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Shanghai (CNSGH) to New York (USNYC): sailing schedule and transit time

Port-to-port transit from Shanghai to New York is 23–55 days on the carriers’ published schedules. 17 sailings leave in the next 28 days on 1 carrier, 13 of them direct. Airlift’s own shipments on this route have taken 32–45 days.

Schedules published as of Sep 18

17sailings in the next four weeksSep 18 to Oct 16
1carrierson 6 carrier services
23–55 daysport-to-port transitmedian 33 days, as published
32–45 daystypical Airlift transitfrom Airlift’s own shipments, reviewed Sep 12
13direct sailingssame ship all the way, no transshipment
CNSGHUSNYC
sea route (schematic) portNot a navigational chart.

About 20,310 km (10,967 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 1930Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MUNDRA EXPRESS 637E
CNSHA(US2)→USNYC· direct
Sep 19Oct 2031Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)COCHRANE 635E
CNSHA(US2)→USNYC· direct
Sep 21Oct 2635Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK LIRQUEN 635E
CNSHA(US1)→USNYC· direct
Sep 22Oct 2634Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GJERTRUD MAERSK 638E
CNSHA(US2)→USNYC· direct
Sep 25Oct 1924Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)SEASPAN YANGTZE 636E
CNSHA(US2)→USNYC· direct
Sep 25Oct 2025Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)SEASPAN YANGTZE 636E
CNSHA(US2)→COCTG(US2)→USNYC· 1 transshipment
Sep 26Oct 1923Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)— 639E
CNSHA(WC4)→KRPUS(US2)→USNYC· 1 transshipment
Sep 26Oct 2933Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK STADELHORN 636E
CNSHA(US1)→USNYC· direct
Sep 28Oct 2830Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MUNDRA EXPRESS 637E
CNSHA(US2)→USNYC· direct
Sep 29Nov 234Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)GRETE MAERSK 639E
CNSHA(US2)→USNYC· direct
Sep 30Oct 2626Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK STEPNICA 639E
CNSHA(WC3)→KRPUS(US2)→USNYC· 1 transshipment
Oct 1Oct 2625Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)— 2639E
CNSHA(TPM)→KRPUS(US2)→USNYC· 1 transshipment
Oct 1Nov 434Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)CCNI ANGOL 637E
CNSHA(US1)→USNYC· direct
Oct 3Nov 2755Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)WAN HAI A18 007E
CNSHA(AA7)→USNYC· direct
Oct 5Nov 1339Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK LUZ 638E
CNSHA(US1)→USNYC· direct
Oct 5Nov 1743Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK SINGAPORE 639E
CNSHA(US1)→USNYC· direct
Oct 12Nov 1938Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK SHAMS 640E
CNSHA(US1)→USNYC· 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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