Port · India
Port of Chennai
The Port of Chennai in India is an actively tracked Evergreen discharge port on bexy, with 3,268 tracked arrivals, most often from China, Netherlands and Germany.
- Arrivals
- 3,268
- Departures
- 0
- Median planned port-to-port
- —
- Top origins
- 6
Location
- UN/LOCODE
- INMAA
- listed as Chennai (ex Madras)
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
Code from the UNECE UN/LOCODE list (release 2024-2), matched by bexy to the city and country in Evergreen's record. A port spans many berths: a position stands for the port or its city, not a terminal.
About the Port of Chennai
Cargo bound for Chennai is most often loaded at Shanghai, Qingdao, Rotterdam and Xingang. Actual transit to Chennai, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 17 days (middle half 17–18 days, 90% within 29 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Chennai, across 27 shipments with a recorded discharge at Chennai. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 60% of the arrivals.
Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment through Chennai by its Bill of Lading or container number on bexy for the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status — free, with no account needed.
Arrivals at Chennai
| Origin country | Shipments |
|---|---|
| China [CN] | 2,762 |
| Netherlands [NL] | 172 |
| Germany [DE] | 93 |
| Saudi Arabia [SA] | 61 |
| Ireland [IE] | 53 |
| Turkey [TR] | 25 |
| Port of loading | Shipments | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Port of Shanghai [CN] | 1,954 | Shanghai → Chennai |
| Port of Qingdao [CN] | 662 | Qingdao → Chennai |
| Port of Rotterdam [NL] | 181 | — |
| Port of Xingang [CN] | 117 | — |
| Port of Hamburg [DE] | 85 | — |
| Port of Jeddah [SA] | 54 | — |
| Median | 17 days |
|---|---|
| Middle half (P25–P75) | 17–18 days |
| 90% within (P90) | 29 days |
| Shipments with a recorded discharge | 27 |
From the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Chennai, as Evergreen's container events record it — actual dates, not estimates, for only the shipments whose discharge is on record. Volume-weighted across the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 60% of the arrivals.
Recent shipments bound for Chennai
- EGSU0302497 · Qingdao → Chennai
- EITU9324128 · Qingdao → Chennai2×
- EMCU1819649 · Shanghai → Chennai
- EMCU1521443 · Shanghai → Chennai
- EGHU3320567 · Shanghai → Chennai
- EGSU3356460 · Shanghai → Chennai
- EMCU1825507 · Qingdao → Chennai3×
- DRYU9572904 · Qingdao → Chennai
- FCIU7508267 · Shanghai → Chennai
- EGSU8219692 · Shanghai → Chennai
- EITU9173401 · Qingdao → Chennai
- EGSU1301263 · Derince → Chennai3×
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Port of Chennai?
- The Port of Chennai is a container shipping port in India. bexy tracks 3,268 shipment legs moving through it.
- Where does cargo arriving at the Port of Chennai come from?
- Cargo discharged at Chennai most often comes from China, Netherlands, Germany and Saudi Arabia, loaded mainly at Shanghai, Qingdao, Rotterdam and Xingang. Origins are the place-of-receipt countries on the Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading tracked on bexy.
- How long does shipping to Chennai actually take?
- Actual transit to Chennai, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 17 days (middle half 17–18 days, 90% within 29 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Chennai, across 27 shipments with a recorded discharge at Chennai. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 60% of the arrivals. These are actual dates from the carrier's container events, not estimates, port to port, and any inland leg after discharge adds time. They cover only shipments whose discharge at Chennai is on record: for most Bills of Lading bexy first reads the record after the container has been returned empty, when the discharge is no longer shown.
- How busy is the Port of Chennai?
- bexy tracks 0 export and 3,268 import shipment legs at Chennai. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the port's total throughput.
- How do I track a shipment to the Port of Chennai?
- Enter the Evergreen (EGLV) Bill of Lading or container number on bexy to follow the vessel, voyage and each container from departure to arrival — free, with no login.
3,268 shipments arriving
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Aggregated from 3,268 tracked shipment legs · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Port of Chennai — Shipments & Routes", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 3,268 tracked shipment legs. https://bexy.io/ports/chennaiDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.