Port-to-port route
Shipping from Shanghai to Houston
Port of Shanghai, China → Port of Houston, United States
Ocean freight from the Port of Shanghai to the Port of Houston is a high-volume port-to-port route on bexy, with 6,285 shipments on record loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Houston. Planned port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Houston has a median of 31 days (middle half 30–37 days, 90% within 47 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Houston in the carrier's routing, across 62 shipments.
- Shipments tracked
- 6,285
- Median planned port-to-port
- 31 days
- Median actual transit
- 32 days
- Planned via a hub
- 0%
Planned port-to-port transit · Shanghai → Houston
31days median
- Middle half
- 30–37 days
- 90% within
- 47 days
- Shipments
- 62
From the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Houston 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)
32days median
Middle half 30–47 days · 90% within 50 days · n = 94 shipments with a recorded discharge
Loaded on board at Shanghai → container discharged at Houston, 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.
Shanghai to Houston ocean freight
Measured from the carrier's container events instead of its estimates, the actual transit from Shanghai to Houston — loaded on board to a container discharged at the port of discharge, with no inland leg — has a median of 32 days (middle half 30–47 days, 90% within 50 days) across 94 shipments with a recorded discharge at the port of discharge.
In the carrier's planned routing at the time bexy read each Bill of Lading, none of the 62 Shanghai-to-Houston shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge called at a transshipment port: all 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 United States trade lane.
Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment from Shanghai to Houston by its Bill of Lading or container number on bexy for the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status — free, with no account needed.
Trade lanes on this route
By place of receipt and delivery; the count is this route's shipments on each lane.
Planned routing: All 62 shipments with a planned routing to Houston are planned direct from Shanghai. This is the carrier's planned routing when bexy read each Bill of Lading, and it can change after booking.
Recent shipments · Shanghai → Houston
- CAAU9580296 · Shanghai → Houston
- EGSU1770888 · Shanghai → Houston
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- EGSU0055273 · Shanghai → Houston
- EGSU8228518 · Shanghai → Houston
- EITU8016964 · Shanghai → Houston
- EGSU6020510 · Shanghai → Houston
- CAAU5322673 · Shanghai → Houston
- EGSU1578788 · Shanghai → Houston
- TGBU7296271 · Shanghai → Houston
- EITU9154720 · Shanghai → Houston
- EGSU9725890 · Shanghai → Houston
Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to ship from Shanghai to Houston?
- Planned port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Houston has a median of 31 days (middle half 30–37 days, 90% within 47 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Houston in the carrier's routing, across 62 shipments. These are the carrier's planned dates, port to port; any inland leg after discharge at Houston adds time.
- How long does shipping from Shanghai to Houston actually take?
- Actual transit from Shanghai to Houston, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 32 days (middle half 30–47 days, 90% within 50 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the day a container was discharged at Houston, across 94 shipments with a recorded discharge at Houston. 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 Houston 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.
- Is cargo from Shanghai to Houston shipped direct or transshipped?
- In the carrier's planned routing at the time bexy read each Bill of Lading, none of the 62 Shanghai-to-Houston shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge called at a transshipment port: all 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 Shanghai to Houston route?
- By place of receipt and delivery, cargo loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Houston travels mostly on the China to United States trade lane on bexy.
- How many shipments are tracked from Shanghai to Houston?
- bexy has 6,285 shipments on record loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Houston, the most recent departing Oct 13, 2026. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the ports' total throughput.
- How do I track a shipment from Shanghai to Houston?
- 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 6,285 tracked Bills of Lading loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Houston · planned port-to-port transit over 62 shipments · actual transit to discharge over 94 shipments with a recorded discharge · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Shanghai to Houston Shipping Time — Port to Port", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 6,285 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/routes/shanghai-to-houstonDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.