Transit time

Ningbo to Felixstowe

Transit runs about 41 to 47 days via the Cape of Good Hope, the routing most carriers use now, or 29 to 34 days via the Suez Canal. Carriers are steadily returning to the Suez Canal, so the dominant routing on this lane is reviewed periodically. These are planning ranges from published carrier schedules; your carrier schedule is the authority for a specific sailing.

Ningbo (CNNBO), China to Felixstowe (GBFXT), UK

Transit by routing (most-used first)

Cape of Good Hope

41 to 47 days

Most carriers use this routing now

Around the Cape of Good Hope — the longer diversion used when carriers avoid the Red Sea.

Suez Canal

29 to 34 days

Via the Suez Canal and Red Sea — the faster routing, used when carriers are not avoiding the Red Sea.

Carriers are steadily returning to the Suez Canal, so the dominant routing on this lane is reviewed periodically.

Based on published carrier schedules and trade press, reviewed August 2026. Routing reviewed August 2026.

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