Bremerhaven to Dalian shipping route.

Bremerhaven to Dalian is a 11,203 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Germany to China. That is 20,748 km of water against 7,905 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Suez Canal, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 33.3 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 38.9 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 25.9. 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 Bremerhaven and Dalian to plan the full ocean transit time.

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,790 nm instead of 11,203 nm and spends roughly 7.7 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,564 nm of the route, 23% 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.

Container freight rates on Bremerhaven to Dalian move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Dalian (CNDLC) 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 63 port to port routes from Bremerhaven in this directory, Dalian is the 58th shortest. Closer destinations include Incheon (11,188 nm), Busan (11,119 nm) and Qingdao (11,060 nm).