Transit time

Shanghai to Genoa

Transit runs about 26 to 30 days via the Suez Canal, the routing most carriers use now, or 40 to 45 days via the Cape of Good Hope. These are planning ranges from published carrier schedules; your carrier schedule is the authority for a specific sailing.

Shanghai (CNSGH), China to Genoa (ITGOA), Italy

Transit by routing (most-used first)

Suez Canal

26 to 30 days

Most carriers use this routing now

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

Cape of Good Hope

40 to 45 days

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

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

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