Genoa to Ningbo shipping route.

The shipping route from Genoa, Italy to Ningbo, China covers 8,605 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 9,305 km apart, so the ship sails 1.71 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 29.9 days at 12 knots, 25.6 days at 14 knots and 19.9 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 26 to 54 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 79 sailings by 8 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and MSC).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,576 nm instead of 8,605 nm and spends roughly 14.8 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,439 nm of the route, 17% 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 CNNGB start at $2,943 for a 20GP and $3,840 for a 40GP ($3,612 for a 40HC). These are spot market prices from carriers that sail the lane; your quote will also include terminal handling, documentation and any bunker surcharge. At Ningbo (CNNGB) carriers give about 7 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, Ningbo is the 53rd shortest. Closer destinations include Oakland (8,605 nm), Los Angeles (8,220 nm) and Kaohsiung (8,181 nm).