London Gateway to Ningbo shipping route.

London Gateway to Ningbo is a 10,404 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north east from the United Kingdom to China. That is 19,269 km of water against 9,297 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 31.0 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 36.1 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 24.1. Liner schedules on the lane quote 24 to 56 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 19 sailings by 4 carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and MSC).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,491 nm instead of 10,404 nm and spends roughly 9.2 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,286 nm of the route, 22% 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 GBLGP to CNNGB start at $1,749 for a 20GP and $3,048 for a 40GP ($2,735 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 61 port to port routes from London Gateway in this directory, Ningbo is the 51st shortest. Closer destinations include Kaohsiung (9,980 nm), Xiamen (9,969 nm) and Yantian (9,765 nm).