Boston to Chennai

Boston, US to Chennai, IN (USBOS to INMAA)

Current ocean freight between Boston and Chennai starts at $1,780 per 20' container and at $2,300 per 40'HC container. Transit times span 57 to 78 days under Skypace contracts with Evergreen and 2 other carriers.

An alternative-port routing (Alt POL/POD, OOCL) is filed at $2,355 ocean freight — $55 above the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between Boston and Chennai.

Published 40'HC ocean freight spans $2,300 to $2,400 across 1 carrier — a $100 spread.

Rates checked on Aug 21, 2026.

Current sailings

Each rate below is broken into its price components: ocean freight, origin terminal charges and destination terminal charges, in USD per container. The freight column covers ocean carriage of a 40'HC container only — any component a carrier has not published is shown as TBA, never estimated or silently bundled.

CarrierDepartureTransitOcean freight (40'HC)Origin chargesDestination chargesPort cutoffValid untilAction
EvergreenN/AN/A$2,300TBA$108N/ASelect & Quote
Evergreen60 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen57 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen59 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen62 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen59 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen64 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL/PODN/AN/A$2,355TBA$55N/ASelect & Quote
MSC Alt POD69 days$6,000TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD78 days$6,000TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD74 days$6,000TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD77 days$6,000TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD72 days$6,000TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt PODN/AN/A$6,000TBA$112N/ASelect & Quote

Some sailings are filed via a nearby alternative port and are marked Alt POL (origin side), Alt POD (destination side) or Alt POL/POD. Prices on such rows apply to that alternative routing, not to this page's primary port pair.

Rates last fetched on

14 sailings available · Transit: 57–78 days · 3 carriers

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