Rotterdam to Shanghai sea distance

Rotterdam, Netherlands (NLRTM) to Shanghai, China (CNSHA) 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

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

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('NLRTM', 'CNSHA', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 10,666 nm

npm install searoute-ts · GitHub · npm

Related routes

Reverse direction: Shanghai to Rotterdam · 10,666 nm

More from Rotterdam

• Rotterdam to Tanger Med · 1,398 nm
• Rotterdam to Algeciras · 1,398 nm
• Rotterdam to Istanbul · 3,245 nm
• Rotterdam to Port Said · 3,356 nm
• Rotterdam to New York · 3,362 nm
• Rotterdam to Savannah · 3,879 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 Rotterdam and Shanghai, or every route.