Vancouver to Dalian shipping route.

The shipping route from Vancouver, Canada to Dalian, China covers 5,240 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 8,334 km apart, so the ship sails 1.16 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 18.2 days at 12 knots, 15.6 days at 14 knots and 12.1 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 14 to 33 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 66 sailings by 9 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, HMM, Maersk and MSC).

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 CAVAN to CNDLC start at $4,611 for a 20GP and $6,570 for a 40GP ($6,620 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 Dalian (CNDLC) 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 Vancouver in this directory, Dalian is the 14th shortest. Closer destinations include Ningbo (5,218 nm), Qingdao (5,177 nm) and Shanghai (5,165 nm).