Genoa to Dalian shipping route.

Genoa to Dalian is a 9,127 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Italy to China. That is 16,903 km of water against 8,563 km as the crow flies. 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.

Pure steaming time is 27.2 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 31.7 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 21.1. Liner schedules on the lane quote 40 to 164 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 68 sailings by 5 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Maersk, ONE and ZIM).

The shortest route goes through the Red Sea. Since attacks on shipping began there in late 2023, many carriers send ships via Panama Canal instead. That route is 13,975 nautical miles, 4,848 more, and adds about 14.4 days at 14 knots. Longer voyages burn more fuel and tie up more ships, which is why freight rates on Red Sea lanes jumped when the diversions started.

1,439 nm of the route, 16% 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 ITGOA to CNDLC start at $2,943 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 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 65 port to port routes from Genoa in this directory, Dalian is the 58th shortest. Closer destinations include Incheon (9,112 nm), Busan (9,042 nm) and Qingdao (8,984 nm).