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Shipping from Shanghai to Sundsvall

Shanghai to Sundsvall

East China Sea · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · English Channel · Danish Straits

Sea corridor illustration: Shanghai to Sundsvall, Sweden Simplified map with a curved corridor from Shanghai via East China Sea, Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar, English Channel, Danish Straits to Sundsvall. Illustration only; not a vessel track or schedule. CHINAINDIAAFRICAEUROPERUSSIAINDIAN OCEANNORTH ATLANTICPACIFIC OCEAN Singapore / MalaccaBab-el-MandebSuez CanalGibraltarDanish Straits ShanghaiCHINA ORIGIN SundsvallSWEDEN ShanghaiEAST CHINA SEAJIANGSUZHEJIANGDEPARTURE AREA
  1. ShanghaiChina origin
  2. East China Sea
  3. Malacca Strait
  4. Indian Ocean
  5. Bab-el-Mandeb
  6. Suez Canal
  7. Strait of Gibraltar
  8. English Channel
  9. Danish Straits
  10. SundsvallSweden
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.

Lithium batteries for Sundsvall go out of Shanghai, where MSA spot-checks battery containers during and after filing. On the way they face a long Europe voyage extended through the Danish straits into the Baltic, and they arrive at the port of Sundsvall.

The Swedish side adds the Naturvårdsverket register to 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

  • Yangshan / Waigaoqiao export
  • Photo-verified packing certificate
  • Swedish-language safety information
  • Consignee EORI
  • EU declaration of conformity
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Route profile

What sets Shanghai → Sundsvall apart

Sea corridor

Asia – Baltic via the Danish straits

The Baltic is reached only through the Danish straits, where deep-draught ships are advised to take pilots, and its northern ports set ice-class restrictions every winter.

Import country

Sweden

Registration with Naturvårdsverket since January 2026 under Ordinance 2025:813, and the EU-wide battery and ICS2 duties.

Yangshan deep-water port near Shanghai seen from a hillside, with container stacks and gantry cranes
A loaded container ship on the horizon

Where this route gets difficult

What to watch between Shanghai and Sundsvall: 5 points

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

  1. Origin port

    Shanghai's photo-verified packing certificate

    At Shanghai the packing inspector must upload photos taken before, during and after stuffing through the MSA's remote system, with face recognition and phone location on, before the electronic packing certificate goes out by EDI. A container is not loaded if the photos are missing, uploaded late, taken outside the verified stuffing site, or do not match the EDI cargo data. Stuffing sites outside Shanghai must be registered with Shanghai MSA.

    What Anxin does: We confirm that the stuffing site (including factory sites in Jiangsu or Zhejiang) is registered for Shanghai's remote system, and we check the photo upload against the EDI data before the packing certificate is sent.

  2. Sea corridor

    Through the Danish straits, possibly on a feeder

    Cargo for Sundsvall has to pass the Danish straits. IMO recommends pilots on Route T for ships of 11 m draught or more, and the Danish Maritime Authority reports ships that ignore the recommendation to their flag state. Whether the box stays on one vessel or is transhipped onto a feeder at a North Sea port, each vessel has to accept the UN numbers.

    What Anxin does: We ask the carrier to name any transhipment port and the feeder operator on the booking and confirm DG acceptance for that leg as well as the mainline.

  3. Import country

    Swedish producer register at Naturvårdsverket

    Since 1 January 2026 battery producers in Sweden must be registered with Naturvårdsverket under the supplementary ordinance SFS 2025:813. Producer responsibility organisations such as El-Kretsen can assist with the filing, though the producer stays responsible for the data.

    What Anxin does: We ask the Swedish importer to confirm the registration is in place before booking, and pass on battery chemistry and weight data it may need for reporting.

  4. Import country

    Due diligence on battery raw materials from August 2027

    Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 pushed the Battery Regulation's due diligence duties for cobalt, lithium, nickel and natural graphite back to 18 August 2027 and gave the Commission until 26 July 2026 for its guidelines. Buyers in Sweden are already collecting the supply-chain information they will need.

    What Anxin does: We pass the Sweden buyer's due diligence questions to the manufacturer and keep their answers with the shipment file; the policy itself remains the producer's responsibility.

  5. Import country

    Substance limits for portable batteries

    For portable batteries, Annex I sets maximum levels of 0.0005 % mercury, 0.002 % cadmium and 0.01 % lead by weight, the lead limit applying since 18 August 2024. The importer in Sweden may be asked by market surveillance to demonstrate compliance.

    What Anxin does: We ask the manufacturer for its substance declaration or test report reference and file it with the shipping documents for the Sweden importer; we do not test batteries.

Locator map of Sundsvall, SwedenSundsvall
Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (62.38°N, 17.35°E).
Close view of stacked blue and red shipping containers at the Port of Rotterdam

Documents & compliance

Documents to line up for Shanghai → Sundsvall

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 Shanghai, before the box is loaded

  • Stuffing photos (before, during, after) uploaded to Shanghai MSA's remote system before the EDI packing certificate is sent
  • Stuffing site registered and geo-verified with Shanghai MSA; fire-safety proof for lithium DG warehouses
  • 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

For the carrier and the voyage

  • Transhipment port, feeder operator and feeder DG acceptance named on the booking
  • In winter: feeder ice class checked against the restrictions on baltice.org
  • UN 38.3 test summary for every cell and battery type

For the importer in Sweden

  • Naturvårdsverket registration of the Swedish producer
  • Label and QR-code status against the August 2026 and February 2027 dates
  • Instructions and safety information in the language Sweden requires
A portable power bank connected to a smartphone
Before you book

Send the file once, complete

Most delays on this route start with a document that exists but does not match: a UN number, a model name or a package count that differs between the Shanghai filings, the carrier booking and the Sweden import file. We check the three against each other before the booking is confirmed.

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

Risk table for Shanghai → Sundsvall

RiskWhereMitigationWho acts
Container refused for loading: photos late, off-site or not matching EDI dataYangshan / WaigaoqiaoPhoto upload checked against EDI data before the certificate is sentPacking inspector, checked by Anxin
Feeder operator does not accept the UN numbersNorth Sea hubDG acceptance for the feeder leg confirmedAnxin with the carrier
Producer not yet registered with NaturvårdsverketImporter in SwedenRegistration confirmed before bookingImporter

Questions

Shanghai → Sundsvall: 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).

Often, but it depends on the service. The Baltic is reached through the Danish straits, and we ask the carrier to name any transhipment port and confirm DG acceptance for each vessel.

It can, but Shanghai MSA checks the phone location of the packing photos against a verified stuffing site, and sites outside Shanghai must be registered with it. We confirm registration before the stuffing date; otherwise the container can be refused for loading.

References

Where these points come from

  1. Förordning (2025:813) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU-förordningen om batterier (Sveriges riksdag)
  2. Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards due diligence obligations (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
  3. Inland transport of dangerous goods (summary of Directive 2008/68/EC) (EUR-Lex)
  4. Navigation through Danish waters (version 16.0, 2025) (Danish Maritime Authority)
  5. Finland's winter navigation 2025–2026 (Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency)
  6. Notice on the trial of the remote smart management system for DG container packing (Chinese), 12 November 2021 (Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration)
  7. Export dangerous goods packaging inspection: service guide (Chinese) (General Administration of Customs of China (Lanzhou Customs service guide))

Next step

From enquiry to import

  1. 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
  2. 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
  3. 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
  4. 4HandoverAt Shanghai
  5. 5ImportClearance at Sundsvall
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 Shanghai → Sundsvall before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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