Yantian to Savannah shipping route.

The shipping route from Yantian, China to Savannah, United States covers 10,949 nautical miles port to port, via Panama Canal. On a globe the two ports sit 13,720 km apart, so the ship sails 1.48 times the straight line distance. On the way the vessel passes Panama Canal, 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 32.6 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 38.0 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 25.3. Liner schedules on the lane quote 27 to 58 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 86 sailings by 10 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

The next option is via Suez Canal, 12,137 nautical miles, 1,188 nm longer than the main route. Carriers pick it when Suez Canal is congested or closed.

377 nm of the route, 3% 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 USSAV start at $5,439 for a 20GP and $7,508 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 Savannah (USSAV) 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, Savannah is the 61st shortest. Closer destinations include Charleston (10,939 nm), Houston (10,884 nm) and Gdansk (10,663 nm).