Port-to-port route
Shipping from Shanghai to Rotterdam
Port of Shanghai, China → Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ocean freight from the Port of Shanghai to the Port of Rotterdam is one of the busiest port-to-port routes tracked on bexy, with 29,339 shipments on record loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Rotterdam. Planned port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Rotterdam has a median of 39 days (middle half 36–44 days, 90% within 49 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Rotterdam in the carrier's routing, across 686 shipments.
- Shipments tracked
- 29,339
- Median planned port-to-port
- 39 days
- Median actual transit
- 48 days
- Planned via a hub
- <1%
Planned port-to-port transit · Shanghai → Rotterdam
39days median
- Middle half
- 36–44 days
- 90% within
- 49 days
- Shipments
- 686
From the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai 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)
48days median
Middle half 42–52 days · 90% within 59 days · n = 498 shipments with a recorded discharge
Loaded on board at Shanghai → 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
+4days median · after the planned arrival
Middle half +2 to +5 days · n = 25 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 11 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 25 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 11 sailings, containers were discharged a median 4 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.
Shanghai to Rotterdam ocean freight
Measured from the carrier's container events instead of its estimates, the actual transit from Shanghai to Rotterdam — loaded on board to a container discharged at the port of discharge, with no inland leg — has a median of 48 days (middle half 42–52 days, 90% within 59 days) across 498 shipments with a recorded discharge at the port of discharge. On the 25 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 11 sailings, containers were discharged a median 4 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 686 Shanghai-to-Rotterdam shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge were planned via at least one transshipment port, most often Hong Kong; 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 Germany trade lanes.
Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment from Shanghai 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.
Trade lanes on this route
By place of receipt and delivery; the count is this route's shipments on each lane.
Planned routing: <1% of 686 shipments with a planned routing to Rotterdam are planned via a transshipment port, most often Hong Kong (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.
Recent shipments · Shanghai → Rotterdam
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Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to ship from Shanghai to Rotterdam?
- Planned port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Rotterdam has a median of 39 days (middle half 36–44 days, 90% within 49 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the first planned arrival at Rotterdam in the carrier's routing, across 686 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 Shanghai to Rotterdam actually take?
- Actual transit from Shanghai to Rotterdam, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 48 days (middle half 42–52 days, 90% within 59 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date at Shanghai to the day a container was discharged at Rotterdam, across 498 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 25 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this route, across 11 sailings, containers were discharged a median 4 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 Shanghai 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 686 Shanghai-to-Rotterdam shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge were planned via at least one transshipment port, most often Hong Kong; 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 Shanghai to Rotterdam route?
- By place of receipt and delivery, cargo loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Rotterdam travels mostly on the China to Netherlands, China to Belgium and China to Germany trade lanes on bexy.
- How many shipments are tracked from Shanghai to Rotterdam?
- bexy has 29,339 shipments on record loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Rotterdam, the most recent departing Oct 17, 2026. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the ports' total throughput.
- How do I track a shipment from Shanghai 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 29,339 tracked Bills of Lading loaded at Shanghai and discharged at Rotterdam · planned port-to-port transit over 686 shipments · actual transit to discharge over 498 shipments with a recorded discharge · schedule slip vs plan over 25 shipments with both dates, across 11 sailings · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Shanghai to Rotterdam Shipping Time — Port to Port", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 29,339 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/routes/shanghai-to-rotterdamDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.