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

The price to ship a container to Ecuador is calculated with a range of factors under consideration, including:

  • The size of the container (20-foot or 40-foot) that you require
  • The ports of loading and discharge
  • Available carrier capacity
  • The demand for carrier capacity
  • Fuel prices 
  • The route over which the container will be shipped
  • The type of service required (door-to-door, port-to-port, or other)

The presence of all these variable shipping elements makes it impractical to publish rates on our website. However, you’ll find some information on this page to help you set cost expectations for container shipping to Ecuador.

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

To ship a 20-foot container to Ecuador, service providers are typically charging an average price from $1,500 to $2,500 (USD).

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

An average price from $2,500 to $3,500 (USD) is currently realistic if you wish to ship a 40-foot container to Ecuador.

Container Shipping Rates to Ecuador

As shipping rates to Ecuador frequently fluctuate, and depend on several variables, it’s best to reach out to a freight forwarder, carrier, or NVOCC to get an accurate idea of LCL or FCL rates for your shipment.
If you are sending freight to Ecuador as a full container load, you’ll usually find that 20-foot containers are the cheapest units to ship. Shipping in 40-foot containers will cost a little more.

For an indication of price ranges for FCL freight to key ports in Ecuador, see our table, or for precise details for your cargo, we’ll be pleased to provide you with a quote.

Port of Loading
 Port of Discharge Container Size FCL Rates From (USD)
Port of Guayaquil Miami, FL 20-foot $2,300
Port of Guayaquil Miami, FL 40-foot $2,450
Port of Guayaquil Los Angeles, CA 20-foot $3,850
Port of Guayaquil Los Angeles, CA 40-foot $4,850
Port of Manta Houston, TX 20-foot $2,200
Port of Manta Houston, TX 40-foot $2,350
Port of Puerto Bolivar New York, NY 20-foot $2,400
Port of Puerto Bolivar New York, NY 40-foot $2,550
Port of Esmeraldas Savannah, GA 20-foot $2,500
Port of Esmeraldas Savannah, GA 40-foot $2,650
Port of Guayaquil Charleston, SC 20-foot $2,600
Port of Guayaquil Charleston, SC 40-foot $2,750

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

As shipping rates to Ecuador frequently fluctuate, and depend on several variables, it’s best to reach out to a freight forwarder, carrier, or NVOCC to get an accurate idea of LCL or FCL rates for your shipment.

If you are sending freight to Ecuador as a full container load, you’ll usually find that 20-foot containers are the cheapest units to ship. Shipping in 40-foot containers will cost a little more.

For an indication of price ranges for FCL freight to key ports in Ecuador, see our table, or for precise details for your cargo, we’ll be pleased to provide you with a quote.

Port of Loading
 Port of Discharge Transit Times (Days)
Shanghai, China Port of Guayaquil 32-37
Hong Kong, China Port of Guayaquil 30-35
Rotterdam, Netherlands Port of Guayaquil 20-25
Antwerp, Belgium Port of Guayaquil 19-24
Hamburg, Germany Port of Guayaquil 18-23
Valencia, Spain Port of Guayaquil 15-20
New York, USA Port of Manta 8-12
Miami, USA Port of Manta 5-8
Los Angeles, USA Port of Manta 20-25
Santos, Brazil Port of Puerto Bolivar 10-14
Singapore, Singapore Port of Esmeraldas 32-37
Jebel Ali, UAE Port of Esmeraldas 27-32
Sydney, Australia Port of Esmeraldas 36-41
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Ecuador Container Shipping Services

International container shipping typically involves two modes of transportation, with an ocean leg from port to port and overland shipping required in the origin and destination countries.

We offer all these services under our banner, and can transport your container shipment to Ecuador from door-to-door as a combination of ocean freight and road freight.

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Ocean Freight

Get your cargo on the move, when you need it, the way you need it, thanks to our choice of FCL and LCL ocean freight services and extensive network of routes to Ecuador’s key ports.

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Road Freight

If you need road transportation for your cargo in Ecuador or your country of export (or both), we can arrange haulage for your container. We can also provide you with full truckload and less-than-truckload road freight services.

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Ecuador Container Logistics: Key Industries we Serve

Are you shipping to Ecuador for a company in the chemical, food & beverage, electronics, aerospace, or construction sectors? If so, our industry-specific freight forwarding services are for you. Use the following links to find more information about our work with these industries.

Ocean Freight to Ecuador

Full-container-load (FCL) and less-than-container-load (LCL) shipping are two of the most popular methods of moving freight to Ecuador. That’s largely because container transportation offers all the benefits of ocean freight shipping and more, since it’s easy to transfer containers onto trucks or trains for transport on land.

We recommend that you consider FCL shipping if you’re sending enough freight to Ecuador to fill, or nearly fill a 20-foot or 40-foot container, or if you don’t want your goods to share a container with other shippers’ cargo.

For smaller consignments, comprising just a few pallets, for example, you should find that an LCL service is ideally suited to your needs, as long as you’re prepared for your freight to be consolidated with other goods bound for the same port of discharge. In this case, the key benefit of LCL shipping will be cost, because you pay only for the container space that your goods occupy.

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Top 5 Container Shipping Routes to Ecuador from America

Here is a list of the American from which our top five container routes to Colombia originate:

  • Brazil
  • USA
  • Chile
  • Argentina
  • The Bahamas

Top 5 Container Shipping Routes from Ecuador to America

Do you have freight to ship internationally from Colombia, in addition to your inbound shipping requirements? We can handle your container shipping from Colombia to the rest of the world. American destinations are especially popular with our customers, with routes to the following five countries in wide demand.

  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • United States
  • Puerto Rico
  • Dominican Republic

Main Ports in Ecuador

Ecuador’s main ports for container traffic are Guayaquil, Esmeraldas, and Posorja. The following links lead to more information about shipping FCL and LCL freight to Ecuador via these gateways.

  • Shipping container to Guayaquil
  • Shipping container to Esmeraldas
  • Shipping container to Posorja
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