China to USA · ocean route

Shanghai (CNSGH) to Los Angeles (USLAX): sailing schedule and transit time

Port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Los Angeles is 12–31 days on the carriers’ published schedules. 42 sailings leave in the next 28 days on 4 carriers, 34 of them direct. Airlift’s own shipments on this route have taken 16–30 days.

Schedules published as of Sep 18

42sailings in the next four weeksSep 18 to Oct 16
4carrierson 11 carrier services
12–31 daysport-to-port transitmedian 18 days, as published
16–30 daystypical Airlift transitfrom Airlift’s own shipments, reviewed Sep 12
34direct sailingssame ship all the way, no transshipment
CNSGHUSLAX
sea route (schematic) portNot a navigational chart.

About 11,017 km (5,949 nautical miles) by sea, measured along the map’s schematic line.

Sailings in the next four weeks

Schedules published as of Sep 18
DepartsArrivesDaysCarrierVessel / voyageRouting
Sep 19Oct 618CMA CGM (CMDU)EVER LOVELY HBB020E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct
Sep 19Oct 920HMM (HDMU)HYUNDAI SUPREME 0159E
CNSHA(PN3)→KRPUS(PS6)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Sep 19Oct 1122HMM (HDMU)HYUNDAI SUPREME 0159E
CNSHA(PN3)→KRPUS(PS6)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Sep 19Oct 1526HMM (HDMU)HYUNDAI SUPREME 0159E
CNSHA(PN3)→KRPUS(FAR EAST - EUROPE LOOP 2)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Sep 19Oct 1829Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)ONE SPARKLE 2637E
CNSHA(TPM)→KRPUS(WC5)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Sep 20Oct 918HMM (HDMU)HMM NURI 0021E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Sep 20Oct 1323ONE (Ocean Network Express) (ONEY)HMM NURI 021E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Sep 21Oct 817Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)SEASPAN HAMBURG 001E
CNSHA(WC1)→USLAX· direct
Sep 22Oct 513Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GERD MAERSK 635E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Sep 22Oct 715Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GERD MAERSK 635E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Sep 24Oct 612CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM TARPON EXX040E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct
Sep 24Oct 713Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GERD MAERSK 635E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Sep 24Oct 1116HMM (HDMU)HMM HANUL 0027E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Sep 25Oct 712Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GERDA MAERSK 637E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Sep 26Oct 1115Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GEORG MAERSK 636E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Sep 26Oct 2024ONE (Ocean Network Express) (ONEY)HMM HANUL 027E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Sep 27Oct 1114CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM JEAN GABRIEL MTE020E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct
Sep 27Oct 1518HMM (HDMU)HMM DIAMOND 0012E
CNSHA(FAR EAST - EUROPE LOOP 2)→USLAX· direct
Sep 28Oct 1416Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GEORG MAERSK 636E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Sep 28Oct 1820HMM (HDMU)YM WEALTH 0193E
CNSHA(PN3)→KRPUS(AL4)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Sep 28Oct 2628ONE (Ocean Network Express) (ONEY)HMM DIAMOND 012E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Oct 1Oct 1312CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM WHITE SHARK EXX060E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct
Oct 1Oct 1413Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GERDA MAERSK 637E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Oct 1Oct 1817HMM (HDMU)HMM RAON 0026E
CNSHA(AL4)→USLAX· direct
Oct 1Oct 2120Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GERDA MAERSK 637E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Oct 2Oct 1412Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GUSTAV MAERSK 638E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Oct 2Oct 3129ONE (Ocean Network Express) (ONEY)HMM RAON 026E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Oct 4Oct 2319HMM (HDMU)SEROJA ENAM 0001E
CNSHA(PN3)→KRPUS(PS6)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Oct 4Oct 2319HMM (HDMU)HMM DAON 0023E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Oct 5Oct 2116CMA CGM (CMDU)EVER LAUREL HBB080E19
CNSHA(NA)→USLAX· direct
Oct 6Oct 1812Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GUSTAV MAERSK 638E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Oct 8Oct 2012CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM FLORIDA EXX080E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct
Oct 9Oct 2314CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM LYRA MTE060E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct
Oct 10Oct 3019HMM (HDMU)HYUNDAI FORWARD 0172E
CNSHA(PN3)→KRPUS(AP1)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Oct 10Nov 526HMM (HDMU)HYUNDAI FORWARD 0172E
CNSHA(PN3)→KRPUS(AEX)→USLAX· 1 transshipment
Oct 11Oct 2312Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK CAMDEN 639E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Oct 11Oct 3018HMM (HDMU)HMM TURQUOISE 0012E
CNSHA(AP1)→USLAX· direct
Oct 11Nov 424Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK CAMDEN 639E
CNSHA(WC2)→USLAX· direct
Oct 12Nov 625ONE (Ocean Network Express) (ONEY)HMM DAON 023E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Oct 12Nov 1231ONE (Ocean Network Express) (ONEY)HMM TURQUOISE 012E
CNSHA(PS6)→USLAX· direct
Oct 15Oct 2712CMA CGM (CMDU)CMA CGM NEW JERSEY EXX0A0E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct
Oct 16Oct 3013CMA CGM (CMDU)APL DANUBE MTE080E19
CNSHA→USLAX· direct

Transit days run port to port, as the carrier publishes them. They don’t include the origin cut-off, customs release or delivery inland. For planning only. Schedules, routings and ship assignments change without notice, so confirm with your carrier or with Airlift before you book. Nothing on these pages is a rate, a guarantee of space or a guaranteed transit time.

Carrier services on this route

A carrier service is a carrier’s fixed loop of port calls, such as Hapag-Lloyd’s IEX. This list comes from the stops on the sailings above; the number is sailings on this route. Services seen on at least 3 sailings across Sealanes have their own page.

Carriers on this route

Ports on this route

Ship on this route

Where these schedules come from

Sailing dates, ships and port calls come from the carriers’ own published schedules and cover departures in the next four weeks; your browser checks the schedule feed again each time you open a page. A carrier service or a ship gets its own page once it has appeared on at least three of those sailings. Transit times labeled “Airlift history” are the typical range on Airlift’s own shipments on that lane. Sea lines on the maps are schematic, not exact tracks.

Schedules published as of Sep 18, method checked Sep 18. For planning only. Schedules, routings and ship assignments change without notice, so confirm with your carrier or with Airlift before you book. Nothing on these pages is a rate, a guarantee of space or a guaranteed transit time.

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