Shanghai to Valencia shipping route.

Shanghai to Valencia is a 8,948 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from China to Spain. That is 16,571 km of water against 10,113 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.

Pure steaming time is 26.6 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 31.1 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 20.7. Liner schedules on the lane quote 23 to 55 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 91 sailings by 10 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,219 nm instead of 8,948 nm and spends roughly 12.7 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,668 nm of the route, 19% 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 CNSHA to ESVLC start at $2,820 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 Valencia (ESVLC) 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 64 port to port routes from Shanghai in this directory, Valencia is the 44th shortest. Closer destinations include Barcelona (8,871 nm), Genoa (8,719 nm) and Balboa (8,654 nm).