Shipping from Russia to China

Russia is located in Eastern Europe and has a population of 143 million people. Russia's main export product categories are fuels, mining products, agricultural products and chemicals. 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

Russia

Russia is fairly well connected by sea and regularly serviced by major shipping companies. It has one of the largest rail infrastructures in the world and relies heavily on rail freight transport. A modefate amount of air freight exists in Russia's freight traffic.

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 Russia and China

We were able to generate 6 shipping alternatives from Russia to China by sea, rail/ multimodal, air and road transport. The fastest route, unsurprisingly, involves air transport and is expected to take about 7 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 36 days. The most environmentally friendly alternative involves rail/ multimodal transport and offers estimated transit time of 23 days. Transport costs involved in this delivery solution also appear to be on a feasible level.

1. Lowest cost shipping alternative

Moscow

St PetersburgRULEDport

HamburgDEHAMport

ShanghaiCNSGHport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 4 084
Transit time estimate: 35.75 days
CO2 emission index: 4 994

2. Shipping alternative with cost advantage

Moscow

St PetersburgRULEDport

NingboCNNBOport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 5 472
Transit time estimate: 43.5 days
CO2 emission index: 6 224

3. Shipping alternative with cost advantage

Moscow

Moskva-Tovarnaya-PaveletskayaRUMOSrail yard

ShanghaiCNSHArail yard

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Rail Services

Freight rate index: 6 336
Transit time estimate: 23 days
CO2 emission index: 1 524

4. Shipping alternative with transit time advantage

Moscow

Moskva-Tovarnaya-PaveletskayaRUMOSrail yard

QingdaoCNQINrail yard

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Rail Services

Freight rate index: 7 370
Transit time estimate: 21.8 days
CO2 emission index: 2 398

5. Fastest shipping alternative

Moscow

SheremetyevoRUSVOairport

DiwopuCNURCairport

XiaoshanCNHGHairport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Air Freight

Freight rate index: 87 032
Transit time estimate: 7 days
CO2 emission index: 66 600

6. Shipping alternative with transit time advantage

Moscow

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Forwarding

Freight rate index: 22 511
Transit time estimate: 16.4 days
CO2 emission index: 13 517

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