Bremerhaven to Oakland

Bremerhaven, DE to Oakland, US (DEBRV to USOAK)

Current ocean freight between Bremerhaven and Oakland starts at $2,789 per 20' container and at $3,505 per 40'HC container. Transit time is 33 days under Skypace contracts with OOCL and HMM.

Today's lowest 40'HC ocean freight ($3,505) sits 9% above the $3,220 average of the 6 weekly rate checks recorded since Jun 18, 2026.

An alternative-port routing (Alt POL, HMM) is filed at $3,478 ocean freight — $27 below the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between Bremerhaven and Oakland.

Rates checked on Oct 17, 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
OOCLN/AN/A$3,505TBATBAN/ASelect next steps
HMM33 days$3,578$95TBASelect next steps
HMM33 days$3,578$95TBASelect next steps
HMM33 days$3,578$95TBASelect next steps
HMMN/AN/A$3,578$95TBAN/ASelect next steps
HMM Alt POLN/AN/A$3,478$95TBAN/ASelect next steps

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

6 sailings available · Transit: 33–33 days · 2 carriers

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