New York, US to Istanbul, TR (USNYC to TRIST)
Current ocean freight between New York and Istanbul starts at $301 per 20' container and at $452 per 40'HC container. Transit time is 28 days under Skypace contracts with OOCL and ZIM.
An alternative-port routing (Alt POD, ZIM) is filed at $560 ocean freight — $108 above the lowest ocean freight rate for the route between New York and Istanbul.
Published 40'HC ocean freight spans $452 to $560 across 2 carriers — a $108 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OOCL | N/A | N/A | $452 | TBA | $307 | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| ZIM | N/A | N/A | $560 | TBA | $180 | N/A | Select & Quote | |
| ZIM Alt POD | 28 days | $560 | TBA | $180 | Select & Quote | |||
| ZIM Alt POD | 28 days | $560 | TBA | $180 | Select & Quote | |||
| ZIM Alt POD | 28 days | $560 | TBA | $180 | Select & Quote | |||
| ZIM Alt POD | 28 days | $560 | TBA | $180 | Select & Quote | |||
| ZIM Alt POD | 28 days | $560 | TBA | $180 | 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
7 sailings available · Transit: 28–28 days · 3 carriers