Hamburg to Yantian shipping route.

Hamburg to Yantian is a 10,088 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from Germany to China. That is 18,684 km of water against 8,899 km as the crow flies. 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 30.0 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 35.0 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 23.4. 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 136 sailings by 10 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,423 nm instead of 10,088 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.

2,599 nm of the route, 26% of it, lies inside North 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 DEHAM to CNYTN start at $1,800 for a 20GP and $2,735 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 64 port to port routes from Hamburg in this directory, Yantian is the 51st shortest. Closer destinations include Hong Kong (10,067 nm), Manila (9,991 nm) and Haiphong (9,947 nm).