Shipping from Egypt to United States

Egypt is located in Northern Africa and has a population of 109 million people. Egypt's main export product categories are fuels, mining products, agricultural products and chemicals. United States belongs to Northern America and its population is approximately 332 million. United States is one of the world's top countries by GDP. It is also among leading importers by value of imported goods. United States's main import products are machinery, transport equipment, chemicals, fuels and mining products.

Transport infrustructure and shipping connectivity

Egypt

Egypt is well connected by sea transport with regular port calls by all major carriers. It has a fairly developed rail infrastructure. Air freight does not appear to be particularly common for shipping goods from Egypt.

United States

United States has outstanding connectivity by sea and frequently serviced by many sea carriers. It has the largest rail infrastructures in the world and rail freight plays important role in country's cargo traffic. There is relatively large amount of air freight in United States's cargo traffic.

Overview of shipping alternatives between Egypt and United States

We were able to generate 3 shipping alternatives from Egypt to United States by sea and rail/ multimodal transport. The fastest route involves sea transport and is expected to take about 25 days, including pre-carriage and last mile delivery.

The cheapest shipping alternative is by sea and has estimated transit time of about 28 days. Its emissions levels also seem to be fairly close to the greenest delivery method. The most environmentally friendly alternative involves rail/ multimodal transport and offers estimated transit time of 29 days. Transport costs involved in this delivery solution also appear to be on a feasible level.

1. Lowest cost shipping alternative

Cairo

DamiettaEGDAMport

PhiladelphiaUSPHLport

New York City

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 3 465
Transit time estimate: 27.5 days
CO2 emission index: 3 498

2. Shipping alternative with transit time advantage

Cairo

DamiettaEGDAMport

BaltimoreUSBALport

New York City

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 3 811
Transit time estimate: 24.7 days
CO2 emission index: 3 428

3. Environmentally friendly shipping alternative

Cairo

DamiettaEGDAMport

BaltimoreUSBALport

BaltimoreUSBALrail yard

North & South KearnyUSNORrail yard

New York City

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

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Other

Rail Services

Freight rate index: 4 208
Transit time estimate: 28.5 days
CO2 emission index: 2 983

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