Yantian to Gothenburg shipping route.

Yantian to Gothenburg is a 10,267 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from China to Sweden. That is 19,015 km of water against 8,597 km as the crow flies. On the way the vessel passes Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca and Strait of Gibraltar, so canal transit fees and waiting time at the canal are part of every voyage.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 30.6 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 35.6 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 23.8. Liner schedules on the lane quote 29 to 41 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 22 sailings by 5 carriers (COSCO, HMM, ONE, OOCL and Yang Ming).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,602 nm instead of 10,267 nm and spends roughly 9.9 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

2,789 nm of the route, 27% of it, lies inside North Sea ECA, Baltic Sea ECA and 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 CNYTN to SEGOT start at $2,200 for a 20GP and $3,400 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 Gothenburg (SEGOT) carriers give about 5 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 63 port to port routes from Yantian in this directory, Gothenburg is the 55th shortest. Closer destinations include Hamburg (10,088 nm), Bremerhaven (10,042 nm) and Callao (10,008 nm).