Xiamen to Santos shipping route.

The shipping route from Xiamen, China to Santos, Brazil covers 10,550 nautical miles port to port, via Cape of Good Hope. On a globe the two ports sit 18,434 km apart, so the ship sails 1.06 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Cape of Good Hope and Sunda Strait.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 31.4 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 36.6 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 24.4. Liner schedules on the lane quote 28 to 71 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 75 sailings by 7 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, HMM, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

Recent freight rates for CNXMN to BRSSZ start at $3,765 for a 20GP and $4,015 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 Santos (BRSSZ) 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 62 port to port routes from Xiamen in this directory, Santos is the 55th shortest. Closer destinations include Gothenburg (10,471 nm), Hamburg (10,292 nm) and Bremerhaven (10,246 nm).