Asia – Mediterranean via Suez
Mediterranean services are the ones most likely to use Suez again (57% in September 2026), which puts the cargo back through Bab el-Mandeb, rated a SUBSTANTIAL threat.
Europe · sea freight from Lianyungang
Shipping from Lianyungang to Genoa
Lianyungang to Genoa
Yellow Sea · Taiwan Strait · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Tyrrhenian Sea · Ligurian Sea
- LianyungangChina origin
- Yellow Sea
- Taiwan Strait
- Malacca Strait
- Indian Ocean
- Bab-el-Mandeb
- Suez Canal
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Ligurian Sea
- GenoaItaly
Lithium batteries for Genoa go through Lianyungang port. On the way they face a Bab el-Mandeb and Suez passage into the Mediterranean, and they arrive at a port where each dangerous-goods transit and stay needs Port Authority approval under Ordinance 4/2001.
Italy expects the producer to be on the Chambers of Commerce battery register before the first sale. The 6 points below are particular to this lane; each comes with what we do and the paperwork it touches.
What we need to start
- Break-bulk ESS guide
- Fog season Apr–Jul
- Italian-language safety information
- Consignee EORI
- EU declaration of conformity
Route profile
How Lianyungang → Genoa differs from other lanes
Italy
Registration with the Chambers of Commerce battery register (through an Italian representative for foreign producers), the number on every commercial document, and the EU-wide CE and label duties.
Where this route gets difficult
Where Lianyungang → Genoa shipments get held up: 6 points
Listed from loading in Lianyungang to import into Italy, each with what we do about it.
- Origin port
Lianyungang's break-bulk guide for ESS
For energy storage shipped on break-bulk vessels, Lianyungang MSA's June 2025 guide classes ESS cabinets as UN3480 and ESS containers as UN3536, recommends 20–50% remaining charge, and requires converters and monitoring switched off, series and parallel circuits disconnected, packages spread evenly with a low centre of gravity, and a safety meeting before the ship arrives.
What Anxin does: For ESS units we confirm the UN number the unit ships under, get the state of charge and isolation steps in writing from the manufacturer, and join the pre-arrival safety meeting with the stowage details.
- Sea corridor
The round-Africa alternative
Services that avoid the Red Sea, 43% of the Mediterranean total, go round the Cape of Good Hope and re-enter through Gibraltar. SAMSA estimates that about 200 of the 576 containers lost at sea in 2024, 35% of the total, went overboard near the Cape.
What Anxin does: On Cape sailings we apply the CINS blocking and bracing checks strictly on stuffing photos before sealing.
- Destination port
Port Authority approval for transit and temporary stay
Genoa and Pra' regulate dangerous goods under Ordinance 4/2001: their transit and temporary stay need authorisation from the Port System Authority, requested electronically through SEA-GATE. A battery container waiting for customs or a truck is on a temporary stay that the authorisation has to cover.
What Anxin does: We send the Genoa agent the DG declaration and packing details as soon as the vessel leaves Lianyungang, so the Port Authority request is filed ahead of arrival.
- Import country
Registro pile: a representative in Italy for foreign producers
Italy's battery producer register is run by the Chambers of Commerce at registropile.it, and registration must be in place before the producer starts operating in Italy. A producer based abroad registers through its own Italian representative, at that representative's Chamber of Commerce, with a digital signature. Membership of a national collective or individual scheme is a condition of the filing.
What Anxin does: We ask the Italian importer who files as producer and for the register number, since a Chinese manufacturer cannot sign the Italian filing itself.
- Import country
Battery label from August 2026, QR code from February 2027
The Battery Regulation's general information label applies from 18 August 2026 (or 18 months after the label implementing act, if later), and every battery needs a QR code from 18 February 2027, linked to a battery passport for EV, LMT and industrial batteries above 2 kWh. Where the battery is too small, both go on the packaging and accompanying documents.
What Anxin does: Before booking we ask the Italy 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
Annex V testing for stationary energy storage
Stationary battery energy storage systems placed on the EU market since 18 August 2024 must be safe in normal operation, with technical documentation showing tests against the Annex V parameters, including thermal shock, short-circuit protection, over-discharge and thermal propagation. ESS buyers in Italy increasingly ask for that file before delivery.
What Anxin does: For ESS cabinets and racks bound for Italy we ask the manufacturer to confirm that the Annex V test documentation exists before booking and note the answer in the shipment file.
Documents & compliance
Documents to line up for Lianyungang → Genoa
Anxin reviews documents supplied by the shipper, manufacturer and importer; it does not issue test reports, safety data sheets or import certificates.
In Lianyungang, before the box is loaded
- For ESS: UN3480 or UN3536 confirmed, state of charge and circuit isolation stated in writing
- Load plan showing even weight distribution (no more than 60% of the cargo weight in either half of the container length)
- Register number to appear on the commercial invoice
- EU declaration of conformity and CE marking photo from the manufacturer
- Importer name, trade name and postal address printed on battery or packaging
Carrier and voyage
- Routing (Red Sea or Cape) and any war-risk surcharge stated on the booking
- UN 38.3 test summary for every cell and battery type
- Dangerous goods declaration with UN number (3480 / 3481 / 3090 / 3091), proper shipping name and packing instruction (P903, or P908/P911 for damaged)
At the Italy end
- Port Authority request for transit and temporary stay under Ordinance 4/2001
- Haulier in Italy briefed with UN number, class 9 and tunnel code (E) for the road leg
- Label and QR-code status against the August 2026 and February 2027 dates
Before you book
One consistent file
A document that is present but inconsistent holds a booking as surely as a missing one: the UN number, model name or carton count reads differently in the Lianyungang export filings, the carrier booking and the Italy import papers. We compare all three before confirming space.
Carriers we book with
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
What could go wrong from Lianyungang to Genoa, and who acts
| Risk | Where | Mitigation | Who acts |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESS unit not isolated or poorly distributed in a break-bulk hold | Lianyungang, break-bulk loading | Manufacturer's written isolation steps; safety meeting | Manufacturer / ship, coordinated by Anxin |
| Heavy weather off South Africa on a Cape sailing | Cape of Good Hope | CINS stuffing checks | Packing site, checked by Anxin |
| Temporary stay not authorised when the box is discharged | Port of Genoa | Request filed before arrival | Agent / importer |
| No Italian representative to register a foreign producer | Chamber of Commerce register | Representative and number confirmed at booking | Brand owner / importer |
Questions
Questions about shipping from Lianyungang to Genoa
On all commercial documents, within 30 days of registration. Producers also report the batteries they placed on the market each year by 31 March.
Often: in September 2026, 57% of Asia–Mediterranean services used the Red Sea routing. Bab el-Mandeb was rated a SUBSTANTIAL threat by the JMIC on 24 September 2026, so we confirm each service's routing before booking.
Its June 2025 break-bulk ESS guide recommends 20–50% remaining charge, with converters and monitoring off and circuits disconnected.
References
Official sources for this page
- Registro dei produttori di pile ed accumulatori (Camera di Commercio di Venezia Rovigo, Ufficio Unico Ambiente)
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries (ELI) (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
- 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)
- Merci e sostanze pericolose (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale)
- JMIC Update 099 to Advisory Note (Joint Maritime Information Center (via UKMTO))
Next step
From enquiry to import
- 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
- 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
- 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
- 4HandoverAt Lianyungang
- 5ImportClearance at Genoa
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After you send it
We check carrier acceptance for Lianyungang → Genoa before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.
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