Gothenburg to Yantian shipping route.

The shipping route from Gothenburg, Sweden to Yantian, China covers 10,267 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 8,597 km apart, so the ship sails 2.21 times the straight line distance. 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 35.6 days at 12 knots, 30.6 days at 14 knots and 23.8 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 29 to 41 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 22 sailings by 5 carriers (COSCO, HMM, ONE, OOCL and Yang Ming).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,602 nm instead of 10,267 nm and spends roughly 9.9 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,789 nm of the route, 27% 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 CNYTN start at $2,200 for a 20GP and $3,400 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 Yantian (CNYTN) 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 Gothenburg in this directory, Yantian is the 52nd shortest. Closer destinations include Hong Kong (10,246 nm), Manila (10,170 nm) and Haiphong (10,126 nm).