Algeciras to Shanghai shipping route.

Algeciras to Shanghai is a 9,205 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Spain to China. That is 17,048 km of water against 10,690 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 27.4 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 32.0 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 21.3. Container transit time on a liner service is longer than the steaming time: ships call at other ports on the rotation, and cargo may transship at a hub. Add terminal time at Algeciras and Shanghai to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,835 nm instead of 9,205 nm and spends roughly 10.8 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,925 nm of the route, 21% of it, lies inside Mediterranean Sea ECA. In an emission control area ships must burn fuel with no more than 0.1% sulphur or clean the exhaust with scrubbers. That fuel costs more, and carriers add it to the ocean freight bill as a low sulphur or ECA surcharge.

Container freight rates on Algeciras to Shanghai move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Shanghai (CNSHA) carriers give about 6 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 65 port to port routes from Algeciras in this directory, Shanghai is the 56th shortest. Closer destinations include Ningbo (9,091 nm), Kaohsiung (8,667 nm) and Xiamen (8,655 nm).