Port · United Kingdom
Port of Southampton
The Port of Southampton in United Kingdom is an actively tracked Evergreen discharge port on bexy, with 3,035 tracked arrivals, most often from China and Cyprus, and 11 shipments loaded for export.
- Arrivals
- 3,035
- Departures
- 11
- Median planned port-to-port
- 41 days
- Top origins
- 2
Location
- UN/LOCODE
- GBSOU
- Time zone
- Europe/London
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 Southampton
Cargo bound for Southampton is most often loaded at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Xiamen. Planned port-to-port transit to Southampton has a median of 41 days (middle half 38–48 days, 90% within 57 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date to the first planned arrival at Southampton in the carrier's routing, across 103 shipments. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 82% of the arrivals. Actual transit to Southampton, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 44 days (middle half 42–47 days, 90% within 50 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Southampton, across 41 shipments with a recorded discharge at Southampton. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 58% of the arrivals.
Of the 11 export shipments bexy has tracked from Southampton, the most common destinations are United States and Japan.
Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment through Southampton 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 Southampton
| Origin country | Shipments |
|---|---|
| China [CN] | 3,022 |
| Cyprus[CY] | 13 |
| Port of loading | Shipments | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Port of Shanghai [CN] | 1,753 | Shanghai → Southampton |
| Port of Qingdao [CN] | 735 | Qingdao → Southampton |
| Port of Xingang [CN] | 339 | — |
| Port of Xiamen [CN] | 128 | — |
| Port of Ningbo [CN] | 39 | — |
| Port of Yantian [CN] | 20 | — |
| Median | 41 days |
|---|---|
| Middle half (P25–P75) | 38–48 days |
| 90% within (P90) | 57 days |
| Shipments measured | 103 |
From the loaded-on-board date to the planned arrival at Southampton in the carrier's routing — estimates, port to port, with no inland leg. Volume-weighted across the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 82% of the arrivals.
| Median | 44 days |
|---|---|
| Middle half (P25–P75) | 42–47 days |
| 90% within (P90) | 50 days |
| Shipments with a recorded discharge | 41 |
From the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Southampton, 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 58% of the arrivals.
Departures from Southampton
| Destination country | Shipments |
|---|---|
| United States[US] | 8 |
| Japan[JP] | 3 |
Recent shipments bound for Southampton
- EGSU2303770 · Shanghai → Southampton
- EGHU3346690 · Qingdao → Southampton
- EITU3257275 · Shanghai → Southampton
- GAOU6912784 · Qingdao → Southampton
- EGSU8193962 · Qingdao → Southampton2×
- EGHU3256616 · Shanghai → Southampton
- EGSU3816545 · Qingdao → Southampton
- EGHU9540342 · Shanghai → Southampton
- EMCU8338537 · Shanghai → Southampton
- EMCU6322681 · Ningbo → Southampton
- EGHU9106212 · Shanghai → Southampton
- EITU9517111 · Shanghai → Southampton
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Port of Southampton?
- The Port of Southampton is a container shipping port in United Kingdom. bexy tracks 3,046 shipment legs moving through it.
- Where does cargo arriving at the Port of Southampton come from?
- Cargo discharged at Southampton most often comes from China and Cyprus, loaded mainly at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Xiamen. Origins are the place-of-receipt countries on the Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading tracked on bexy.
- How long does shipping to Southampton take?
- Planned port-to-port transit to Southampton has a median of 41 days (middle half 38–48 days, 90% within 57 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date to the first planned arrival at Southampton in the carrier's routing, across 103 shipments. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 82% of the arrivals. These are the carrier's planned dates, port to port; any inland leg after discharge at Southampton adds time.
- How long does shipping to Southampton actually take?
- Actual transit to Southampton, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 44 days (middle half 42–47 days, 90% within 50 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Southampton, across 41 shipments with a recorded discharge at Southampton. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 58% 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 Southampton 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.
- Where do shipments from the Port of Southampton go?
- Of the 11 export shipments bexy has tracked from Southampton, the most common destinations are United States and Japan.
- How busy is the Port of Southampton?
- bexy tracks 11 export and 3,035 import shipment legs at Southampton. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the port's total throughput. Its outbound figures rest on just 11 export shipments.
- How do I track a shipment to the Port of Southampton?
- 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.
3,035 shipments arriving
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Aggregated from 3,046 tracked shipment legs · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Port of Southampton — Shipments & Routes", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 3,046 tracked shipment legs. https://bexy.io/ports/southamptonDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.