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Shenzhen (CNSNZ) to Houston (USHOU): sailing schedule and transit time

Port-to-port transit from Shenzhen to Houston is 27–47 days on the carriers’ published schedules. 10 sailings leave in the next 28 days on 3 carriers, 9 of them direct. Airlift’s own shipments on this route have taken 30–42 days.

Schedules published as of Sep 18

10sailings in the next four weeksSep 18 to Oct 16
3carrierson 2 carrier services
27–47 daysport-to-port transitmedian 34 days, as published
30–42 daystypical Airlift transitfrom Airlift’s own shipments, reviewed Sep 12
9direct sailingssame ship all the way, no transshipment
CNSNZUSHOU
sea route (schematic) portNot a navigational chart.

About 22,080 km (11,922 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 24Oct 2127Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)SEASPAN AMAZON 637E
CNYTN(US3)→USHOU· direct
Sep 25Nov 945Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK LAVRAS 638E
CNYTN(US3)→USHOU· direct
Sep 30Nov 536HMM (HDMU)ONE ARCADIA 0079E
CNYTN(EC4)→USHOU· direct
Sep 30Nov 1647HMM (HDMU)ONE ARCADIA 0079E
CNYTN(EC4)→KRPUS(EC4)→USHOU· 1 transshipment
Oct 1Nov 332Maersk (MAEU)MAERSK SAIGON 639E
CNYTN→USHOU· direct
Oct 1Nov 333Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK SAIGON 639E
CNYTN(US3)→USHOU· direct
Oct 7Nov 1640HMM (HDMU)EVER LUCKY 0085E
CNYTN(EC4)→USHOU· direct
Oct 8Nov 1133Maersk (MAEU)MAERSK SANTANA 640E
CNYTN→USHOU· direct
Oct 8Nov 1134Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK SANTANA 640E
CNYTN(US3)→USHOU· direct
Oct 15Nov 1833Maersk (MAEU)MAERSK ATHABASCA 641E
CNYTN→USHOU· 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

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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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