Sea Freight Transit Times from Japan

Planning an international move? The tables below provide an indication of sea freight transit times from Japan to selected destinations.

Container terminal and harbour cranes at sunset

How to read these transit times

Times are measured from scheduled vessel departure in Japan to scheduled arrival at the destination shown. They do not represent the total time from collection to delivery. Please allow additional time for arrangements before departure, destination handling, customs clearance and any final delivery.

Where connection or transfer time is not already included in the scheduled arrival date, an allowance of approximately six days has been added for planning purposes. Actual transit times may vary depending on vessel schedules and connections.

Unless otherwise stated, the departure schedules are for Tokyo or Yokohama. Transit times are expressed in calendar days.

Australia

DestinationApproximate transit time
Sydney33 days
Melbourne34 days
Brisbane34 days
Fremantle25 days
Adelaide45 days

New Zealand

DestinationApproximate transit time
Auckland38 days
Christchurch (Lyttelton)41 days

Canada

DestinationApproximate transit time
Vancouver16 days
Toronto31 days
Montreal35 days

United States

The regional figures below cover the example destinations listed. Times for inland destinations vary by city and routing. Each regional figure uses the longer transit time among the example destinations listed.

RegionExample destinationsApproximate transit time
Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles12 days
California — onward destinationsSan Francisco, Oakland, San Diego20 days
Pacific NorthwestSeattle, Portland25 days
Mountain / SouthwestDenver, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque22 days
TexasDallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio31 days
Midwest — ChicagoChicago22 days
Midwest — other selected citiesDetroit, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City32 days
Southeast / GulfAtlanta, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Savannah, Charleston, Charlotte, New Orleans34 days
Northeast / Mid-AtlanticNew York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC36 days

Europe

CountryDestinationApproximate transit time
United KingdomSouthampton37 days
FranceLe Havre55 days
GermanyHamburg49 days
NetherlandsRotterdam42 days
SwedenGothenburg56 days
Czech RepublicPrague54 days
SpainBarcelona62 days
IrelandDublin59 days
ItalyGenoa64 days
PolandGdansk (Gdynia)68 days
NorwayOslo70 days
PortugalLeixoes70 days
FranceLyon90 days
DenmarkCopenhagen60 days
GreecePiraeus46 days
FranceMarseille (Fos-sur-Mer)85 days
BelgiumAntwerp44 days
FinlandHelsinki51 days

Asia

Country / territoryDestinationApproximate transit time
South KoreaBusan4 days
Hong KongHong Kong9 days
TaiwanKeelung5 days
MalaysiaPort Klang11 days
SingaporeSingapore11 days
ChinaShanghai4 days

India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

CountryDestinationApproximate transit time
IndiaNhava Sheva31 days
IndiaKolkata24 days
IndiaChennai26 days
PakistanKarachi24 days
BangladeshChittagong (Chattogram)30 days

South Africa

DestinationApproximate transit time
Johannesburg40 days
Cape Town45 days

Argentina

DestinationApproximate transit time
Buenos Aires51 days

Planning your shipment

Vessel schedules, port conditions and connecting services can change. Arrival at the destination does not mean that your shipment is immediately available for customs clearance, collection or delivery.

Please tell us your destination and your preferred collection period when requesting a quotation. We can advise on the available routing and the estimated schedule for your shipment.