Piraeus to Shanghai sea distance

Piraeus, Greece (GRPIR) to Shanghai, China (CNSHA) 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

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

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

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Related routes

Reverse direction: Shanghai to Piraeus · 7,897 nm

More from Piraeus

• Piraeus to Hamburg · 3,192 nm
• Piraeus to Singapore · 5,671 nm
• Piraeus to Ningbo · 7,791 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 Piraeus and Shanghai, or every route.