Shipping from Russia to Japan

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. Japan belongs to Eastern Asia and its population is approximately 126 million. Japan is one of the world's top countries by GDP. It is also among leading importers by value of imported goods. Japan's main import products are fuels, mining products, machinery, transport equipment and chemicals.

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.

Japan

Japan has good connections by sea transport with regular port calls by major carriers. Its rail infrastructure is well developed and rail freight is moderately used in transportation of cargo. Transport by air is utilized to a moderate degree in Japan's freight traffic.

Overview of shipping alternatives between Russia and Japan

We were able to generate 3 shipping alternatives from Russia to Japan by sea and air transport. The fastest route, unsurprisingly, involves air transport and is expected to take about 8 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 53 days. The most environmentally friendly alternative involves sea 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

QingdaoCNQINport

ShimizuJPSMZport

Tokyo

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 6 000
Transit time estimate: 52.5 days
CO2 emission index: 7 120

2. Shipping alternative with cost advantage

Moscow

St PetersburgRULEDport

TokyoJPTYOport

Tokyo

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 6 984
Transit time estimate: 22.7 days
CO2 emission index: 3 050

3. Fastest shipping alternative

Moscow

SheremetyevoRUSVOairport

DiwopuCNURCairport

Beijing Capital IntlCNPEKairport

Narita IntlJPNRTairport

Tokyo

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Air Freight

Freight rate index: 106 128
Transit time estimate: 7.5 days
CO2 emission index: 78 740

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