Qingdao to Genoa shipping route.

Qingdao to Genoa is a 8,984 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from China to Italy. That is 16,638 km of water against 8,720 km as the crow flies. 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 31.2 days at 12 knots, 26.7 days at 14 knots and 20.8 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 5 to 94 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 63 sailings by 9 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,912 nm instead of 8,984 nm and spends roughly 14.7 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,439 nm of the route, 16% 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 CNTAO to ITGOA start at $2,943 for a 20GP and $3,735 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 Genoa (ITGOA) carriers give about 14 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 Qingdao in this directory, Genoa is the 42nd shortest. Closer destinations include Balboa (8,666 nm), Marsaxlokk (8,496 nm) and Piraeus (8,141 nm).