The following information will help you to familiarize yourself with some of the main sea freight routes for shipping from China. While the information here only covers port-to-port transportation, BATA China Freight also offers port-to-door and door-to-door shipping to locations in 100 countries.
International Sea Freight Shipping from China: Busiest Routes
The last couple of decades has seen international shipping companies in China flourish, as the nation has grown to become a major offshore manufacturing center for companies in the West.
As a result, there are few countries left unserved today by ocean trade lanes from China. That said, intra-Asia trade lanes tend to be the busiest of all. The following five ocean routes form some of the most heavily used connections, plied frequently by vessels belonging to China’s international shipping lines, and those sailing under the flags of other Asian nations.
- Shanghai to Busan (South Korea)
- Ningbo to Busan
- Shanghai to Singapore
- Ningbo to Singapore
- Ningbo to Port Kelang (Malaysia)
Shortest and Longest Transit Times for Shipping from China
If you have freight that needs shipping from China to US destinations, or anywhere in the Americas, you should prepare for some substantial lead times. Consignees on the American continent must endure some of the longest transit times for containers originating in China, with a cargo vessel taking, for example, up to 30 days to travel from the port of Ningbo to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, or from Shanghai to Boston in the United States.
Of course, if you are based in an Asian country and will be receiving an ocean freight shipment from China, you may not have to wait very long at all, with routes from Xiamen to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam or Japan’s Nagoya port taking just three and five days respectively.
