Tidewater Lines · AEX service
Shanghai to Rotterdam, every Thursday.
One loop, eleven ships, the same day every week. Scroll to sail it.
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Day 0 · Shanghai
Loading at Yangshan.
Our ships berth at the deep-water terminal on the islands south of the city, loading around 14,000 containers in two days.
Day 6 · Singapore
Through the strait.
The busiest shipping lane in the world. We call at Singapore to swap boxes for Southeast Asia, then turn west into the Malacca Strait.
Day 19 · Suez
A canal one ship wide.
193 km of canal in a single convoy, about twelve hours from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
Day 32 · Rotterdam
Alongside at Maasvlakte.
Europe's largest port, built out into the North Sea. From the quay, rail and barge carry the boxes inland within a day.
The loop
Then it all happens again.
Eleven ships on one rotation means a departure every week, in both directions.
21000km
Port to port
32days
Shanghai to Rotterdam
11
Ships on the loop
52
Departures a year
The service
Everything between the two quays.
Cargo
Full and part loads
Dry, reefer and out-of-gauge, from one box to a whole bay.
Visibility
Live tracking
Position, ETA and temperature for every container, hourly.
Inland
Door to door
Rail and barge links from Rotterdam to 40 European hubs.