Kansas City Rail Ramp to Melbourne

Kansas City Rail Ramp, US to Melbourne, AU (USMKC to AUMEL)

Current ocean freight between Kansas City Rail Ramp and Melbourne starts at $1,945 per 20' container and at $2,131 per 40'HC container. Transit times span 40 to 64 days under Skypace contracts with OOCL and 2 other carriers.

Today's lowest 40'HC ocean freight ($2,131) sits 22% below the $2,730 average of the 4 weekly rate checks recorded since May 25, 2026.

An alternative-port routing (Alt POL, CMA CGM) is filed at $2,078 ocean freight — $53 below the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between Kansas City Rail Ramp and Melbourne.

Rates checked on Sep 4, 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$2,131TBA$698N/ASelect & Quote
CMA CGM Alt POL50 days$2,078$1,180$735Select & Quote
CMA CGM Alt POL50 days$2,078$1,045$735Select & Quote
CMA CGM Alt POL52 days$2,078$1,045$735Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL53 days$2,243TBA$698Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL47 days$2,243TBA$698Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL64 days$2,243TBA$698Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL51 days$2,243TBA$698Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL40 days$2,243TBA$698Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL53 days$2,243TBA$698Select & Quote
OOCL Alt POL64 days$2,243TBA$698Select & Quote
Yang Ming Alt POLN/AN/A$3,400TBA$593N/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.

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12 sailings available · Transit: 40–64 days · 3 carriers

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