Shanghai to Piraeus sea distance

Shanghai, China (CNSHA) to Piraeus, Greece (GRPIR) is 7,897 nautical miles (14,625 km) by sea, via the Suez Canal.

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Distance and sailing time

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

Passages

• Strait of Malacca
• Bab-el-Mandeb
• Suez Canal

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 14,365 nm (26,603 km) via the Cape of Good Hope: 6,468 nm (82%) longer, or about 19.2 extra days at 14 knots.

Emissions estimate

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('CNSHA', 'GRPIR', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 7,897 nm

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Related routes

Reverse direction: Piraeus to Shanghai · 7,897 nm

More from Shanghai

• Shanghai to Busan · 460 nm
• Shanghai to Yokohama · 1,024 nm
• Shanghai to Singapore · 2,226 nm
• Shanghai to Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) · 2,415 nm
• Shanghai to Colombo · 3,860 nm
• Shanghai to Sydney · 4,607 nm

More to Piraeus

• Hamburg to Piraeus · 3,192 nm
• Singapore to Piraeus · 5,671 nm
• Ningbo to Piraeus · 7,791 nm

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