Gothenburg to Ningbo shipping route.

Ships leaving Gothenburg for Ningbo head north east and cover a sea distance of 10,907 nautical miles (20,199 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 8,293 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. 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.

Pure steaming time is 32.5 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 37.9 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 25.2. Liner schedules on the lane quote 65 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 1 sailings by 1 carrier (ONE).

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 13,854 nautical miles, 2,948 more, and adds about 8.8 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.

2,789 nm of the route, 26% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA, Baltic 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 SEGOT to CNNGB start at $2,619 for a 20GP and $4,006 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 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 Gothenburg in this directory, Ningbo is the 55th shortest. Closer destinations include Kaohsiung (10,482 nm), Xiamen (10,471 nm) and Yantian (10,267 nm).