Mersin to Shanghai shipping route.

The shipping route from Mersin, Türkiye to Shanghai, China covers 7,651 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 7,735 km apart, so the ship sails 1.83 times the straight line distance. 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 22.8 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 26.6 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 17.7. Liner schedules on the lane quote 15 to 68 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 73 sailings by 12 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, China United Lines, Evergreen and Hapag-Lloyd).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 14,798 nm instead of 7,651 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 CNSHA start at $2,755 for a 20GP and $4,210 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 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 Mersin in this directory, Shanghai is the 50th shortest. Closer destinations include Ningbo (7,537 nm), Buenos Aires (7,339 nm) and Kaohsiung (7,113 nm).