Lagos (Apapa) to Shanghai shipping route.

The shipping route from Lagos (Apapa), Nigeria to Shanghai, China covers 10,340 nautical miles port to port, via Cape of Good Hope. On a globe the two ports sit 12,225 km apart, so the ship sails 1.57 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Cape of Good Hope and Sunda Strait.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 30.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 35.9 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 23.9. Liner schedules on the lane quote 35 to 66 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 69 sailings by 8 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, MSC and ONE).

Recent freight rates for NGAPP to CNSHA start at $3,695 for a 20GP and $5,035 for a 40GP ($4,940 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 Shanghai (CNSHA) 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 Lagos (Apapa) in this directory, Shanghai is the 59th shortest. Closer destinations include Ningbo (10,226 nm), Auckland (10,061 nm) and Xiamen (9,791 nm).