Yantian to Los Angeles shipping route.

Ships leaving Yantian for Los Angeles head north east and cover a sea distance of 6,427 nautical miles (11,903 km), on a direct course. The straight line between the ports is 11,641 km; coastlines and shipping lanes add the rest. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 19.1 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 22.3 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 14.9. Liner schedules on the lane quote 12 to 30 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 115 sailings by 9 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

683 nm of the route, 11% 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 CNYTN to USLAX start at $4,567 for a 20GP and $6,515 for a 40GP ($6,548 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 Los Angeles (USLAX) carriers give about 4 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, Los Angeles is the 33rd shortest. Closer destinations include Durban (6,292 nm), Oakland (6,093 nm) and Jeddah (5,843 nm).