Port-to-port route
Shipping from Shanghai to Los Angeles
Port of Shanghai, China → Port of Los Angeles, United States
Ocean freight from the Port of Shanghai to the Port of Los Angeles is one of the busiest port-to-port routes tracked on bexy, with 41,570 shipments on record loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Los Angeles. Planned port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Los Angeles has a median of 15 days (middle half 15–17 days, 90% within 18 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Los Angeles in the carrier's routing, across 226 shipments.
- Shipments tracked
- 41,570
- Median planned port-to-port
- 15 days
- Median actual transit
- 19 days
- Planned via a hub
- 0%
Planned port-to-port transit · Shanghai → Los Angeles
15days median
- Middle half
- 15–17 days
- 90% within
- 18 days
- Shipments
- 226
From the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Los Angeles 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)
19days median
Middle half 16–21 days · 90% within 26 days · n = 473 shipments with a recorded discharge
Loaded on board at Shanghai → container discharged at Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles ocean freight
Measured from the carrier's container events instead of its estimates, the actual transit from Shanghai to Los Angeles — loaded on board to a container discharged at the port of discharge, with no inland leg — has a median of 19 days (middle half 16–21 days, 90% within 26 days) across 473 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 226 Shanghai-to-Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 226 shipments with a planned routing to Los Angeles 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 → Los Angeles
- BSIU8395394 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EITU8084594 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EMCU8663476 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EGSU0338648 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EITU9506966 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- TIIU4646082 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- TCNU7766755 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- TXGU7383152 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EGHU3810435 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- TIIU5613925 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EMCU8511616 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
- EMCU8872075 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to ship from Shanghai to Los Angeles?
- Planned port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Los Angeles has a median of 15 days (middle half 15–17 days, 90% within 18 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Los Angeles in the carrier's routing, across 226 shipments. These are the carrier's planned dates, port to port; any inland leg after discharge at Los Angeles adds time.
- How long does shipping from Shanghai to Los Angeles actually take?
- Actual transit from Shanghai to Los Angeles, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 19 days (middle half 16–21 days, 90% within 26 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the day a container was discharged at Los Angeles, across 473 shipments with a recorded discharge at Los Angeles. 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles shipped direct or transshipped?
- In the carrier's planned routing at the time bexy read each Bill of Lading, none of the 226 Shanghai-to-Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles route?
- By place of receipt and delivery, cargo loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Los Angeles travels mostly on the China to United States trade lane on bexy.
- How many shipments are tracked from Shanghai to Los Angeles?
- bexy has 41,570 shipments on record loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Los Angeles, the most recent departing Oct 19, 2026. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the ports' total throughput.
- How do I track a shipment from Shanghai to Los Angeles?
- 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 41,570 tracked Bills of Lading loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Los Angeles · planned port-to-port transit over 226 shipments · actual transit to discharge over 473 shipments with a recorded discharge · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Shanghai to Los Angeles Shipping Time — Port to Port", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 41,570 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/routes/shanghai-to-los-angelesDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.