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Rio de Janeiro (BRRIO) to Houston (USHOU): sailing schedule and transit time

Port-to-port transit from Rio de Janeiro to Houston is 21–40 days on the carriers’ published schedules. 10 sailings leave in the next 28 days on 2 carriers, 4 of them direct. Airlift’s own shipments on this route have taken 20–28 days.

Schedules published as of Sep 18

10sailings in the next four weeksSep 18 to Oct 16
2carrierson 1 carrier service
21–40 daysport-to-port transitmedian 30 days, as published
20–28 daystypical Airlift transitfrom Airlift’s own shipments, reviewed Sep 12
4direct sailingssame ship all the way, no transshipment
BRRIOUSHOU
sea route (schematic) portNot a navigational chart.

About 11,967 km (6,462 nautical miles) by sea, measured along the map’s schematic line.

Sailings in the next four weeks

Schedules published as of Sep 18
DepartsArrivesDaysCarrierVessel / voyageRouting
Sep 21Oct 2029Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)NC BRAVO 028S
BRRIO→BRSSZ(GS1)→USHOU· 1 transshipment
Sep 21Oct 2736Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)NC BRAVO 028S
BRRIO→BRPNG(GS1)→USHOU· 1 transshipment
Sep 22Oct 1421Maersk (MAEU)MAERSK KARUN 638N
BRRIO→USHOU· direct
Sep 26Oct 2731Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)— 028S
BRRIO→BRSSZ(GS1)→USHOU· 1 transshipment
Sep 26Nov 338Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)— 028S
BRRIO→BRPNG(GS1)→USHOU· 1 transshipment
Sep 29Oct 2121Maersk (MAEU)MAERSK CHAMBAL 639N
BRRIO→USHOU· direct
Oct 1Nov 333Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)— 029S
BRRIO→BRSSZ(GS1)→USHOU· 1 transshipment
Oct 1Nov 1040Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)— 029S
BRRIO→BRPNG(GS1)→USHOU· 1 transshipment
Oct 6Oct 2821Maersk (MAEU)MSC DAMLA 640N
BRRIO→USHOU· direct
Oct 13Nov 421Maersk (MAEU)MAERSK CHACHAI 641N
BRRIO→USHOU· direct

Transit days run port to port, as the carrier publishes them. They don’t include the origin cut-off, customs release or delivery inland. For planning only. Schedules, routings and ship assignments change without notice, so confirm with your carrier or with Airlift before you book. Nothing on these pages is a rate, a guarantee of space or a guaranteed transit time.

Carrier services on this route

A carrier service is a carrier’s fixed loop of port calls, such as Hapag-Lloyd’s IEX. This list comes from the stops on the sailings above; the number is sailings on this route. Services seen on at least 3 sailings across Sealanes have their own page.

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Where these schedules come from

Sailing dates, ships and port calls come from the carriers’ own published schedules and cover departures in the next four weeks; your browser checks the schedule feed again each time you open a page. A carrier service or a ship gets its own page once it has appeared on at least three of those sailings. Transit times labeled “Airlift history” are the typical range on Airlift’s own shipments on that lane. Sea lines on the maps are schematic, not exact tracks.

Schedules published as of Sep 18, method checked Sep 18. For planning only. Schedules, routings and ship assignments change without notice, so confirm with your carrier or with Airlift before you book. Nothing on these pages is a rate, a guarantee of space or a guaranteed transit time.

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