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Swire Shipping.

Swire Shipping, trading as the China Navigation Company since 1872 and part of the Swire group.

Shipping lineSCAC CHVWPacific IslandsAsiaAustralia
Container prefixes 6 BIC codes we recognise
Trade areas 4 Pacific Islands, Asia
Directory rank #32 of 235 in the directory

Everything for Swire Shipping in one place

Track a box, pick a sailing, price the lane and count the free days. Every tool below works for Swire Shipping boxes and lanes.

Where is my Swire Shipping container?

Container, bill of lading or booking number. Swire Shipping boxes start with CHVU, CHVW, AWSU.

Live AIS position and arrival forecast. No sign-up for a single lookup.

Swire Shipping sailing schedules

Upcoming sailings by lane, with transit time and measured on-time reliability.

Freight rates on Swire Shipping lanes

Market prices for 20GP, 40GP and 40HC on a port pair, from the carriers that sail it.

UN/LOCODE, five letters.

Swire Shipping demurrage and detention

Free days run out quietly. Navo24 counts them on every Swire Shipping box you track and warns before charges start.

Ships and vessel positions

Specs, current position and port calls for the container ships on our schedules, Swire Shipping vessels included.

Is Swire Shipping on time?

On-time performance measured from real arrivals against schedule, carrier by carrier, updated as boxes land.

Plan the load

Fit your cargo into a Swire Shipping 20ft, 40ft or 40ft HC in 3D before you book.

About Swire Shipping

Swire Shipping, trading as the China Navigation Company since 1872 and part of the Swire group. One of the oldest lines still sailing; a lifeline to remote Pacific island ports.

Main trade areas: Pacific Islands, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

How to track a Swire Shipping container

Every Swire Shipping box carries an ISO 6346 number: four letters (the owner prefix), six digits and a check digit. Swire Shipping prefixes include CHVU, CHVW, AWSU, JSSU and MBFU. Enter the container number, the bill of lading or the booking reference and Navo24 detects which one it is.

The tracker joins Swire Shipping's own events (gate out, loaded, departed, transhipped, discharged) with the vessel's AIS position, so you see where the box is now, not where it was at the last port call.

Swire Shipping schedules, rates and free time

Before booking, compare Swire Shipping sailings by transit time and by real on-time reliability: SchedulesMCP measures actual against scheduled arrivals for every lane Swire Shipping serves.

For the price, FreightRatesMCP shows market rates for 20GP, 40GP and 40HC on a port pair. After arrival, demurrage and detention start once Swire Shipping's free time runs out, and Navo24 counts the days left on every box.

Swire Shipping: questions shippers ask

What is the Swire Shipping SCAC code?

Swire Shipping's Standard Carrier Alpha Code is CHVW. Other codes seen on its documents: SWGP.

What do Swire Shipping container numbers start with?

Swire Shipping containers use the owner prefixes CHVU, CHVW, AWSU, JSSU and MBFU, followed by six digits and a check digit.

How do I track a Swire Shipping container?

Paste the container, bill of lading or booking number into the tracking box on this page. No sign-up is needed for a single lookup.

Every Swire Shipping box, one screen.