Mersin to Ningbo shipping route.

Ships leaving Mersin for Ningbo head north east and cover a sea distance of 7,537 nautical miles (13,958 km), via Suez Canal. The straight line between the ports is 7,829 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Malacca, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

At sea, the voyage lasts 26.2 days at 12 knots, 22.4 days at 14 knots and 17.4 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 73 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 65 sailings by 8 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 14,685 nm instead of 7,537 nm and spends roughly 21.3 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

371 nm of the route, 5% of it, lies inside 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 TRMER to CNNGB start at $2,938 for a 20GP and $4,210 for a 40GP ($4,466 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 65 port to port routes from Mersin in this directory, Ningbo is the 49th shortest. Closer destinations include Buenos Aires (7,339 nm), Kaohsiung (7,113 nm) and Xiamen (7,101 nm).