Ho Chi Minh City, VN to Chicago, US (VNSGN to USCHI)
Current ocean freight between Ho Chi Minh City and Chicago starts at $7,706 per 20' container and at $8,815 per 40'HC container. Transit times span 33 to 46 days under Skypace contracts with COSCO, Yang Ming and 4 other carriers.
An alternative-port routing (Alt POD, OOCL) is filed at $9,651 ocean freight — $836 above the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between Ho Chi Minh City and Chicago.
Published 40'HC ocean freight spans $8,815 to $9,781 across 4 carriers — a $966 spread.
Rates checked on Aug 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSCO | N/A | N/A | $8,815 | $210 | $15 | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| COSCO | 46 days | $9,115 | $210 | TBA | Select & Quote | |||
| COSCO | 37 days | $9,115 | $210 | TBA | Select & Quote | |||
| COSCO | 44 days | $9,115 | $210 | TBA | Select & Quote | |||
| Yang Ming | N/A | N/A | $9,462 | $192 | $315 | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| ONE | 36 days | $9,562 | $192 | $315 | Select & Quote | |||
| ONE | 33 days | $9,562 | $192 | $315 | Select & Quote | |||
| ONE | 33 days | $9,562 | $192 | $315 | Select & Quote | |||
| MSC | N/A | N/A | $9,781 | $217 | $130 | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| OOCL Alt POD | N/A | N/A | $9,651 | $217 | TBA | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| HMM Alt POL | N/A | N/A | $9,861 | $200 | TBA | 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.
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11 sailings available · Transit: 33–46 days · 6 carriers