Yantian to Valencia shipping route.

Yantian to Valencia is a 8,194 nautical mile shipping route via Suez Canal, heading north west from China to Spain. That is 15,176 km of water against 10,346 km as the crow flies. 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 24.4 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 28.5 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 19.0. Liner schedules on the lane quote 16 to 56 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 60 sailings by 9 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

Red Sea security changes the sea distance on this lane. A ship sent via Cape of Good Hope sails 12,481 nm instead of 8,194 nm and spends roughly 12.8 extra days at sea. Ask your forwarder which routing the carrier uses: the booking price and the arrival date both depend on it.

1,668 nm of the route, 20% 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 ESVLC start at $2,925 for a 20GP and $3,880 for a 40GP ($3,735 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 Valencia (ESVLC) carriers give about 6 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, Valencia is the 42nd shortest. Closer destinations include Barcelona (8,118 nm), Genoa (7,966 nm) and Manzanillo (7,648 nm).