Chicago, US to Istanbul, TR (USCHI to TRIST)
Current ocean freight between Chicago and Istanbul starts at $200 per 20' container and at $200 per 40'HC container. Transit time is 33 days under Skypace contracts with Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL and 1 other carrier.
An alternative-port routing (Alt POD, Maersk) is filed at $4,021 ocean freight — $3,821 above the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between Chicago and Istanbul.
Published 40'HC ocean freight spans $200 to $877 across 2 carriers — a $677 spread.
Rates checked on Aug 21, 2026.
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.
| Carrier | Departure | Transit | Ocean freight (40'HC) | Origin charges | Destination charges | Port cutoff | Valid until | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hapag-Lloyd | 33 days | $200 | $168 | $407 | Select & Quote | |||
| Hapag-Lloyd | 33 days | $200 | $168 | $407 | Select & Quote | |||
| Hapag-Lloyd | 33 days | $200 | $168 | $407 | Select & Quote | |||
| Hapag-Lloyd | 33 days | $200 | $168 | $407 | Select & Quote | |||
| Hapag-Lloyd | 33 days | $200 | $168 | $407 | Select & Quote | |||
| Hapag-Lloyd | 33 days | $200 | $168 | $407 | Select & Quote | |||
| OOCL | N/A | N/A | $877 | TBA | $307 | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| Maersk Alt POD | N/A | N/A | $4,021 | TBA | $470 | N/A | Select & 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
8 sailings available · Transit: 33–33 days · 3 carriers