Yantian to Piraeus shipping route.

The shipping route from Yantian, China to Piraeus, Greece covers 7,123 nautical miles port to port, via Suez Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 8,543 km apart, so the ship sails 1.54 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.

Pure steaming time is 21.2 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 24.7 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 16.5. Liner schedules on the lane quote 17 to 45 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 46 sailings by 7 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 13,524 nm instead of 7,123 nm and spends roughly 19.1 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

597 nm of the route, 8% 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 GRPIR start at $3,425 for a 20GP and $4,325 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 Piraeus (GRPIR) carriers give about 6.75 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, Piraeus is the 37th shortest. Closer destinations include Cape Town (7,013 nm), Mersin (6,897 nm) and Port Said (6,527 nm).