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Houston (USHOU) to Chennai (ex Madras) (INMAA): sailing schedule and transit time

Port-to-port transit from Houston to Chennai (ex Madras) is 40–63 days on the carriers’ published schedules. 11 sailings leave in the next 28 days on 2 carriers. Airlift’s own shipments on this route have taken 34–50 days.

Schedules published as of Sep 18

11sailings in the next four weeksSep 18 to Oct 16
2carrierson 2 carrier services
40–63 daysport-to-port transitmedian 47 days, as published
34–50 daystypical Airlift transitfrom Airlift’s own shipments, reviewed Sep 12
0direct sailingssame ship all the way, no transshipment
USHOUINMAA
sea route (schematic) portNot a navigational chart.

About 20,724 km (11,190 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 3140Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)JAMAICA EXPRESS 638E
USHOU(MGX)→MAPTM(IEX)→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Sep 21Nov 747Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)JAMAICA EXPRESS 638E
USHOU(MGX)→MAPTM(IEX)→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Sep 23Nov 1047CMA CGM (CMDU)BELITA 0PGOEW1MA
USHOU→SGSIN→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Sep 28Nov 740Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)CHENNAI EXPRESS 639E
USHOU(MGX)→MAPTM(IEX)→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Sep 28Nov 1042CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM OHIO 0PGOGW1MA
USHOU→SGSIN→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Sep 28Nov 1447Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)CHENNAI EXPRESS 639E
USHOU(MGX)→MAPTM(IEX)→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Sep 30Nov 1949CMA CGM (CMDU)KOI 0PGOIW1MA
USHOU→SGSIN→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Oct 5Dec 157CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM FIDELIO 0PGOKW1MA
USHOU→SGSIN→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Oct 8Dec 154CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM NIAGARA 0PGOMW1MA
USHOU→SGSIN→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Oct 12Nov 2140Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)NICARAGUA EXPRESS 641E
USHOU(MGX)→MAPTM(IEX)→INMAA· 1 transshipment
Oct 16Dec 1963CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM ORFEO 0PGOOW1MA
USHOU→SGSIN→INMAA· 1 transshipment

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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