USA to China · ocean route

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

Port-to-port transit from Los Angeles to Shanghai is 20–47 days on the carriers’ published schedules. 12 sailings leave in the next 28 days on 3 carriers, 12 of them direct. Airlift’s own shipments on this route have taken 16–25 days.

Schedules published as of Sep 18

12sailings in the next four weeksSep 18 to Oct 16
3carrierson 6 carrier services
20–47 daysport-to-port transitmedian 36 days, as published
16–25 daystypical Airlift transitfrom Airlift’s own shipments, reviewed Sep 12
12direct sailingssame ship all the way, no transshipment
USLAXCNSGH
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 1744HMM (HDMU)HMM TOPAZ 0013W
USLAX(AEX)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 22Oct 1436HMM (HDMU)YM MODERATION 0084W
USLAX(PS5)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 23Oct 2547HMM (HDMU)HYUNDAI JUPITER 0050W
USLAX(NA)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 27Oct 1720Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)NAVIOS UNISON 635W
USLAX(US2)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 27Oct 2545HMM (HDMU)HMM MIR 0022W
USLAX(PS6)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 28Oct 1530HMM (HDMU)ONE MAXIM 0080W
USLAX(PS5)→CNSHA· direct
Sep 29Oct 2540HMM (HDMU)NYK VESTA 0095W
USLAX(PS3)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 4Oct 2420Hapag-Lloyd (HLCU)COYHAIQUE 636W
USLAX(US2)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 4Oct 2621Maersk (MAEU)COYHAIQUE 636W
USLAX(NA)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 8Nov 645HMM (HDMU)HMM EMERALD 0015W
USLAX(AL6)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 10Oct 2935HMM (HDMU)GREENHOUSE 0008W
USLAX(NA)→CNSHA· direct
Oct 11Nov 221Maersk (MAEU)NAVIOS CONSTELLATION 637W
USLAX→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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