Yantian to Vancouver shipping route.

The shipping route from Yantian, China to Vancouver, Canada covers 5,843 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 10,221 km apart, so the ship sails 1.06 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Pure steaming time is 17.4 days at 14 knots. A carrier that slow steams at 12 knots to save fuel needs 20.3 days, and a fast 18 knot string about 13.5. Liner schedules on the lane quote 13 to 36 days port to port, because the services call at other ports and some transship. Over the last 30 days we counted 213 sailings by 11 carriers (CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, HMM and Hapag-Lloyd).

570 nm of the route, 10% 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 CAVAN start at $4,523 for a 20GP and $6,460 for a 40GP ($6,510 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 Vancouver (CAVAN) carriers give about 3 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, Vancouver is the 29th shortest. Closer destinations include Seattle (5,821 nm), Mombasa (5,580 nm) and Auckland (5,266 nm).