ship from china to netherlands by sea how long does it take

ship from china to netherlands by sea how long does it take.

The Rotterdam seaport in the Netherlands is the most important foreign trade gateway for Western Europe and the Netherlands. The throughput has been around 300 million tons for many years. chinese goods ship by sea ,Rotterdam Port is highly advanced in port construction technology and management, with a high degree of mechanization and automation in loading and unloading operations. It adopts electronic computers for centralized management and is one of the representative modern ports in the world.

Rotterdam Port is 40 kilometers long, with a dock length of 89 kilometers and 656 berths. The maximum depth of the waterway is 22 meters. It is a port of registry or port of call for over 500 shipping routes, connecting to over 1000 ports worldwide, accounting for 78% of Dutch cargo volume.

Important industrial and commercial centers in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Belgium are all located within a radius of 500 kilometers centered around Rotterdam. The well-developed inland waterway network, highway network, railway network, as well as pipelines and aviation, connect the port with important industrial areas in European cities, making it a major distribution center for bulk cargo, crude oil, and containers in Western Europe.

ship from china to netherlands.

Shipping from China to the Netherlands usually takes 20 days to over a month

Shanghai to Rotterdam -27 days
Shenzhen to Rotterdam -22 days
Guangzhou to Rotterdam -26 days
Qingdao to Amsterdam -34 days

The above time is for reference only. The specific shipping time varies for different goods. If you need to know more, please feel free to inquire privately.

Ocean freight cost calculation

There are generally two ways for foreign trade ocean freight:

The first type of full container sea freight calculation, full container sea freight=basic sea freight+sea freight surcharge;

The second type of sea freight consolidation cost calculation, sea freight consolidation cost=calculated by volume and weight, whichever is higher.

Calculation of full container sea freight

FCL ocean freight=basic ocean freight+ocean freight surcharge.

Among them, the “basic ocean freight” is set by the shipping company and will not change within a certain period of time. Sea freight surcharges are divided into fuel surcharges, port congestion surcharges, etc. The usual price quoted by freight forwarding companies is “ALLIN” price, which is the sum of the above two costs.

Basic freight=Unit basic freight × Total number of boxes

Port surcharges

Port Surcharge 1=Unit Port Surcharge × Total number of boxes (additional fee calculated based on the number of boxes)

Port Surcharge 2=Unit Port Surcharge × Number of votes (additional fee calculated based on the number of votes) Explanation of the number of votes: For example, if you arrange two 20’GP shipments for one shipment, issuing a bill of lading will be considered as one shipment.

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