Salalah to Shanghai shipping route.

The shipping route from Salalah, Oman to Shanghai, China covers 5,593 nautical miles port to port, via Strait of Malacca. On a globe the two ports sit 6,919 km apart, so the ship sails 1.50 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Strait of Malacca.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 16.7 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 19.4 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 12.9. Liner schedules on the lane quote 20 to 24 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 2 sailings by 1 carrier (Maersk).

The next option is via Sunda Strait, 6,204 nautical miles, 611 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Sunda Strait is congested or closed.

Recent freight rates for OMSLL to CNSHA start at $5,775 for a 20GP and $6,740 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 Salalah in this directory, Shanghai is the 37th shortest. Closer destinations include Bremerhaven (5,553 nm), Ningbo (5,479 nm) and Rotterdam (5,346 nm).