Shanghai to Savannah shipping route.

Shanghai to Savannah is a 10,271 nautical mile shipping route via Panama Canal, heading north from China to the United States. That is 19,022 km of water against 12,566 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Panama Canal, 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 30.6 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 35.7 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 23.8. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 74 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 104 sailings by 10 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,890 nautical miles, 2,619 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Suez Canal is congested or closed.

377 nm of the route, 4% 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 CNSHA to USSAV start at $6,077 for a 20GP and $8,048 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 Savannah (USSAV) carriers give about 4 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, Savannah is the 50th shortest. Closer destinations include Charleston (10,262 nm), Houston (10,206 nm) and Callao (9,330 nm).