GCC Shipping Routes โ€” Freight, Transit, Duty

Tradloc maintains a reference page for every trade lane between our covered origin countries and GCC, Levant and North African destinations. Each lane page carries indicative 20ft and 40ft container rates, sea transit and door-to-door lead times, departure-port comparisons, arrival ports, carriers, customs duty, VAT and applicable free-trade-agreement treatment.

Most requested lanes

Shipping routes to United Arab Emirates ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช

Shipping routes to Saudi Arabia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Shipping routes to Oman ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ

Shipping routes to Qatar ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Shipping routes to Kuwait ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ

Shipping routes to Bahrain ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ

Shipping routes to Iraq ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ

Shipping routes to Jordan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด

Shipping routes to Egypt ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ

Shipping from China

Loading ports: Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Tianjin ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$2,200 ยท Sea transit ~22 days.

Shipping from India

Loading ports: Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Chennai ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$1,500 ยท Sea transit ~12 days.

Shipping from Turkey

Loading ports: Istanbul (Ambarli), Mersin, Izmir ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$1,900 ยท Sea transit ~14 days.

Shipping from Germany

Loading ports: Hamburg, Bremerhaven ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$3,200 ยท Sea transit ~31 days.

Shipping from Netherlands

Loading ports: Rotterdam ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$3,038 ยท Sea transit ~29 days.

Shipping from Italy

Loading ports: Genoa, Gioia Tauro ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$2,900 ยท Sea transit ~20 days.

Shipping from South Korea

Loading ports: Busan ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$2,400 ยท Sea transit ~24 days.

Shipping from Vietnam

Loading ports: Ho Chi Minh (Cat Lai), Haiphong ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$2,300 ยท Sea transit ~23 days.

Shipping from USA

Loading ports: Houston, Los Angeles, New York ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$4,200 ยท Sea transit ~38 days.

Shipping from Egypt

Loading ports: Alexandria, Port Said, Sokhna ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$1,400 ยท Sea transit ~6 days.

Shipping from Singapore

Loading ports: Singapore ยท Reference 40ft rate ~US$2,000 ยท Sea transit ~12 days.