カットライ（ホーチミン）発ロサンゼルス行き 本船スケジュール

Cat Lai is a river port, and mother vessels on the transpacific trade cannot call there. On the Cat Lai to Los Angeles schedule, cargo moves one of two ways. In the first, you hand over the box at Cat Lai or an ICD, it is hauled out to Cai Mep, and it loads on a direct vessel. In the second, you load at Cat Lai on a COSCO service and transship in Shanghai.

The schedule shows 1 sailing a week, operated by COSCO, Maersk. The two routings differ in legs, transit time and risk, so choose one before you book.

Maersk takes cargo at ICD Tanamexco, moves it to Cai Mep and loads it on a Gemini mother vessel. The schedule shows 0 transshipments. The haul from the ICD to the deepwater port is inland carriage handled by the carrier and does not count as transshipment. The mother vessels run Maersk's TP6 and Hapag-Lloyd's WC1 services and load at CMIT. CMIT received the first Gemini vessel on TP6/WC1 in February 2025, giving Vietnam a direct link to the US West Coast.

Hapag-Lloyd takes cargo booked from Ho Chi Minh City at ICD Phuoc Long, then barges it to CMIT. CMA CGM takes cargo at ICD Binh Duong and barges it down to Gemalink, where the MTE service loads. Each carrier uses a different pickup point, so put the correct ICD on your booking.

Several carriers often sell space on the same vessel. EVER MAGUS is sold by OOCL and COSCO, CISNES by Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, and APL DUBLIN by CMA CGM, OOCL and COSCO. The page merges these into a single line and names every carrier, so you will not mistake two lines for two different ships. MSC has no sailing to Los Angeles from Ho Chi Minh City/Cai Mep in the schedule checked on 6 and 7 October 2026. MSC's Sentosa service goes to Long Beach.

Via Cai Mep, your cargo loads on a direct vessel. The schedule shows 0 transshipments and no connecting ship along the way. The inland leg from the ICD to Cai Mep pulls cut-off earlier than the mother vessel's sailing date. Check transit days for each sailing on the schedule.

On COSCO's CV2/AAC2 service, cargo loads at Cat Lai and transships once in Shanghai, taking roughly 27 to 30 days. The extra transshipment adds a connection point: if the first-leg vessel runs late, your cargo can miss the connecting ship, and arrival in Los Angeles slips to the next sailing.

Go direct if the cargo is urgent, has a fixed delivery deadline or serves a selling season. Go with transshipment if direct space is sold out or the ETD does not match your cargo-ready date, and if you can build in buffer time for the connecting vessel. If your warehouse is close to Cai Mep, also compare delivering straight to Cai Mep, where the page lists 5 carriers: Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, OOCL and COSCO, all running direct. Homexim handles FCL and LCL, compares each option against your cargo-ready date and quotes every charge separately. The page does not publish rates.

Transit on the schedule runs 24 to 30 days. For direct cargo, that figure includes the inland leg from the ICD to Cai Mep. Container gate-in cut-off falls before the mother vessel's sailing date, so count back from the ETD on the schedule, not from the day the ship leaves Cai Mep.

On your booking, check the place of receipt and the empty/laden container drop-off location. For COSCO cargo, confirm cut-off at Cat Lai. For direct cargo, confirm cut-off at the ICD.

In peak season, cargo rushes ahead of the year-end selling season and carriers add PSS, as they did in July 2026. Book space early. On the US side, most cargo moving through the LA/Long Beach terminals pays the TMF (OffPeak/PierPass) and the CTF. Settle in the contract who pays.

The ISF is filed by the US importer or its agent at least 24 hours before cargo is loaded on the vessel. A late or incomplete filing can draw a penalty of USD 5,000 per violation under the bond terms. The carrier or NVOCC transmits AMS 24 hours before loading, so SI cut-off on US lanes comes earlier than on other trades. Cargo descriptions must be specific and corrected before the vessel sails.

The US importer needs a bond (single entry or continuous) before CBP will release the cargo. Entry must be filed within 15 calendar days after the cargo is discharged from the vessel. The entry summary (CBP Form 7501), with estimated duties, is due within 10 working days after entry.

From 24 July 2026, most Vietnamese goods entering the US face an additional Section 301 duty of 12.5%, with an exclusion list. Some products also carry separate anti-dumping or countervailing duties. Check by HS code before quoting DDP. Wood products must be declared under the Lacey Act.

Food moving by sea requires a Prior Notice to the FDA at least 8 hours before the cargo arrives at the port. For seafood, the US importer must have a procedure to verify that the processor follows seafood HACCP. Ask the factory for its HACCP records early, and do not wait until cut-off is close.

Wooden pallets and crates must be heat treated (HT) or fumigated with methyl bromide (MB) and stamped to the ISPM 15 standard.

LCL cargo shares a container, so each shipment's description must be detailed enough for AMS: product type, material and use. "Consumer goods" is not enough. An ISF is still required for every shipment.