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Port-to-port route

Shipping from Qingdao to Rotterdam

Port of Qingdao, China → Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ocean freight from the Port of Qingdao to the Port of Rotterdam is one of the busiest port-to-port routes tracked on bexy, with 13,310 shipments on record loaded at Qingdao and discharged at Rotterdam. Planned port-to-port transit from Qingdao to Rotterdam has a median of 43 days (middle half 40–48 days, 90% within 54 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Qingdao to the first planned arrival at Rotterdam in the carrier's routing, across 1,407 shipments.

Shipments tracked
13,310
Median planned port-to-port
43 days
Median actual transit
52 days
Planned via a hub
<1%

Planned port-to-port transit · Qingdao → Rotterdam

43days median

Middle half
40–48 days
90% within
54 days
Shipments
1,407

From the loaded-on-board date at Qingdao to the first planned arrival at Rotterdam in the carrier's routing — the carrier's planned dates, port to port, with no inland leg; spans over 120 days are left out. The middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.

Actual transit (from carrier discharge events)

52days median

Middle half 45–55 days · 90% within 60 days · n = 813 shipments with a recorded discharge

Loaded on board at Qingdao → container discharged at Rotterdam, from the carrier's container events: actual dates, not estimates, for only the shipments whose discharge is on record — most Bills of Lading are read after the container has been returned empty.

Schedule slip vs plan

+3days median · after the planned arrival

Middle half +2 to +5 days · n = 265 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 26 sailings

Per shipment, the day a container was discharged at the port of discharge minus the carrier's first planned arrival there — whole days, exact to within a day either way; negative means ahead of plan. Each shipment is measured against its own plan, so it is a plain count, not weighted by volume. A sailing is one vessel voyage: every container on a late vessel is late together, so the slip is shown only when its shipments came on at least 5 sailings.

On the 265 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 26 sailings, containers were discharged a median 3 days after the carrier's planned arrival at the port of discharge: the planned date is the carrier's plan as bexy read each Bill of Lading, and those schedules have slipped.

Qingdao to Rotterdam ocean freight

Measured from the carrier's container events instead of its estimates, the actual transit from Qingdao to Rotterdam — loaded on board to a container discharged at the port of discharge, with no inland leg — has a median of 52 days (middle half 45–55 days, 90% within 60 days) across 813 shipments with a recorded discharge at the port of discharge. On the 265 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 26 sailings, containers were discharged a median 3 days after the carrier's planned arrival at the port of discharge: the planned date is the carrier's plan as bexy read each Bill of Lading, and those schedules have slipped.

In the carrier's planned routing at the time bexy read each Bill of Lading, fewer than 1% of the 1,407 Qingdao-to-Rotterdam shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge were planned via at least one transshipment port, most often Ningbo; the rest were planned direct from the port of loading to the port of discharge. A transshipment port here is a planned stop between those two ports that is not the place of receipt or delivery, and routings can change after booking.

By place of receipt and delivery, this cargo travels mostly on the China to Netherlands, China to Belgium and China to Switzerland trade lanes.

Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment from Qingdao to Rotterdam by its Bill of Lading or container number on bexy for the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status — free, with no account needed.

Port of loadingPort of Qingdao[CN]Port of dischargePort of Rotterdam[NL]

Trade lanes on this route

China → Netherlands · 13,277China → Belgium · 21China → Switzerland · 12

By place of receipt and delivery; the count is this route's shipments on each lane.

Planned routing: <1% of 1,407 shipments with a planned routing to Rotterdam are planned via a transshipment port, most often Ningbo (1); the rest are planned direct. This is the carrier's planned routing when bexy read each Bill of Lading, and it can change after booking.

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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to ship from Qingdao to Rotterdam?
Planned port-to-port transit from Qingdao to Rotterdam has a median of 43 days (middle half 40–48 days, 90% within 54 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Qingdao to the first planned arrival at Rotterdam in the carrier's routing, across 1,407 shipments. These are the carrier's planned dates, port to port; any inland leg after discharge at Rotterdam adds time.
How long does shipping from Qingdao to Rotterdam actually take?
Actual transit from Qingdao to Rotterdam, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 52 days (middle half 45–55 days, 90% within 60 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date at Qingdao to the day a container was discharged at Rotterdam, across 813 shipments with a recorded discharge at Rotterdam. 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 Rotterdam 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. On the 265 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 26 sailings, containers were discharged a median 3 days after the carrier's planned arrival at the port of discharge: the planned date is the carrier's plan as bexy read each Bill of Lading, and those schedules have slipped.
Is cargo from Qingdao to Rotterdam shipped direct or transshipped?
In the carrier's planned routing at the time bexy read each Bill of Lading, fewer than 1% of the 1,407 Qingdao-to-Rotterdam shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge were planned via at least one transshipment port, most often Ningbo; the rest were planned direct from the port of loading to the port of discharge. A transshipment port here is a planned stop between those two ports that is not the place of receipt or delivery, and routings can change after booking.
Which trade lanes use the Qingdao to Rotterdam route?
By place of receipt and delivery, cargo loaded at Qingdao and discharged at Rotterdam travels mostly on the China to Netherlands, China to Belgium and China to Switzerland trade lanes on bexy.
How many shipments are tracked from Qingdao to Rotterdam?
bexy has 13,310 shipments on record loaded at Qingdao and discharged at Rotterdam, the most recent departing Oct 16, 2026. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the ports' total throughput.
How do I track a shipment from Qingdao to Rotterdam?
Enter the Evergreen (EGLV) Bill of Lading or container number on bexy to see the vessel and voyage, port milestones and estimated arrival — free, with no login required.

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Aggregated from 13,310 tracked Bills of Lading loaded at Qingdao and discharged at Rotterdam · planned port-to-port transit over 1,407 shipments · actual transit to discharge over 813 shipments with a recorded discharge · schedule slip vs plan over 265 shipments with both dates, across 26 sailings · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.

Cite this page

bexy, "Qingdao to Rotterdam Shipping Time — Port to Port", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 13,310 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/routes/qingdao-to-rotterdam

Definitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.