How long does it take to ship a container from Guangzhou to Frankfurt by sea?

The shortest shipping time by sea between Guangzhou and Frankfurt is 28 days 20h. Ships depart from Yantian (CNYTN) and arrive at Rotterdam (NLRTM) with scheduled departures Every 1-2 days.

How regularly do container ships travel between Guangzhou and Frankfurt?

There are scheduled container ships that depart every 1-2 days from Yantian (CNYTN) and arrive into Rotterdam (NLRTM) around 28 days 20h later. These services are operated by Evergreen, CMA CGM, MSC, HMM, MSC, HMM and Evergreen.

How long does it take to send cargo from Guangzhou to Frankfurt by air freight?

The quickest flight from Guangzhou to Frankfurt takes around 12hrs. Flights depart from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) and arrive at Frankfurt Airport (FRA).

How often do planes fly between Guangzhou and Frankfurt?

Scheduled flights between Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) and Frankfurt Airport (FRA) depart daily. These flights are serviced by China Southern Airlines, Air China, Lufthansa and Turkmenistan Airlines and the typical transit time is around 12hrs.

Do dedicated cargo planes (freighters) fly between Guangzhou and Frankfurt?

Yes there are dedicated cargo planes that fly regular scheduled services between Guangzhou and Frankfurt. Cargo flights depart from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) and arrive at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) with departures Every 1-2 days and a average flight time of around 12hrs. China Southern Airlines and Lufthansa operates on this route.

What is the distance between Guangzhou to Frankfurt by ship?

The distance between Guangzhou and Frankfurt by cargo ship is 17,064 Nautical Miles (31,602 Kilometres / 19,636 Miles). This distance is measured by sea between Nansha (CNNSA) and Rotterdam (NLRTM).

What is the distance between Guangzhou to Frankfurt by air?

The distance between Guangzhou and Frankfurt by air is around 9,031 Kilometres (5,612 Miles). This distance is measured following typical flight paths between Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) and Frankfurt Airport (FRA).

How much CO2 is produced when transporting a shipping container from Guangzhou to Frankfurt by sea?

1.31t CO₂e (per TEU) is the estimated emissions output (CO2e) when transporting a typical shipping container (1 TEU) from Guangzhou to Frankfurt. This is calculated using the overall historical emissions of the average container ship on this trade lane and dividing it by the total projected capacity.

How much CO2 is produced when sending cargo by air from Guangzhou to Frankfurt?

303kg CO₂e (per 100kg) is the estimated emissions output (CO2e) when sending cargo by air from Guangzhou to Frankfurt. This is calculated by determining the total fuel burn output of various aircraft that typically fly this route and dividing it by the total available cargo capacity in KGs.

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Guangzhou to Frankfurt By Air freight, Container ship or Road

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Air Freight

12hrs, Daily

359kg CO₂e

Container Ship

28 days 20h, Every 1-2 days

1.01t CO₂e

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Guangzhou to Frankfurt by Air freight

The quickest way to get from Guangzhou to Frankfurt by plane will take about 12hrs and departs from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) and arrives into Frankfurt Airport (FRA). There are flights departing daily on this route. China Southern Airlines is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with flights departing 2-4 times a week.

Quickest air route

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport to Frankfurt Airport

Departs from

SZX

Departs from

FRA

12hrs: Daily

9,129 km
5,673 mi.

Direct
No stops

Estimated emissions

359kg CO₂e (per 100kg)

Operating carriers	Departure frequency	Aircraft types
China Southern AirlinesFreighter	2-4 times a week	Boeing 777 Freighter
Air China	2-4 times a week	Boeing 777-300
LufthansaFreighter	2-4 times a week	Boeing 777-200F Freighter
Turkmenistan Airlines	1-2 times a week	Airbus A321+1 others

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Closest airports

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Frankfurt Airport

Departs from

CAN

Departs from

FRA

13h 44m: Daily

9,031 km
5,612 mi.

Direct
1 stop

Estimated emissions

303kg CO₂e (per 100kg)

Operating carriers	Departure frequency	Aircraft types
China Southern AirlinesFreighter	Daily	Airbus A350-900+1 others
Air China	2-4 times a day	Boeing 777-300ER+11 others
China Southern Airlines	Every 1-2 days	Airbus A330-200+4 others
Qatar AirwaysFreighter	Every 1-2 days	Boeing 777-300ER+4 others
Thai Airways	Every 1-2 days	Airbus A350-900+1 others
Emirates	Every 1-2 days	Boeing 777-300ER+1 others
Korean Air	2-4 times a week	Airbus A330-300+1 others
Ethiopian Airlines	Every 1-2 days	Boeing 777-200F Freighter+3 others
All Nippon Airways	Every 1-2 days	Boeing 787-8+1 others
Air China	2-4 times a day	Airbus A350-900+4 others
Turkish Airlines	Daily	Airbus A330 Freighter+5 others
Asiana Airlines	Every 1-2 days	Airbus A321neo+2 others

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Guangzhou to Frankfurt by Container ship

The quickest way to get from Guangzhou to Frankfurt by ship will take about 28 days 20h and departs from Yantian (CNYTN) and arrives into Rotterdam (NLRTM). There are vessels departing every 1-2 days on this route. Evergreen is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with vessels departing every 1-2 weeks.

Quickest ocean route

Yantian to Rotterdam

Port of loading

CNYTN

Port of loading

NLRTM

28 days 20h: Every 1-2 days

24,882 km
15,461 mi.

Direct
1 stop

Estimated emissions

1.01t CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
FAL6 / AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL
FAL3 / AEU6 / FE9 / LL5	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL
AE55 / Griffin	Direct	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC, Maersk
FE4	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	HMM, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming
Britannia	Direct	1-2 times a week	MSC
FE3	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	HMM, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming
FAL8 / AEU9 / CES / LL7	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL

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Closest seaports

Nansha to Rotterdam

Port of loading

CNNSA

Port of loading

NLRTM

45 days 20h: Every 2-4 weeks

31,602 km
19,636 mi.

Direct
6 stops

Estimated emissions

1.31t CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
AE5 / Albatros	Direct	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk, MSC
CIMEX7 / MEX / CMEX / ME5 → FAL6 / AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, CMA CGM, Evergreen
→ FAL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
AS6 / CI1 / CIX1 → FAL6 / AEU5 / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, CMA CGM, OOCL
CSS3 → LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL
WAX1 / WAF1 → AEU5 / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
BEX / AEM3 / EM1 → FAL6 / AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, Evergreen, CMA CGM
EAX1 → AEU5 / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
CME → AEU5	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	COSCO
WAX3 / WAF3 → FAL6 / AEU5 / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, CMA CGM
ASEA2 / EAX3 / AEF → FAL6 / AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, CMA CGM, Evergreen, COSCO
WAX → FAL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
CIX6 → CEM	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen
SH3 → AE5	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
CIMEX7 / MEX / CMEX / ME5 → FAL2 / AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, CMA CGM, Evergreen
→ FAL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
AS6 / CI1 / CIX1 → FAL2 / AEU3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, CMA CGM, OOCL
CSS3 → LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL
WAX1 / WAF1 → AEU3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
BEX / AEM3 / EM1 → FAL2 / AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, Evergreen, CMA CGM
EAX1 → AEU3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
CME → AEU3	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	COSCO
IA7 → AE5	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
IA1 → AE5	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
WAX3 / WAF3 → FAL2 / AEU3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, CMA CGM
IA36 → AE5	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
FEW6 → AE5	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
ASEA2 / EAX3 / AEF → FAL2 / AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, CMA CGM, Evergreen, COSCO
WAX → FAL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
CIX6 → NE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen
CIMEX7 / MEX / CMEX / AG4 / ME5 → FUJI / JPSW / PS1 / FP1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, CMA CGM, Evergreen, ONE
→ FUJI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
AS6 / CI1 / CIX1 → FUJI / JPSW / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, CMA CGM, OOCL
CSS3 → JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL
EAS4 / EA4 → FP1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, ONE
WAX1 / WA1 / WAF1 → JPSW / FP1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, ONE, OOCL
EAS3 / EA3 → FP1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE, Hapag-Lloyd
AG4 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE
BEX / AEM3 / EM1 → FUJI / JPSW / PS1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, Evergreen, CMA CGM
EAX1 → JPSW / FP1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL
CME → JPSW	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	COSCO
EAS4 / EA4 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, ONE
WA1 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE
EAS3 / EA3 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE, Hapag-Lloyd
WAX3 / SW2 / WAF3 → FUJI / JPSW / FP1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE
→ FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
ASEA2 / EAX3 / AEF → FUJI / JPSW / PS1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, CMA CGM, Evergreen, COSCO
SW2 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, ONE
WAX → FUJI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
CIX6 → PS1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen
MEX / AEM2 / MEX1 / WM2 → FAL6 / AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, OOCL
ZAX2 / ASA / SAF2 → AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, COSCO, OOCL
ASAFGR / WAX4 / WAF4 → FAL6 / AEU5 / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, CMA CGM, OOCL
MEX / AEM2 / MEX1 / WM2 → FAL2 / AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, OOCL
ZAX2 / ASA / SAF2 → AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, COSCO, OOCL
ASAFGR / WAX4 / WAF4 → FAL2 / AEU3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, CMA CGM, OOCL
AE7 / Condor → AE5 / Albatros	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, MSC
FE2 → FP1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	HMM, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming
MEX / AEM2 / MEX1 / WM2 → FUJI / JPSW / PS1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, OOCL
FE2 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	HMM, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming
ZAX2 / ASA / SA2 / SAS / SAF2 → JPSW / PS1 / FP1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, COSCO, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL
ASAFGR / WAX4 / AWA / WAF4 → FUJI / JPSW / FP1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, OOCL
SA2 / SAS → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE, Hapag-Lloyd
AWA → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
AEM3 / EM1 → IEX / IP3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO
CSE / CSE1 → AEU5 / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
CSE / CSE1 → AEU3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
FE2 → IOS	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, ONE
CSE / CSE1 → JPSW / JPX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL

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Most frequent

Hong Kong to Rotterdam

Port of loading

HKHKG

Port of loading

NLRTM

32 days 7h: 1-2 times a day

24,878 km
15,459 mi.

1 transfer
No stops

Estimated emissions

1.13t CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
SEAS1 / ESA / TLA1 → FAL6 / AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, Evergreen, CMA CGM, OOCL
KTX5 → LL6	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	OOCL
SEAS1-x / ESA-x / TLA1-x → FAL6 / AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL
SEAS1 / ESA / TLA1 → FAL2 / AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, Evergreen, CMA CGM, OOCL
KTX5 → LL2	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	OOCL
SEAS1-x / ESA-x / TLA1-x → FAL2 / AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL
ZAX2 / ASA / SAF2 → AEU5 / CEM / LL6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, Evergreen, OOCL
KI1 → FP1	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	HMM
JSM / KTX5 → FP1 / JPX	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	ONE, OOCL
SEAS1 / ESA / TLA1 / SA3 → FUJI / JPSW / PS1 / JPX / FP1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, Evergreen, CMA CGM, OOCL, Yang Ming
AS2 / SX1 → FP1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, ONE
KI1 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	HMM
SA3 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Yang Ming
JSM → FE3	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	ONE
SEAS1-x / ESA-x / TLA1-x / SA3-x → FUJI / JPSW / PS1 / JPX / FP1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL, Yang Ming
AS2 / SX1 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, ONE
SA3-x → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Yang Ming
PS7 → FP1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE, Yang Ming, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM
PS7 → FE3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE, Yang Ming, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM
ZAX2 / ASA / SAF2 → AEU3 / NE3 / LL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, Evergreen, OOCL

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Ocean routes from Guangzhou to Frankfurt

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Guangzhou to Frankfurt by Air freight

Quickest air route

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport to Frankfurt Airport

Closest airports

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Frankfurt Airport

Guangzhou to Frankfurt by Container ship

Quickest ocean route

Yantian to Rotterdam

Closest seaports

Nansha to Rotterdam

Most frequent

Hong Kong to Rotterdam

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