Trade lane
Shipping from Netherlands to China
Ocean freight from Netherlands to China is an actively tracked container trade lane on bexy, with 2,179 shipments on record. Median estimated transit is 46 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 43 and 49 days and 90% at 55 days or less, across 270 shipments with a usable on-board date and estimated arrival.
- Shipments tracked
- 2,179
- Median est. transit
- 46 days
- Loading ports
- 1
- Discharge ports
- 26
Estimated transit · Netherlands → China
46days median
- Middle half
- 43–49 days
- 90% within
- 55 days
- Shipments
- 270
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)
52days median
Middle half 46–61 days · 90% within 81 days · n = 76 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
+14days median · after the planned arrival
Middle half +8 to +14 days · n = 31 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this lane, across 10 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 31 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this lane, across 10 sailings, containers were discharged a median 14 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.
Netherlands to China ocean freight
Measured from the carrier's container events instead of its estimates, the actual transit from Netherlands to China — loaded on board to a container discharged at the port of discharge, with no inland leg — has a median of 52 days (middle half 46–61 days, 90% within 81 days) across 76 shipments with a recorded discharge at the port of discharge. On the 31 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this lane, across 10 sailings, containers were discharged a median 14 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.
Cargo on this lane loads mainly at Netherlands ports including Rotterdam and is discharged mainly at Shanghai, Xingang, Ningbo and Yantian on the China side.
Every Netherlands-to-China 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.
Origin ports · Netherlands
| Port of loading | Port of discharge | Shipments | Share | Planned port-to-port | Route page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam | Shanghai | 1,020 | 47% | 44 days median (41–47) · n = 132 | Rotterdam → Shanghai |
| Rotterdam | Xingang | 260 | 12% | — | — |
| Rotterdam | Ningbo | 250 | 11% | 46 days median (44–49) · n = 62 | Rotterdam → Ningbo |
| Rotterdam | Yantian | 174 | 8% | — | — |
| Rotterdam | Qingdao | 136 | 6% | — | — |
| Rotterdam | Huangpu | 108 | 5% | 52 days median (47–58) · n = 22 | Rotterdam → Huangpu |
| Rotterdam | Nansha | 103 | 5% | — | — |
| Rotterdam | Dalian | 35 | 2% | — | — |
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.
Planned routing: 12% of 264 shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge are planned via a transshipment port, most often Yantian (19), Hong Kong (5), Ningbo (5); 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 · Netherlands → China
- EMCU6240095 · Rotterdam → Shanghai2×
- EGHU3710966 · Rotterdam → Shanghai5×
- EGSU6366550 · Rotterdam → Lianyungang2×
- EITU1688355 · Rotterdam → Shanghai
- EGSU3496776 · Rotterdam → Xingang4×
- TLLU4300110 · Rotterdam → Shanghai
- EITU1709925 · Rotterdam → Xiamen
- EGHU9672230 · Rotterdam → Xingang
- EGSU6272255 · Rotterdam → Xingang
- LCGU8137067 · Rotterdam → Yantian
- EMCU6295966 · Rotterdam → Xingang
- EGSU3328134 · Rotterdam → Xingang
Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to ship from Netherlands to China?
- The median estimated transit from Netherlands to China is 46 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 43 and 49 days and 90% at 55 days or less, across 270 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 Netherlands to China actually take?
- The median actual transit from Netherlands to China is 52 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 46 and 61 days and 90% took 81 days or less, across 76 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. On the 31 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge on this lane, across 10 sailings, containers were discharged a median 14 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.
- Which ports handle Netherlands to China shipments?
- Cargo most often loads at Rotterdam. On arrival it is most often discharged at Shanghai, Xingang, Ningbo and Yantian.
- Is cargo from Netherlands to China shipped direct or transshipped?
- In the carrier's planned routing at the time bexy read each Bill of Lading, 12% of the 264 Netherlands-to-China shipments with a planned routing to the port of discharge were planned via at least one transshipment port, most often Yantian, Hong Kong and 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.
- How many shipments are tracked on the Netherlands to China route?
- bexy has 2,179 shipments on record for the Netherlands to China lane, the most recent departing Aug 20, 2026.
- How do I track a Netherlands to China 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 2,179 shipments
Netherlands → China · filterable by port, date & weight
Aggregated from 2,179 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 270 shipments · actual transit to discharge over 76 shipments with a recorded discharge · schedule slip vs plan over 31 shipments with both dates, across 10 sailings · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Netherlands to China Shipping — Transit Time", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 2,179 tracked shipments. https://bexy.io/shipping/netherlands-to-chinaDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.