Qingdao to Vancouver shipping route.

Ships leaving Qingdao for Vancouver head north east and cover a sea distance of 5,177 nautical miles (9,588 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 8,654 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 18.0 days at 12 knots, 15.4 days at 14 knots and 12.0 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 12 to 40 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 118 sailings by 11 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

570 nm of the route, 11% of it, lies inside North American 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 CAVAN start at $4,583 for a 20GP and $6,535 for a 40GP ($6,585 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 Vancouver (CAVAN) carriers give about 3 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, Vancouver is the 22nd shortest. Closer destinations include Seattle (5,156 nm), Nhava Sheva (4,983 nm) and Sydney (4,899 nm).