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title: "Red Sea & Suez → Europe: sea freight from India · SSL"
description: "Nhava Sheva to Rotterdam / Hamburg: about 22 to 36 days port to port; 6,472 nautical miles. Published estimates, sources cited."
url: https://safeandsecure.in/oceans/red-sea-suez-europe/
canonical: https://safeandsecure.in/oceans/red-sea-suez-europe/
updated: 2026-11-11
lang: en-IN
publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited
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Sea route · Arabian Sea · Red Sea · Mediterranean

# Red Sea & Suez → Europe

Nhava Sheva to Rotterdam / Hamburg: about 22 to 36 days on the water.

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Nhava Sheva → Rotterdam / Hamburg. Map: Natural Earth, India point of view. Route shapes and ships are illustrative, not to scale.

- 22 to 36 d port to port published estimate
- 6,472 nautical miles ≈ 11,986 km
- 7 west-coast ports → /ports/

The voyage

## Door to door, in three legs

Your factory Nhava Sheva

**Road**: our trucks, to the port gate. [Road](https://safeandsecure.in/modes/road/)

Nhava Sheva Rotterdam / Hamburg

**Sea**: 22 to 36 days at sea. When ships avoid the Red Sea and sail round the Cape of Good Hope, UNCTAD found voyages on Asia-Europe routes grew about 30% longer (2024).

Rotterdam / Hamburg Consignee

**Destination**: delivered by the partner’s agent. [Country guides](https://safeandsecure.in/global/)

Gateways

## Ports on the west coast

Cargo handled, FY2024-25 (million tonnes)

1. [Mundra](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/mundra/) 200.7 MT
2. [Kandla](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/kandla/) 150.2 MT
3. [Nhava Sheva](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/nhava-sheva/) 92.1 MT
4. [Mumbai](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/mumbai/) 68.6 MT
5. [Mangaluru](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/new-mangalore/) 46 MT
6. [Kochi](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/cochin/) 37.6 MT
7. [Mormugao](https://safeandsecure.in/ports/mormugao/) 18.1 MT

## Frequently asked questions

**How many days from India to Rotterdam / Hamburg?**

Mundra-Hamburg 22 days, Nhava Sheva-Hamburg 27 days, Chennai-Hamburg 35 days FCL. These are published port-to-port estimates, not a guarantee.

**How far is it by sea?**

Quickest listed Nhava Sheva-Rotterdam sailing: 6,472 nautical miles, about 31 days 11 h.

**Who runs which leg?**

Our trucks carry the container between your door and a west-coast port; the sailing is arranged by our desk.

Transit days are port-to-port estimates published by forwarders; not a carrier or SSL guarantee. Distances are published sea distances for the named sailing.

Sources

- [Shipa Freight (DP World) trade-lane guides, port-to-port FCL estimates](https://www.shipafreight.com/tradelane/india-to-germany/) · 2026
- [Fluent Cargo route pages (quickest scheduled sailing, sea distance)](https://www.fluentcargo.com/routes/india/netherlands) · 2026
- [UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2024](https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/rmt2024ch3_en.pdf) · 2026

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Source: https://safeandsecure.in/oceans/red-sea-suez-europe/ (the HTML page is the record; this markdown twin was generated from it on 2026-11-11). Publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited, https://safeandsecure.in/. Figures and their periods: https://safeandsecure.in/facts/