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Houston (USHOU) to Shanghai (CNSGH): sailing schedule and transit time

Port-to-port transit from Houston to Shanghai is 21–62 days on the carriers’ published schedules. 10 sailings leave in the next 28 days on 3 carriers, 10 of them direct. Airlift’s own shipments on this route have taken 30–40 days.

Schedules published as of Sep 18

10sailings in the next four weeksSep 18 to Oct 16
3carrierson 2 carrier services
21–62 daysport-to-port transitmedian 32 days, as published
30–40 daystypical Airlift transitfrom Airlift’s own shipments, reviewed Sep 12
10direct sailingssame ship all the way, no transshipment
USHOUCNSGH
sea route (schematic) portNot a navigational chart.

About 19,957 km (10,776 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 21Oct 1625Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK SHIVLING 636W
USHOU(US3)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 22Nov 1957HMM (HDMU)ONE HOUSTON 0064W
USHOU(EC4)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 26Nov 2156HMM (HDMU)MOL CHARISMA 0238W
USHOU(EC4)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 30Dec 262HMM (HDMU)ONE HELSINKI 0066W
USHOU(EC4)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 5Oct 2721Maersk (MAEU)MAERSK SANA 638W
USHOU→CNSHA· direct
Oct 6Oct 2721Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)MAERSK SANA 638W
USHOU(US3)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 7Nov 1034Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)TO BE NOMINATED 640W
USHOU(US3)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 9Dec 1061HMM (HDMU)MOL CREATION 0103W
USHOU(EC4)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 10Nov 323Maersk (MAEU)GSL GRANIA 639W
USHOU→CNSHA· direct
Oct 11Nov 1029Maersk (MAEU)TACOMA MAERSK 640W
USHOU(NA)→CNSHA· 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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