Xiamen to Genoa shipping route.

Xiamen to Genoa is a 8,170 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from China to Italy. That is 15,130 km of water against 9,523 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.

At sea, the voyage lasts 28.4 days at 12 knots, 24.3 days at 14 knots and 18.9 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 24 to 67 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 80 sailings by 5 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Maersk, ONE and OOCL).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,141 nm instead of 8,170 nm and spends roughly 14.8 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,439 nm of the route, 18% 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 CNXMN to ITGOA start at $2,943 for a 20GP and $3,940 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 Genoa (ITGOA) carriers give about 14 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 62 port to port routes from Xiamen in this directory, Genoa is the 39th shortest. Closer destinations include Marsaxlokk (7,682 nm), Manzanillo (7,392 nm) and Piraeus (7,327 nm).