Trade lane
Shipping from China to United States
Ocean freight from China to United States is one of the busiest container trade lanes tracked on bexy, with 208,402 shipments on record. Median estimated transit is 35 days, measured from the loaded-on-board date to the carrier's ETA at the final place of delivery, or the last planned arrival when the carrier gives none; half of shipments were estimated at between 26 and 46 days and 90% at 54 days or less, across 9,783 shipments with a usable on-board date and estimated arrival.
- Shipments tracked
- 208,402
- Median est. transit
- 35 days
- Loading ports
- 12
- Discharge ports
- 19
Estimated transit · China → United States
35days median
- Middle half
- 26–46 days
- 90% within
- 54 days
- Shipments
- 9,783
Estimated from the loaded-on-board date to the carrier's ETA at the final place of delivery, or the last planned arrival when the carrier gives none, which can include an 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)
31days median
Middle half 26–44 days · 90% within 53 days · n = 4,871 shipments with a recorded discharge
Loaded on board → container discharged at the port of discharge, from the carrier's container events: actual dates, not estimates. It has no inland leg, so it is not directly comparable with the estimate, and it rests on fewer shipments because most Bills of Lading are read after the container has been returned empty.
Schedule slip vs plan
+1day median · after the planned arrival
Middle half 0 to +2 days · n = 320 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this lane, across 55 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.
China to United States ocean freight
Measured from the carrier's container events instead of its estimates, the actual transit from China to United States — loaded on board to a container discharged at the port of discharge, with no inland leg — has a median of 31 days (middle half 26–44 days, 90% within 53 days) across 4,871 shipments with a recorded discharge at the port of discharge.
Cargo on this lane loads mainly at China ports including Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Xiamen and is discharged mainly at Los Angeles, New York, Savannah and Long Beach on the United States side.
Every China-to-United States shipment here travels on an Evergreen (EGLV) Bill of Lading and is read from the carrier's own tracking record: vessel, voyage, port milestones and per-container status, re-checked after the estimated arrival (the ETA, or the last planned arrival when there is none) until a status reports the shipment at its final destination, for up to 30 days — free, and without an account.
Busiest destination ports · United States
| Port of loading | Port of discharge | Shipments | Share | Planned port-to-port | Slip vs plan | Route page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | Los Angeles | 41,570 | 20% | 15 days median (15–17) · n = 226 | — | Shanghai → Los Angeles |
| Shanghai | New York | 24,452 | 12% | 29 days median (25–35) · n = 182 | — | Shanghai → New York |
| Qingdao | Los Angeles | 19,150 | 9% | 22 days median (21–26) · n = 590 | +1 day median · n = 73, 12 sailings | Qingdao → Los Angeles |
| Shanghai | Savannah | 15,006 | 7% | 32 days median (30–38) · n = 195 | — | Shanghai → Savannah |
| Qingdao | New York | 13,534 | 6% | 41 days median (35–49) · n = 662 | +1 day median · n = 69, 14 sailings | Qingdao → New York |
| Shanghai | Long Beach | 10,838 | 5% | 13 days median (13–15) · n = 65 | — | Shanghai → Long Beach |
| Shanghai | Tacoma | 7,641 | 4% | 19 days median (13–22) · n = 58 | — | Shanghai → Tacoma |
| Qingdao | Savannah | 7,041 | 3% | 41 days median (38–46) · n = 394 | 0 days median · n = 45, 14 sailings | Qingdao → Savannah |
Share is of this lane's shipments that record both ports. Planned port-to-port is the median (and middle half) from the loaded-on-board date to the first planned arrival at the port of discharge in the carrier's routing — no inland leg, unlike the transit time above — shown when at least 20 shipments have both dates; n is how many of the pair's shipments it rests on. Slip vs plan is the median, per shipment, of the actual discharge day minus that planned arrival day, over the pair's shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge (negative means ahead of plan), shown when at least 20 such shipments across at least 5 sailings back it; n is how many shipments, and sailings how many vessel voyages carried them.
Planned routing: 2% of 3,584 shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge are planned via a transshipment port, most often Colon Container Terminal (56), Ningbo (14), Pusan (12); the rest are planned direct from the port of loading to the port of discharge. This is the carrier's planned routing when bexy read each Bill of Lading, and it can change after booking.
Recent shipments · China → United States
- 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
- EGHU3967213 · Shanghai → Oakland → Salt Lake City
- EMCU8511616 · Shanghai → Los Angeles
Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to ship from China to United States?
- The median estimated transit from China to United States is 35 days, measured from the loaded-on-board date to the carrier's ETA at the final place of delivery, or the last planned arrival when the carrier gives none; half of shipments were estimated at between 26 and 46 days and 90% at 54 days or less, across 9,783 shipments with a usable on-board date and estimated arrival. The exact time depends on the service, any transshipment and any inland leg to the final destination.
- How long does shipping from China to United States actually take?
- The median actual transit from China to United States is 31 days, measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at the port of discharge, as reported in the carrier's container events; half of these shipments took between 26 and 44 days and 90% took 53 days or less, across 4,871 shipments with a recorded discharge at the port of discharge. Unlike the estimated transit it ends at the port of discharge, with no inland leg, and it rests on fewer shipments: for most Bills of Lading bexy first reads the record after the container has been returned empty, when the discharge is no longer shown.
- Which ports handle China to United States shipments?
- Cargo most often loads at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Xiamen. On arrival it is most often discharged at Los Angeles, New York, Savannah and Long Beach.
- Is cargo from China to United States shipped direct or transshipped?
- In the carrier's planned routing at the time bexy read each Bill of Lading, 2% of the 3,584 China-to-United States shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge were planned via at least one transshipment port, most often Colon Container Terminal, Ningbo and Pusan; 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.
- How many shipments are tracked on the China to United States route?
- bexy has 208,402 shipments on record for the China to United States lane, the most recent departing Oct 19, 2026.
- How do I track a China to United States shipment?
- 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.
Browse all 208,402 shipments
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Aggregated from 208,402 tracked Bills of Lading · median estimated transit from the loaded-on-board date to the carrier's ETA at the final place of delivery, or the last planned arrival when the carrier gives none, over 9,783 shipments · actual transit to discharge over 4,871 shipments with a recorded discharge · schedule slip vs plan over 320 shipments with both dates, across 55 sailings · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "China to United States Shipping — Transit Time", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 208,402 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/shipping/china-to-united-statesDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.