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How Much Does it Cost to Ship a Container to Dubai?

Several factors collectively determine the price to ship a container to Dubai, including the size of the container (20-foot or 40-foot) to be shipped, the ports of origin and destination, seasonal demand for carrier capacity, the route the container will take and the distance involved, and fuel prices.

The nature and characteristics of the goods to be shipped can also impact pricing. Therefore, it’s impractical to try and assess your shipping costs in any detail without speaking to a freight forwarder or carrier. The most effective approach to understanding costs is probably to get a few quotes for your planned shipment and compare them.

Nevertheless, we’ve provided some information on this page to help you gain a very rough idea of pricing for container shipping to Dubai.

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How Much Does it Cost to Ship a 20-foot Container?

If you’re planning to ship a 20-foot container to Dubai, expect an average price from $1,500 to $2,600 (USD).


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How Much Does it Cost to Ship a 40-foot Container?

At current ocean freight rates, a shipper will typically pay an average price from $2,600 to $3,300 (USD) to ship a 40-foot container to Dubai. 

Container Shipping Rates to Dubai

Accurate guidance about shipping rates to Dubai is only obtainable by talking to a carrier, forwarder, or NVOCC, as there are so many variables involved, including the volume, weight, and nature of your cargo for example.

Our table offers some very approximate price ranges for FCL rates to Dubai for shipping 20-foot containers (usually the cheapest to ship) and for slightly more expensive 40-foot containers.

For more detailed information about current shipping rates from ports near you, please get in touch with us.

Port of Loading
 Port of Discharge Container Size FCL Rates From (USD)
Port Everglades, FL Dubai 20-foot $ 3.262
Port Everglades, FL Dubai 40-foot $ 5.256
Houston, TX Dubai 20-foot $ 1.886
Houston, TX Dubai 40-foot $ 2.827
Los Angeles, CA Dubai 20-foot $ 2.171
Los Angeles, CA Dubai 40-foot $ 2.856
Charleston, SC Dubai 20-foot $ 1.829
Charleston, SC Dubai 40-foot $ 2.390
New Orleans, LA Dubai 20-foot $ 3.334
New Orleans, LA Dubai 40-foot $ 4.012
New York, NY Dubai 20-foot $ 2.561
New York, NY Dubai 40-foot $ 3.593
Miami, FL Dubai 20-foot $ 3.262
Miami, FL Dubai 40-foot $ 5.321

How Long Does it Take to Ship a Container to Dubai?

Shipping a container to Dubai from ports in America is a process that takes some time, due, of course, to the distance involved. To give you some idea of what to expect, we’ve provided a table with average transit times for FCL freight from various regions of the world.

As you will see, transit times from European ports are often the shortest, while those from Asian ports are a little longer, and if you are shipping from the USA, for example, your freight will spend several weeks in transit.

Port of Loading
 Port of Discharge Transit Times (Days)
Shanghai, China Dubai 30-35
Hong Kong, China Dubai 28-32
Rotterdam, Netherlands Dubai 15-20
Antwerp, Belgium Dubai 14-19
Hamburg, Germany Dubai 18-23
Valencia, Spain Dubai 10-15
New York, USA Dubai 7-10
Miami, USA Dubai 4-7
Los Angeles, USA Dubai 18-23
Santos, Brazil Dubai 10-14
Singapore, Singapore Dubai 28-32
Jebel Ali, UAE Dubai 25-30
Sydney, Australia Dubai 35-40
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Dubai Container Shipping Services

Container shipping to Dubai is rarely a straightforward port-to-port voyage. After all, freight has to get to the port of loading somehow, and similarly, from Jebel Ali to a destination within the UAE. 
That’s why we offer complete transportation solutions for our customers. When you need road freight as well as ocean freight transportation, our integrated services keep your logistics simple.

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Ocean Freight

For the international sector of your freight’s transportation, choose from FCL or LCL services from your port of choice to Dubai’s Jebel Ali container port.

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Road Freight

In your country of export, and in Dubai and across the UAE, you can take advantage of our container drayage, FTL, or LTL road freight logistics options.

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Dubai Container Shipping for Key Industries

Enterprises and organizations involved in the electronics, chemical, food & beverage, aerospace, and construction industries frequently ship their goods to Dubai with us. Our credentials and expertise in shipping for these sectors are well established, and you can learn more about our services for these industries via the following links. 

Ocean Freight to Dubai

One of the most obvious benefits of ocean freight shipping to Dubai is cost. With expensive air freight often the only other option, most shippers, especially those moving high freight volumes, prefer the relatively low costs of seaborne container transportation.

Full-container-load (FCL) freight delivers the greatest savings for shippers sending large consignments to Dubai. You can fit up to 67 cubic meters of freight into a 40-foot container, making FCL shipping the most practical way to move large quantities of palletized goods or large items of machinery or equipment.

For shippers exporting smaller quantities, less-than-container-load (LCL) freight keeps the overall cost of transportation down, as fees are related to the volume and weight of a shipment. The smaller your consignment, the less you pay. That’s what makes LCL shipping ideal for shippers with less than 15 cubic meters of Dubai-bound freight.

However, it’s important to note that if you ship your goods as LCL freight, they will share a container with shipments belonging to other businesses or individuals. If you prefer your freight not to be consolidated, FCL shipping might be a more favorable option. 

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Top 5 Container Shipping Routes to Dubai from America

If you are exporting goods or materials from Dubai to the Caribbean or North, South, or Central America, Interworld Freight can help. Five of our most popular container shipping routes from Dubai serve destinations in the following American countries.

  • Colombia
  • USA
  • Chile
  • Brazil
  • Panama

Top 5 Container Shipping Routes from Dubai to America

If you are exporting goods or materials from Dubai to the Caribbean or North, South, or Central America, Interworld Freight can help. Five of our most popular container shipping routes from Dubai serve destinations in the following American countries.

  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Colombia
  • Brazil
  • United States

Main Ports in Dubai

Container traffic to Dubai typically enters the Emirate via the port of Jebel Ali. Interworld Freight provides FCL and LCL container shipping services to Jebel Ali from an array of ports in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

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