Lianyungang
Jiangsu's Yellow Sea port, with a simplified document list for 'new three' cargo since 2024 and its own guide for energy-storage units on break-bulk ships.
Europe · sea freight from Lianyungang
Shipping from Lianyungang to Iskenderun
Lianyungang to Iskenderun
Yellow Sea · Taiwan Strait · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Red Sea · Suez Canal · Mediterranean Sea
- LianyungangChina origin
- Yellow Sea
- Taiwan Strait
- Malacca Strait
- Indian Ocean
- Bab-el-Mandeb
- Red Sea
- Suez Canal
- Mediterranean Sea
- IskenderunTurkey
From Lianyungang to Iskenderun, cargo moves from northern Jiangsu through Lianyungang on the Yellow Sea, crosses a Bab el-Mandeb and Suez passage into the Mediterranean, and is discharged at the port of Iskenderun.
On the Turkish side battery importers need TAP membership and a TAREKS environmental compliance permit. The 5 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
- TAREKS application
- CE declaration of conformity
- Özet beyan 24 h before loading
Route profile
What sets Lianyungang → Iskenderun apart
Türkiye
The Turkish entry summary is due before loading in China, and the importer's TAP, TAREKS and GEKAP duties come before sale.
Where this route gets difficult
5 pain points from Lianyungang to Iskenderun
Listed from loading in Lianyungang to import into Turkey, each with what we do about it.
- Origin port
Energy storage on break-bulk ships: Lianyungang's own rules
Lianyungang MSA's June 2025 guide for ESS on break-bulk ships treats ESS cabinets as UN3480 and ESS containers as UN3536, recommends a remaining charge of 20–50%, and requires converters and monitoring to be powered off, series and parallel circuits disconnected, packages evenly spread 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.
- Import country
TAREKS inspection before the customs declaration
Under Communiqué 2017/15, battery imports are inspected through the TAREKS system on a risk-analysis basis, and the inspection happens before the customs declaration can be registered. The importer is legally responsible for the goods' compliance, so conformity documents need to be ready when the container reaches Iskenderun.
What Anxin does: We send the importer the manufacturer's declaration of conformity, test reports and product photos before loading, for its TAREKS application.
- Import country
Shops may not sell brands without a collection system
Turkish rules forbid distributors from selling battery brands that are not covered by a collection system, and require them to take back waste batteries free of charge. A brand shipped to Iskenderun before its importer has joined the system can end up unsellable in Turkish retail.
What Anxin does: We ask the importer to confirm the brand is registered in its collection system before the first shipment leaves Lianyungang.
- Import country
Declaration of conformity and matching originals
Turkish clearance needs CE evidence where EU directives apply, an invoice in triplicate showing HS code and origin, an uncorrected certificate of origin and an original bill of lading with three copies, all describing the same goods.
What Anxin does: We check the declaration of conformity, invoice and certificate of origin against each other before the originals are sent to the importer in Turkey.
Documents & compliance
Documents to line up for Lianyungang → Iskenderun
Test reports, safety data sheets and import certificates come from the shipper, factory and importer, not from Anxin; our part is to review them before booking.
At the Lianyungang end
- For ESS: UN3480 or UN3536 confirmed, state of charge and circuit isolation stated in writing
- Customs packaging use-appraisal result for the dangerous goods packaging (with the maker's performance appraisal)
- Container packing certificate signed by a certified packing inspector after supervised stuffing
- Transport-condition classification report where applicable
- Load plan showing even weight distribution (no more than 60% of the cargo weight in either half of the container length)
For the carrier and the voyage
- Routing (Red Sea or Cape) and any war-risk surcharge stated on the booking
- Condition statement: new, used, damaged/defective (SP376) or for recycling (SP377)
- Consignee, HS-level description and DG data to the özet beyan filer at booking
For the importer in Turkey
- Declaration of conformity and test reports for the TAREKS inspection
- Importer's TAP membership and Çevre Uyum İzni (TAREKS)
Before you book
Match the details first
We line up UN numbers, model names and package counts across the Lianyungang filings, the booking with the carrier and the documents for Turkey before the booking is confirmed, so that a mismatch is fixed at origin rather than discovered at Iskenderun.
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 Iskenderun, 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 |
| TAREKS inspection delays the customs declaration | Port of discharge | Conformity documents sent before loading | Importer / manufacturer |
Questions
Questions about shipping from Lianyungang to Iskenderun
Yes. Under Communiqué 2017/15 battery imports go through a risk-based TAREKS inspection before the customs declaration is registered.
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
Regulations and port sources cited
- Sıkça sorulan sorular: Özet beyan (T.C. Ticaret Bakanlığı)
- Türkiye: Import Requirements and Documentation (last published 2026-01-29) (International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Sıkça sorulan sorular: atık pil ve akümülatörler (T.C. Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanlığı)
- JMIC Update 099 to Advisory Note (Joint Maritime Information Center (via UKMTO))
- Export dangerous goods packaging inspection: service guide (Chinese) (General Administration of Customs of China (Lanzhou Customs service guide))
Next step
From enquiry to import
- 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
- 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
- 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
- 4HandoverAt Lianyungang
- 5ImportClearance at Iskenderun
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After you send it
We check carrier acceptance for Lianyungang → Iskenderun before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.
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