Algeciras to Shanghai sea distance

Algeciras, Spain (ESALG) to Shanghai, China (CNSHA) is 9,268 nautical miles (17,163 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 Gibraltar
• Suez Canal
• Bab-el-Mandeb
• Strait of Malacca

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 12,831 nm (23,764 km) via the Cape of Good Hope: 3,564 nm (38%) longer, or about 10.6 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('ESALG', 'CNSHA', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 9,268 nm

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Related routes

Reverse direction: Shanghai to Algeciras · 9,268 nm

More from Algeciras

• Algeciras to Rotterdam · 1,398 nm
• Algeciras to Singapore · 7,041 nm
• Algeciras to Ningbo · 9,162 nm

More to Shanghai

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

All routes for Algeciras and Shanghai, or every route.