Dalian to Valencia shipping route.

The shipping route from Dalian, China to Valencia, Spain covers 9,355 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,491 km apart, so the ship sails 1.83 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Malacca, 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 27.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 32.5 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 21.7. Liner schedules on the lane quote 32 to 80 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 40 sailings by 6 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Maersk, ONE and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,504 nm instead of 9,355 nm and spends roughly 12.3 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,668 nm of the route, 18% 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.

Recent freight rates for CNDLC to ESVLC start at $2,925 for a 20GP and $4,140 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 Valencia (ESVLC) 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 Dalian in this directory, Valencia is the 44th shortest. Closer destinations include Barcelona (9,279 nm), Genoa (9,127 nm) and Cartagena (9,057 nm).