GP and $7,500 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 Kaohsiung (TWKHH) carriers give about 7 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 Vancouver in this directory, Kaohsiung is the 16th shortest. Closer destinations include Xiamen (5,587 nm), Dalian (5,240 nm) and Ningbo (5,218 nm).