Trade lanes
Shipping machinery from the U.S., by region
Seven regional guides list the published RoRo and container sailings from U.S. ports, the transit days on each, and the import rules in the countries they reach.
Middle East
11 countries
U.S. RoRo sailings to the Middle East currently reach the Red Sea, Jeddah, Yanbu and Aqaba, from Baltimore and the Southeast, plus Oman by way of the Cape of Good Hope; cargo for the Arabian Gulf ports is transshipped while carriers reroute services around the conflict in the region.
Read the Middle East guideAfrica
49 countries
From the U.S., machinery rolls on at Baltimore, Jacksonville or Freeport for West Africa on two published RoRo services, South Africa has one weekly direct container service, and East Africa is reached by transshipment.
Read the Africa guide- Egypt
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Libya
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Nigeria
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Senegal
- Cameroon
- Benin
- Togo
- Mali
- Burkina Faso
- Niger
- Mauritania
- Guinea
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
- Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Gabon
- Equatorial Guinea
- Chad
- Central African Republic
- Rwanda
- Burundi
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Somalia
- Mozambique
- Madagascar
- Zambia
- Malawi
- South Africa
- Angola
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
Asia Pacific
28 countries
North Asia is closest from the West Coast, where NYK’s RoRo ships reach Yokohama from Port Hueneme in 12 to 17 days and container lines sail direct to Japan, Korea and China, while Australia and New Zealand have a direct RoRo service from Baltimore and Jacksonville through the Panama Canal.
Read the Asia Pacific guideEurope
45 countries
Two RoRo operators sail direct from the U.S. East Coast to Europe: Atlantic Container Line every week from New York, Baltimore and Norfolk to Liverpool, Hamburg and Antwerp, and Grimaldi from Baltimore to Southampton, Antwerp, Bremerhaven and Valencia.
Read the Europe guide- Germany
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- France
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Luxembourg
- Liechtenstein
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Finland
- Iceland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Italy
- Spain
- Portugal
- Greece
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Slovenia
- Serbia
- Montenegro
- Albania
- North Macedonia
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Slovakia
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Moldova
- Belarus
- Turkey
- Croatia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Georgia
- Azerbaijan
- Armenia
South America
10 countries
NYK’s RoRo ships load at Baltimore, Jacksonville and Newark for Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru and at Freeport, Texas for Brazil and Argentina, while Colombia’s Caribbean ports are a week or so from Jacksonville.
Read the South America guideCentral America
6 countries
NYK’s RoRo ships sail from Jacksonville, Baltimore and Newark to Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala, Crowley’s weekly container service reaches Honduras 5 days after Jacksonville, and El Salvador and Nicaragua are reached by truck from those ports.
Read the Central America guideNorth America
3 countries
Most machinery for Canada and Mexico crosses the land border by truck or rail, with Laredo, Texas the busiest truck crossing, and Mexico also has RoRo sailings that reach Veracruz 1 to 2 days after leaving Freeport, Texas.
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