Shipping from Papua New Guinea to China

Papua New Guinea is located in Melanesia and has a population of 9.9 million people. China belongs to Eastern Asia and its population is approximately 1.4 billion. China is one of the world's top countries by GDP. It is also among leading importers by value of imported goods. China's main import products are machinery, transport equipment, fuels, mining products and agricultural products.

Transport infrustructure and shipping connectivity

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has fair sea connections served by a number of shipping companies. It appears to have limited or no freight rail infrastructure. Air freight does not appear to be particularly common for shipping goods from Papua New Guinea.

China

China has outstanding connectivity by sea and frequently serviced by many sea carriers. It has the largest rail infrastructures in the world and rail freight plays important role in country's cargo traffic. There is relatively large amount of air freight in China's cargo traffic.

Overview of shipping alternatives between Papua New Guinea and China

We were able to generate 3 shipping alternatives from Papua New Guinea to China by sea and rail/ multimodal transport. The fastest route involves sea transport and is expected to take about 16 days, including pre-carriage and last mile delivery. Unfortunately, it also appears to be the most expensive and least environmentally friendly shipping alternative.

The cheapest shipping alternative is by sea and has estimated transit time of about 16 days. Its emissions levels also seem to be fairly close to the greenest delivery method. The most environmentally friendly alternative involves rail/ multimodal transport and offers estimated transit time of 19 days. Transport costs involved in this delivery solution also appear to be on a feasible level.

1. Lowest cost shipping alternative

Port Moresby

Port MoresbyPGPOMport

NantongCNNTGport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 4 515
Transit time estimate: 16.05 days
CO2 emission index: 1 475

2. Shipping alternative with transit time advantage

Port Moresby

LaePGLAEport

NingboCNNBOport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 5 507
Transit time estimate: 15.5 days
CO2 emission index: 2 051

3. Environmentally friendly shipping alternative

Port Moresby

Port MoresbyPGPOMport

NingboCNNBOport

NingboCNNINrail yard

ShanghaiCNSHArail yard

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

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Other

Rail Services

Freight rate index: 5 486
Transit time estimate: 19.05 days
CO2 emission index: 1 393

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