New York, US to Pusan, KR (USNYC to KRPUS)
Current ocean freight between New York and Pusan starts at $350 per 20' container and at $250 per 40'HC container. Transit times span 26 to 64 days under Skypace contracts with Yang Ming, Evergreen and 2 other carriers.
The lowest ocean freight ($250 with Yang Ming) takes 47 days at sea, while the fastest option (26 days with ZIM) is faster — saving $315 costs 21 extra days at sea.
Today's lowest 40'HC ocean freight ($250) sits 42% below the $431 average of the 4 weekly rate checks recorded since Aug 11, 2026.
Rates checked on Oct 16, 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 |
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| Yang Ming | 47 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 58 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 48 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 51 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 55 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 51 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 41 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 43 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Yang Ming | 50 days | $250 | $5 | $141 | Select next steps | |||
| Evergreen | 52 days | $400 | TBA | $204 | Select next steps | |||
| Evergreen | 56 days | $400 | TBA | $204 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 63 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 47 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 50 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 64 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 50 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 64 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 47 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 50 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| OOCL | 64 days | $417 | TBA | $188 | Select next steps | |||
| ZIM | 39 days | $565 | TBA | $165 | Select next steps | |||
| ZIM | 36 days | $565 | TBA | $165 | Select next steps | |||
| ZIM | 26 days | $565 | TBA | $165 | Select next steps | |||
| ZIM | 46 days | $565 | TBA | $165 | Select next steps | |||
| ZIM | 30 days | $565 | TBA | $165 | Select next steps | |||
| ZIM | 44 days | $565 | TBA | $165 | Select next steps | |||
| Evergreen | 49 days | $600 | TBA | $204 | Select next steps | |||
| Evergreen | 50 days | $600 | TBA | $204 | Select next steps | |||
| Evergreen | 49 days | $600 | TBA | $204 | Select next steps |
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
29 sailings available · Transit: 26–64 days · 4 carriers