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Shipping from Shanghai to Germany

This page brings together what matters for battery cargo from Shanghai to Germany: the Shanghai handover, the sea corridor, Germany import clearance and the 14 ports listed below.

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14 listed ports in Germany

Positions from the port reference list. The discharge port is the one named in the booking, not the nearest city.

Port positions in the same projection as the corridor maps; numbers match the table. Geographic illustration only.

No.	Port	Position	Classification	From Shanghai
1	Brake	53.33°N, 8.48°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
2	Bremen	53.13°N, 8.77°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
3	Bremerhaven	53.55°N, 8.57°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
4	Brunsbuttel	53.88°N, 9.17°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
5	Cuxhaven	53.87°N, 8.72°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
6	Emden	53.33°N, 7.18°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
7	Hamburg	53.55°N, 9.93°E	Port / terminal area	Key destination
8	Kiel	54.32°N, 10.13°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
9	Lubeck	53.88°N, 10.70°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
10	Nordenham	53.48°N, 8.48°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
11	Rostock	54.10°N, 12.13°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
12	Stralsund	54.32°N, 13.10°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
13	Wilhelmshaven	53.53°N, 8.17°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request
14	Wismar	53.90°N, 11.47°E	Port / terminal area	Assessed on request

Germany import

Customs and import context

Customs authority and filings

Imports are cleared by German customs (Zoll). The importer of record (or its broker) files the declaration; Anxin coordinates but does not act as importer.

ATLAS import declaration system

Import taxes to expect by name: import VAT (Einfuhrumsatzsteuer) and any customs duty. Rates and duties are confirmed by the importer's broker for the exact product classification.

Germany is in the EU customs union: goods are cleared once under the Union Customs Code and can then move within the single market.

Languages and documents

Official or main business languages: German. Commercial invoice, packing list and battery descriptions should use the product names the importer will declare.

Local-language port names on file (confirm spelling on your documents): Bremerhaven: Bremerhaven; Hamburg: Hamburger Hafen; Wilhelmshaven: Wilhelmshaven.

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

Trailers backed up to the loading docks of a warehouse

Lithium battery cargo

Documents and battery checks for Germany

These are the questions we check with the importer and carrier; they do not confirm acceptance.

Documents

Checklist to send before a quote for Germany

Commercial invoiceShipperProduct names as the importer will declare them
Packing listShipperPieces, weights, dimensions per package
UN 38.3 test summaryManufacturerFor each battery or cell type in the shipment
Safety data sheet (SDS)Manufacturer / supplierCurrent version matching the battery model
Battery dataManufacturerChemistry, Wh rating or lithium content, state of charge where relevant
Packaging and label photosShipper / packerOuter packs, marks and labels before pickup
DG declaration detailsFrom the shipper's dataFiled by the carrier's agent before loading
Importer detailsImporterImporter of record, broker contact, destination registrations

Added for Germany

ATLAS import declaration system.
Import taxes to expect by name: import VAT (Einfuhrumsatzsteuer) and any customs duty; rates are confirmed by the importer's broker.
Documents and port names are usually handled in German.

Download the checklist (PDF, 1 page)

Anxin reviews documents supplied by the shipper and manufacturer; it does not issue UN 38.3 reports or SDS.

A portable power bank connected to a smartphone

Packing photos that speed up the review

The outer package with its marks and labels
Inner packaging and how cells or batteries are separated
Terminal protection against short circuit
How the battery sits in, or next to, the equipment

Photos of the actual cargo, labelled by carton, help the carrier and our team check the packing before booking.

Shanghai side

Leaving Shanghai for Germany

Shanghai serves the Yangtze River Delta manufacturing region. Container exports are handled mainly at Yangshan Deep-Water Port offshore and at the Waigaoqiao port area on the Yangtze estuary.

Origin handover · Shanghai

Where the cargo is handed over in Shanghai

Factory or supplierShanghai, southern Jiangsu
Pickup / truckingor the shipper's own delivery
Warehouse or CFSDG-capable stuffing or consolidation, when used
Shanghai terminalYangshan / Waigaoqiao
Vessel loadingdeparture into the East China Sea

Port areas named for Shanghai

YangshanYangshan Deep-Water Port on the Yangshan islands, linked to the mainland by the Donghai Bridge
WaigaoqiaoWaigaoqiao port area in Pudong on the south bank of the Yangtze estuary

Three handover options and what the quote covers

Handover option	Factory or supplier	Pickup / trucking	Warehouse or CFS	Shanghai terminal	Vessel loading
Door pickup	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope
Delivery to a warehouse / CFS	shipper arranges	shipper arranges	in quote scope	in quote scope	in quote scope
Delivery to the terminal gate	shipper arranges	shipper arranges	shipper arranges	in quote scope	in quote scope

in the quote scope arranged by the shipper

Schematic, not to scale. The terminal used for a booking depends on the carrier; Cargo from upstream Yangtze river ports can reach Shanghai by river feeder barge; whether that leg is used is confirmed per shipment.

Yangshan deep-water port near Shanghai seen from a hillside, with container stacks and gantry cranes

Destination ports

14 ports in Germany from Shanghai

Key ports first. Each lane page has a corridor map, handover notes, Germany clearance and battery checks.

Routing and sailing schedules vary by carrier, cargo type and booking date. Confirm the current schedule with our team.

Other Chinese origins

Germany from other ports in China

From Shenzhen From Ningbo From Qingdao From Tianjin From Guangzhou From Xiamen From Dalian From Lianyungang

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