Shanghai to Rotterdam sea distance

Shanghai, China (CNSHA) to Rotterdam, Netherlands (NLRTM) is 10,666 nautical miles (19,753 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
• Strait of Gibraltar
• Dover Strait

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 13,669 nm (25,315 km) via the Panama Canal: 3,003 nm (28%) longer, or about 8.9 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', 'NLRTM', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 10,666 nm

npm install searoute-ts · GitHub · npm

Related routes

Reverse direction: Rotterdam to Shanghai · 10,666 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 Rotterdam

• Tanger Med to Rotterdam · 1,398 nm
• Algeciras to Rotterdam · 1,398 nm
• Istanbul to Rotterdam · 3,245 nm
• Port Said to Rotterdam · 3,356 nm
• New York to Rotterdam · 3,362 nm
• Savannah to Rotterdam · 3,879 nm

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