Antwerp to Shanghai shipping route.

Antwerp to Shanghai is a 10,569 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Belgium to China. That is 19,575 km of water against 8,969 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 36.7 days at 12 knots, 31.5 days at 14 knots and 24.5 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 35 to 67 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 121 sailings by 11 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,489 nm instead of 10,569 nm and spends roughly 8.7 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,333 nm of the route, 22% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA and 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.

Recent freight rates for BEANR to CNSHA start at $1,800 for a 20GP and $2,735 for a 40GP. These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. 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 61 port to port routes from Antwerp in this directory, Shanghai is the 52nd shortest. Closer destinations include Ningbo (10,456 nm), Kaohsiung (10,031 nm) and Xiamen (10,020 nm).