Xiamen to Valencia shipping route.

Xiamen to Valencia is a 8,398 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from China to Spain. That is 15,553 km of water against 10,464 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 29.2 days at 12 knots, 25.0 days at 14 knots and 19.4 days at 18 knots. Liner schedules on the lane quote 31 to 60 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 35 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 12,670 nm instead of 8,398 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, 20% 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 ESVLC start at $2,925 for a 20GP and $3,800 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 62 port to port routes from Xiamen in this directory, Valencia is the 41st shortest. Closer destinations include Barcelona (8,321 nm), Genoa (8,170 nm) and Marsaxlokk (7,682 nm).