Antwerpen to Shanghai sea distance

Antwerpen, Belgium (BEANR) to Shanghai, China (CNSHA) is 10,662 nautical miles (19,746 km) by sea, via the Suez Canal.

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Strait of GibraltarSuez CanalBab-el-MandebStrait of MalaccaAntwerpenShanghai

Distance and sailing time

Distance10,662 nm · 19,746 km
At 14 knots31.7 days (762 h)
At 18 knots24.7 days (592 h)
At 22 knots20.2 days (485 h)

Time at sea only, excluding port calls, canal waiting and weather.

Passages

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 13,665 nm (25,308 km) via the Panama Canal: 3,003 nm (28%) longer, or about 8.9 extra days at 14 knots.

Emissions estimate

Inside ECA/SECA zones4,672 km (24% of the route)
CO₂e≈ 6,917 t

Rough estimate for a post-Panamax container ship, not a certified figure. ECA share uses bounding boxes.

Compute it yourself

import { seaRoute } from 'searoute-ts';
import 'searoute-ts/ports';

const route = seaRoute('BEANR', 'CNSHA', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 10,662 nm

npm install searoute-ts · GitHub · npm

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