Vancouver to Xiamen shipping route.

Ships leaving Vancouver for Xiamen head north west and cover a sea distance of 5,587 nautical miles (10,348 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 9,833 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

At sea, the voyage lasts 19.4 days at 12 knots, 16.6 days at 14 knots and 12.9 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 14 to 39 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 89 sailings by 12 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

570 nm of the route, 10% 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 CNXMN start at $4,527 for a 20GP and $6,465 for a 40GP ($6,515 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 Xiamen (CNXMN) 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, Xiamen is the 15th shortest. Closer destinations include Dalian (5,240 nm), Ningbo (5,218 nm) and Qingdao (5,177 nm).