Shanghai to Gothenburg shipping route.

Shanghai to Gothenburg is a 11,021 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from China to Sweden. That is 20,410 km of water against 8,145 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Pure steaming time is 32.8 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 38.3 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 25.5. Liner schedules on the lane quote 35 to 53 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 13 sailings by 4 carriers (COSCO, Evergreen, MSC and ONE).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Panama Canal sails 13,802 nm instead of 11,021 nm and spends roughly 8.3 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,789 nm of the route, 25% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA, Baltic Sea ECA and 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 CNSHA to SEGOT start at $2,304 for a 20GP and $3,500 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 Gothenburg (SEGOT) carriers give about 5 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 Shanghai in this directory, Gothenburg is the 60th shortest. Closer destinations include Hamburg (10,842 nm), Bremerhaven (10,796 nm) and New York (10,678 nm).