Transit time
Shanghai to Los Angeles
Transit time is about 12 to 18 days port to port, direct transpacific service. This is a planning range reviewed against schedule data; your carrier schedule is the authority for a specific sailing.
Shanghai (CNSGH), China to Los Angeles (USLAX), USA
12 to 18 days
Ocean freight planning range
Routing
direct transpacific service
Approx. routed distance
6,250 nm
Avg ~14d; premium services 11-12
Also serves Long Beach (adjacent, same schedules) and Oakland (Northern California, typically +1 day).
Transit ranges reviewed August 2026.
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