How long does it take to ship a container from Melbourne to Guangzhou by sea?

The shortest shipping time by sea between Melbourne and Guangzhou is 14 days 19h. Ships depart from Melbourne (AUMEL) and arrive at Hong Kong (HKHKG) with scheduled departures 2-4 times a week.

How regularly do container ships travel between Melbourne and Guangzhou?

There are scheduled container ships that depart 2-4 times a week from Melbourne (AUMEL) and arrive into Hong Kong (HKHKG) around 14 days 19h later. These services are operated by MSC, COSCO, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, MSC, Maersk, MSC, OOCL, OOCL, Maersk, MSC, Maersk, Maersk, CMA CGM, OOCL, COSCO, OOCL, MSC, Maersk, Evergreen, COSCO, COSCO, ZIM, OOCL, CMA CGM, PIL, MSC, COSCO, CMA CGM, CMA CGM, CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, TS Lines, COSCO, OOCL, HMM, Maersk, COSCO, Yang Ming, Yang Ming, Evergreen, ZIM, COSCO, COSCO, COSCO and TS Lines.

How long does it take to send cargo from Melbourne to Guangzhou by air freight?

The quickest flight from Melbourne to Guangzhou takes around 9h 38m. Flights depart from Melbourne International Airport (MEL) and arrive at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN).

How often do planes fly between Melbourne and Guangzhou?

Scheduled flights between Melbourne International Airport (MEL) and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) depart 1-2 times a day. These flights are serviced by China Southern Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Xiamen Air, VietJet Air, China Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Scoot, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, China Eastern Airlines, Juneyao Airlines and Sichuan Airlines and the typical transit time is around 9h 38m.

Do dedicated cargo planes (freighters) fly between Melbourne and Guangzhou?

Yes there are dedicated cargo planes that fly regular scheduled services between Melbourne and Guangzhou. Cargo flights depart from Melbourne International Airport (MEL) and arrive at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) with departures 2-4 times a day and a average flight time of around 9h 38m. Singapore Airlines operates on this route.

What is the distance between Melbourne to Guangzhou by ship?

The distance between Melbourne and Guangzhou by cargo ship is 6,816 Nautical Miles (12,623 Kilometres / 7,843 Miles). This distance is measured by sea between Melbourne (AUMEL) and Nansha (CNNSA).

What is the distance between Melbourne to Guangzhou by air?

The distance between Melbourne and Guangzhou by air is around 7,557 Kilometres (4,696 Miles). This distance is measured following typical flight paths between Melbourne International Airport (MEL) and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN).

How much CO2 is produced when transporting a shipping container from Melbourne to Guangzhou by sea?

1.22t CO₂e (per TEU) is the estimated emissions output (CO2e) when transporting a typical shipping container (1 TEU) from Melbourne to Guangzhou. This is calculated using the overall historical emissions of the average container ship on this trade lane and dividing it by the total projected capacity.

How much CO2 is produced when sending cargo by air from Melbourne to Guangzhou?

460kg CO₂e (per 100kg) is the estimated emissions output (CO2e) when sending cargo by air from Melbourne to Guangzhou. This is calculated by determining the total fuel burn output of various aircraft that typically fly this route and dividing it by the total available cargo capacity in KGs.

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Melbourne to Guangzhou by Air freight

The quickest way to get from Melbourne to Guangzhou by plane will take about 9h 38m and departs from Melbourne International Airport (MEL) and arrives into Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN). There are flights departing 1-2 times a day on this route. China Southern Airlines is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with flights departing 1-2 times a day.

Quickest air route

Melbourne International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Departs from

MEL

Departs from

CAN

9h 38m: 1-2 times a day

7,557 km
4,696 mi.

Direct
No stops

Estimated emissions

460kg CO₂e (per 100kg)

Operating carriers	Departure frequency	Aircraft types
China Southern Airlines	1-2 times a day	Airbus A330-300+1 others
Cathay Pacific	2-4 times a day	Boeing 747-8F Freighter+3 others
Xiamen Air	Every 1-2 days	Boeing 787-9+3 others
VietJet Air	Every 1-2 days	Airbus A330-200+1 others
China Airlines	2-4 times a week	Airbus A350-900+3 others
Vietnam Airlines	Every 1-2 days	Airbus A350-900+1 others
Vietnam Airlines	2-4 times a week	Airbus A350-900+1 others
Scoot	Every 1-2 days	Boeing 787-9
Singapore AirlinesFreighter	2-4 times a day	Airbus A350-900+5 others
Thai Airways	1-2 times a day	Airbus A350-900+3 others
China Eastern Airlines	1-2 times a day	Boeing 787-9+5 others
Juneyao Airlines	2-4 times a week	Boeing 787-9+2 others
Sichuan Airlines	Every 1-2 days	Airbus A330-200+5 others

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Cargo flights

Melbourne International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport

Departs from

MEL

Departs from

HKG

9h 39m: Every few hours

7,418 km
4,609 mi.

Direct
No stops

Estimated emissions

521kg CO₂e (per 100kg)

Operating carriers	Departure frequency	Aircraft types
Cathay PacificFreighter	2-4 times a day	Boeing 747-8F Freighter+2 others
Singapore AirlinesFreighter	Every few hours	Airbus A350-900+3 others
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Air routes from Melbourne to Guangzhou

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Melbourne to Guangzhou by Container ship

The quickest way to get from Melbourne to Guangzhou by ship will take about 14 days 19h and departs from Melbourne (AUMEL) and arrives into Hong Kong (HKHKG). There are vessels departing 2-4 times a week on this route. MSC is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with vessels departing 2-4 times a week.

Quickest ocean route

Melbourne to Hong Kong

Port of loading

AUMEL

Port of loading

HKHKG

14 days 19h: 2-4 times a week

9,477 km
5,889 mi.

Direct
1 stop

Estimated emissions

811kg CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
Wallaby / MSC - Wallaby	Direct	2-4 times a week	MSC, Hapag-Lloyd
A3S / A3SANL / SAS	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL, ANL, CMA CGM, PIL
Dragon / AUN	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, ONE
QILIN → IN2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
WAF7 → ASAS2	Transshipment	2-4 times a week	Maersk
QILIN / ML - QILIN → SEAS3 / ASAS2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, CMA CGM
QILIN / ML - QILIN → Northern Star / ML - Northern Star	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC, Maersk
QILIN → SH2	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
Koala → Ipanema	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
A3C → KTX4	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL
A3C → AEM1 / WM1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO
QILIN → HP2	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
ML - QILIN → Koala	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
WAF7 → SH2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
WAF7 → IA88	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
RTWPAN / PAD → ANZEX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
A3C → OPNW / PNW1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO
GSL - ZAX \| MSC - Panda \| ZIM - ZAX → A3S	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	COSCO
AAA1 / AA1 → A3S / SAS	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, PIL, COSCO
AES → Carioca	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
Dragon → PHI5	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
NEAX → SEA3	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Evergreen
AAA2 / AA2 → ESA / TLA1 / ES1 / SA3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, PIL, OOCL, Yang Ming
A3C → JPI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO
ML - Northern Star → ZFS	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	ZIM
AAA2 / AA2 → CPX	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	OOCL, Yang Ming
A3N / A3NANL → A3S / A3SANL	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, OOCL, ANL, COSCO
STA → SAS	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	PIL
AES → Ipanema	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
AAA2 / AA2 → ESA2 / TLA2 / ES2 / SA5	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, PIL, OOCL, Yang Ming
NEWMO → SEAS1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
NEWMO → CIX	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	CMA CGM
NEWMO → SEAS2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
QILIN → NEOASAS	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
Koala → Orchid	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
CA2 → NTX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	TS Lines
AAA2 → CIX3	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
A3C → THX	Transshipment	2-4 times a week	OOCL
A1X → VTS	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	HMM
QILIN → IA88	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
ASAL → CIT	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO
CA2 → CHX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Yang Ming
CA2 → NCT	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Yang Ming
NEAX → JHTN	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen
Northern Star / ML - Northern Star → NEOASAS / ASE	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ZIM, Maersk
AAA2 → CIT	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO
ASAL → JPI	Transshipment	1-2 times a week	COSCO
AAA2 / AA2 → KTX1 / COSCO - KTX1 \| OOCL - KTX1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, PIL, OOCL
CA2 → NCX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	TS Lines

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Closest seaports

Melbourne to Nansha

Port of loading

AUMEL

Port of loading

CNNSA

26 days 19h: 1-2 times a week

12,623 km
7,843 mi.

Direct
3 stops

Estimated emissions

1.22t CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
SAE / CA2	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	TS Lines, Yang Ming, PIL
ZAX / Panda / GSL - ZAX \| MSC - Panda \| ZIM - ZAX	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, MSC, ZIM, Gold Star
Koala → Pertiwi	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
ML - QILIN → AFL	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
WAF7 → FEW6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
ML - QILIN → JADE	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
WAF7 → EMC - AEF2 \| ESL - FNX \| GFS - FAD \| INTERA - IEA \| KMTC - EAX1 \| RCL - REA1 \| TSL - EAD	Transshipment	1-2 times a week	Maersk
QILIN / ML - QILIN → ASAFGR / FEW6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, CMA CGM
ML - Northern Star → TZX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ZIM
ML - QILIN → Panda	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
ML - QILIN → KILIMA	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
ML - QILIN → CUL - AM1 \| GFS - FMS \| MARSA - FEM1 \| UNIG - UGL \| XPF - CEX	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	CMA CGM
ML - QILIN → AS6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
WAF7 → MASHARIKI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
ML - QILIN → APRANL2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
QILIN / ML - QILIN → ASEA2 / CMA - ASEA2 \| COSCO - EAX3 \| EMC - AEF \| OOCL - EAX3 \| XPF - MFX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, CMA CGM
A3C → JPI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO
ML - QILIN → CNC - CMS2 \| COSCO - CME	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	CMA CGM
ML - Northern Star → SA1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ZIM
ML - Northern Star → ZAX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ZIM
Dragon → FEW1	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
QILIN / ML - QILIN → Iroko / MSC - Iroko	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC, Maersk
QILIN → MASHARIKI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
AES → Pertiwi	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
QILIN → EMC - AEF2 \| ESL - FNX \| GFS - FAD \| INTERA - IEA \| KMTC - EAX1 \| RCL - REA1 \| TSL - EAD	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
Dragon → PHI5	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Maersk
AAA2 → KCM2	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	COSCO
ML - QILIN → New Falcon	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
ML - QILIN → BEX	Transshipment	1-2 times a week	CMA CGM
AA2 → EAS	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	PIL
Dragon → FEW3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
ML - QILIN → REX2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
Dragon → FEW6	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
Koala → Pertiwi	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
Koala → Pertiwi	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
AAA2 → MEX4 / ME1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL
NEWMO → CIMEX1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
SAE → EAS	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	PIL
ASA → CIS3	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL
AAA2 / AA2 → PA1 / CSS1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO, OOCL, Yang Ming
ACX → CSE / CSE1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	OOCL, COSCO
A3C → SEA / PVCS	Transshipment	2-4 times a week	OOCL, COSCO
Northern Star / ML - Northern Star → FA2 / COSCO - WAX3 \| GSL - FA2 \| ONE - SW2 \| OOCL - WAF3 \| ZIM - FA2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ZIM, Maersk
ASAL → YIX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	COSCO

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Ocean routes from Melbourne to Guangzhou

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Air Freight

9h 38m, 1-2 times a day

460kg CO₂e

Container Ship

14 days 19h, 2-4 times a week

811kg CO₂e

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More about shipping cargo and freight from Melbourne to Guangzhou by Air, Ocean and Road

There are scheduled container ships that depart 2-4 times a week from Melbourne (AUMEL) and arrive into Hong Kong (HKHKG) around 14 days 19h later. These services are operated by MSC, COSCO, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, MSC, Maersk, MSC, OOCL, OOCL, Maersk, MSC, Maersk, Maersk, CMA CGM, OOCL, COSCO, OOCL, MSC, Maersk, Evergreen, COSCO, COSCO, ZIM, OOCL, CMA CGM, PIL, MSC, COSCO, CMA CGM, CMA CGM, CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, TS Lines, COSCO, OOCL, HMM, Maersk, COSCO, Yang Ming, Yang Ming, Evergreen, ZIM, COSCO, COSCO, COSCO and TS Lines.
Scheduled flights between Melbourne International Airport (MEL) and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) depart 1-2 times a day. These flights are serviced by China Southern Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Xiamen Air, VietJet Air, China Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Scoot, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, China Eastern Airlines, Juneyao Airlines and Sichuan Airlines and the typical transit time is around 9h 38m.

Melbourne to Guangzhou By Air freight, Container ship or Road

Melbourne to Guangzhou by Air freight

Quickest air route

Melbourne International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Cargo flights

Melbourne International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport

Melbourne to Guangzhou by Container ship

Quickest ocean route

Melbourne to Hong Kong

Closest seaports

Melbourne to Nansha

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