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Shipping from Dalian to Saint-Brieuc

Dalian to Saint-Brieuc

Yellow Sea · Taiwan Strait · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · English Channel

DalianChina origin
Yellow Sea
Taiwan Strait
Malacca Strait
Indian Ocean
Bab-el-Mandeb
Suez Canal
Strait of Gibraltar
English Channel
Saint-BrieucFrance

Geographic corridor illustration only, not a vessel track, port-call list or sailing schedule. The loading terminal, carrier, transshipment and dates are confirmed per shipment.

From Dalian to Saint-Brieuc, cargo moves from Liaoning through Dalian's Dayaowan terminals, crosses a voyage that may run through Suez as drawn or round the Cape, depending on the service, and is discharged at the port of Saint-Brieuc.

The French side checks the producer's unique identifier (IDU) as well as the EU battery rules. Below are 5 route-specific points to plan for, what we do about each, and the documents to have ready before booking.

What we need to start

Dalian Dayaowan export
Winter ice & spring fog
IDU (batteries stream)
French-language safety information
Consignee EORI

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Route profile

The Dalian → Saint-Brieuc route in brief

Origin port

Dalian (Dayaowan)

North-east China's battery gateway at Dayaowan, with a small but growing lithium export flow, a local MSA that has named misdeclaration as its main problem, and both winter ice and spring fog.

Import country

France

A SYDEREP IDU and eco-organisme membership for every battery category, with EU duties from CE marking to the importer's address on the battery.

Where this route gets difficult

What to watch between Dalian and Saint-Brieuc: 5 points

Listed from loading in Dalian to import into France, each with what we do about it.

Origin port
Winter sea ice near Dayaowan
The Bohai Sea and the northern Yellow Sea freeze every winter. For 2021/22 China's marine forecast centre expected floating ice around 15 nautical miles offshore in the northern Yellow Sea, where Dayaowan is, and around 60 in Liaodong Bay, with the peak between mid-January and mid-February.
What Anxin does: For January–February sailings from Dalian we allow extra time between stuffing and the DG cut-off and reconfirm the vessel schedule the week before loading.
Sea corridor
Suez on the map, the Cape on most sailings
The corridor on this page is drawn through Bab-el-Mandeb and the Suez Canal. In practice, Sea-Intelligence data for September 2026 put Red Sea routing on the Asia–Europe head-haul at 13–25%: 27% for services to North Europe and 57% for Mediterranean services. Which service calls at Saint-Brieuc decides whether the box goes through Suez or round the Cape of Good Hope, and the two routings differ in length, in the waters crossed and in the ports where a box might be transhipped.
What Anxin does: We ask the carrier to state the routing and any transhipment port on the booking confirmation, and we quote the two routings separately when both are on offer rather than mixing them.
Import country
Battery label from August 2026, QR code from February 2027
Two marking dates fall into current shipping plans for France: the general label from 18 August 2026 and the QR code from 18 February 2027, which for EV, LMT and larger industrial batteries has to open the battery passport.
What Anxin does: Before booking we ask the France importer to confirm the battery category and whether the label and QR-code elements are already on the goods, and compare carton photos with that answer.
Import country
The ICS2 entry summary is due before loading in Dalian
For Saint-Brieuc, EU security pre-filing happens at the other end of the voyage: the ICS2 entry summary must reach the system 24 hours before the container is loaded in Dalian. No filing means no loading, and a missing EORI number is enough to reject it.
What Anxin does: We collect the consignee's EORI number, an HS-level goods description and the house-bill parties at booking, and make sure the party filing the ENS has them before the Dalian cut-off.
Import country
The importer's name and address on the battery
A battery entering France has to identify its importer: name, registered trade name or trade mark, postal address and a contact point belong on the battery itself, or on the packaging or accompanying document when the battery is too small. That text is fixed at the factory, not at Saint-Brieuc.
What Anxin does: We pass the France importer's name and address block to the manufacturer before the goods are packed in China and check carton or battery photos for it before loading.

Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (48.53°N, 2.75°W).

Close view of stacked blue and red shipping containers at the Port of Rotterdam

Documents & compliance

What to have ready: Dalian to Saint-Brieuc

These documents come from the shipper, the manufacturer and the importer. Anxin checks them against each other; it does not issue test reports, safety data sheets or import certificates.

In Dalian, before the box is loaded

EU declaration of conformity and CE marking photo from the manufacturer
Importer name, trade name and postal address printed on battery or packaging
Annex V safety documentation confirmed for stationary storage systems
Substance declaration covering mercury, cadmium and lead limits
Safety data sheet and dangerous goods safe-carriage declaration for the MSA cargo report

For the shipping line

Routing (Suez or Cape of Good Hope) and any transhipment port stated on the booking confirmation
Dangerous goods declaration with UN number (3480 / 3481 / 3090 / 3091), proper shipping name and packing instruction (P903, or P908/P911 for damaged)
Lithium battery mark (SP188 cargo) or class 9 labels and placards

For import into France

Label and QR-code status against the August 2026 and February 2027 dates
Batteries-stream IDU of the producer of record in France
Eco-organisme (or approved individual system) for the battery category

Cartons on a pallet being stretch-wrapped

Before you book

Match the details first

We line up UN numbers, model names and package counts across the Dalian filings, the booking with the carrier and the documents for France before the booking is confirmed, so that a mismatch is fixed at origin rather than discovered at Saint-Brieuc.

Carriers we book with

and 16 more

Our booking panel; availability on this lane and acceptance of the declared UN numbers are confirmed for each booking. It does not mean that a listed carrier runs a direct service on this route. Carrier choice depends on the trade lane, cargo classification and each carrier's dangerous-goods acceptance at booking. The final carrier is confirmed on the booking.

Risk & mitigation

Risks on this route and who deals with them

Risk	Where	Mitigation	Who acts
Ice delays berthing in mid-winter	Northern Yellow Sea, Jan–Feb	Extra time before cut-off; schedule reconfirmed	Carrier, monitored by Anxin
Service switches between Suez and Cape routing	Main voyage	Routing written on the booking; quotes kept separate per routing; packing assumes the longer voyage	Carrier, tracked by Anxin
ENS not filed and the box is refused at loading	Loading port, Dalian	EORI and house-bill data passed to the filer at booking	Filer (carrier / forwarder)
Stock shipped without the label due from August 2026	Importer in France	Label status confirmed before booking	Manufacturer / importer

Questions

Dalian → Saint-Brieuc: questions we are asked

ADR, which the EU applies to domestic journeys through Directive 2008/68/EC. UN 3480 is class 9, transport category 2, with tunnel restriction code (E).

It depends on the service. In September 2026 most Asia–North Europe capacity still sailed round the Cape of Good Hope; Sea-Intelligence put the Red Sea share for North Europe vessels at 27%. We ask the carrier to confirm the routing on the booking and quote each routing separately.

Sea ice forms every winter in the northern Yellow Sea; in 2021/22 it was forecast to reach about 15 nautical miles out there, peaking mid-January to mid-February. We plan extra time for those weeks.

References

Regulations and port sources cited

Identifiant unique (IDU) des filières REP (ADEME, Filières REP)
Filière REP Batteries (BAT) (ADEME, Filières REP)
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries (ELI) (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
ICS2 Release 3: Prepare your business for sending goods to or via the EU by sea and inland waterways (European Commission, DG TAXUD (leaflet KP0423828ENN))
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries (Official Journal PDF) (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
Inland transport of dangerous goods (summary of Directive 2008/68/EC) (EUR-Lex)
Sea ice arrives: what are the impacts? (Bohai and northern Yellow Sea, winter 2021/22) (China Meteorological Administration (from China Natural Resources News))

Next step

From enquiry to import

1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
4HandoverAt Dalian
5ImportClearance at Saint-Brieuc

Each step is confirmed in writing; an enquiry does not create a booking.

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After you send it

We check carrier acceptance for Dalian → Saint-Brieuc before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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