Miami to Chennai

Miami, US to Chennai, IN (USMIA to INMAA)

Current ocean freight between Miami and Chennai starts at $1,830 per 20' container and at $2,400 per 40'HC container. Transit times span 57 to 69 days under Skypace contracts with Evergreen and 1 other carrier.

The lowest ocean freight ($2,400 with Evergreen) takes 69 days at sea, while the fastest option (57 days with Evergreen) is faster.

An alternative-port routing (Alt POD, MSC) is filed at $4,124 ocean freight — $1,724 above the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between Miami and Chennai.

Rates checked on Aug 21, 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
Evergreen69 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen65 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen66 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen57 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen63 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
Evergreen67 days$2,400TBA$108Select & Quote
EvergreenN/AN/A$2,400TBA$108N/ASelect & Quote
MSC Alt POD61 days$4,124TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD61 days$4,124TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD59 days$4,124TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD59 days$4,124TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POD64 days$4,124TBA$112Select & Quote
MSC Alt POL/PODN/AN/A$4,124TBA$112N/ASelect & Quote
MSC Alt POD58 days$4,194TBA$112Select & 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

14 sailings available · Transit: 57–69 days · 2 carriers

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