Yantian to Mersin shipping route.

The shipping route from Yantian, China to Mersin, Türkiye covers 6,897 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 7,644 km apart, so the ship sails 1.67 times the straight line distance. 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.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 20.5 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 23.9 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 16.0. Liner schedules on the lane quote 32 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 4 sailings by 1 carrier (Evergreen).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 14,060 nm instead of 6,897 nm and spends roughly 21.3 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

371 nm of the route, 5% 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 CNYTN to TRMER start at $3,325 for a 20GP and $4,025 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 Mersin (TRMER) carriers give about 7 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, Mersin is the 35th shortest. Closer destinations include Port Said (6,527 nm), Los Angeles (6,427 nm) and Durban (6,292 nm).