Ho Chi Minh City, VN to Seattle, US (VNSGN to USSEA)
Current ocean freight between Ho Chi Minh City and Seattle starts at $6,186 per 20' container and at $7,881 per 40'HC container. Transit time is 30 days under Skypace contracts with MSC and 4 other carriers.
Today's lowest 40'HC ocean freight ($7,881) sits 41% above the $5,591 average of the 4 weekly rate checks recorded since May 19, 2026.
An alternative-port routing (Alt POD, COSCO) is filed at $7,365 ocean freight — $516 below the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between Ho Chi Minh City and Seattle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSC | N/A | N/A | $7,881 | $217 | $137 | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| COSCO Alt POD | N/A | N/A | $7,365 | $210 | TBA | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| ONE Alt POD | 30 days | $7,537 | $192 | $15 | Select & Quote | |||
| Yang Ming Alt POD | N/A | N/A | $7,702 | $203 | TBA | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| HMM Alt POL/POD | N/A | N/A | $7,811 | $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.
Rates last fetched on
5 sailings available · Transit: 30–30 days · 5 carriers