Vancouver to Mombasa shipping route.

The shipping route from Vancouver, Canada to Mombasa, Kenya covers 11,312 nautical miles port to port, via Strait of Malacca. On a globe the two ports sit 14,730 km apart, so the ship sails 1.42 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Malacca.

At sea, the voyage lasts 39.3 days at 12 knots, 33.7 days at 14 knots and 26.2 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 Vancouver and Mombasa to plan the full ocean transit time.

The next option is via Sunda Strait, 11,636 nautical miles, 323 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Sunda Strait is congested or closed.

570 nm of the route, 5% 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.

Container freight rates on Vancouver 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 Vancouver in this directory, Mombasa is the 63rd shortest. Closer destinations include Jeddah (11,219 nm), Djibouti (10,964 nm) and Cape Town (10,793 nm).