Shenzhen (Yantian / Shekou)
Pearl River Delta battery cargo, often stuffed at factories in Dongguan or Huizhou, exported through Yantian or Shekou, with a typhoon season from June to October.
Europe · sea freight from Shenzhen
Shipping from Shenzhen to Poti
Shenzhen to Poti
South China Sea · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Sea of Marmara · Bosporus · Black Sea
- ShenzhenChina origin
- South China Sea
- Malacca Strait
- Indian Ocean
- Bab-el-Mandeb
- Suez Canal
- Sea of Marmara
- Bosporus
- Black Sea
- PotiGeorgia
This route runs from factories around the Pearl River Delta through Yantian or Shekou, then follows a corridor through the Turkish Straits; at the far end is the port of Poti.
Georgia applies its own import and product rules on arrival. 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
- Typhoon season Jun–Oct
- Yantian / Shekou export
Route profile
How Shenzhen → Poti differs from other lanes
Asia – Black Sea via Suez and the Turkish Straits
Suez, the Aegean and the Turkish Straits, with a 24-hour DG sailing plan before the Bosporus and, since September 2026, almost the whole Black Sea on the war-risk list.
Where this route gets difficult
5 points to plan for on the Shenzhen → Poti route
They run from the Shenzhen terminal through the voyage to Poti and the Georgia import file.
- Origin port
Cut-offs in Shenzhen's typhoon weeks
June to October is the regional tropical cyclone season according to the Hong Kong Observatory, peaking July to September. Because DG boxes need approved MSA filings and a signed packing certificate before loading, a gate closure or rolled vessel in those weeks can move the entire document chain to another sailing.
What Anxin does: From June to October we build slack into the stuffing date, confirm the DG cut-off with the carrier the week before loading, and resubmit filings promptly if the vessel changes.
- Origin port
Inspected in Dongguan, loaded unopened at Yantian
A large share of Shenzhen's battery exports is stuffed inland and trucked to the quay. In a May 2026 cross-regional 'one-box' pilot, Yantian MSA and Dongguan MSA jointly inspected four battery containers at a Dongguan factory and loaded them at Yantian without reopening them, which shows that the factory inspection record is what counts at the terminal.
What Anxin does: We ask at booking whether your factory and the terminal's MSA office can use the one-box arrangement, and we have stuffing photos, the packing certificate and the DG declaration match exactly, so the container is not held for re-inspection.
- China export
Two maritime filings and a signed packing certificate before loading
Every lithium battery container leaving Shenzhen needs a cargo safe-carriage report and a ship's dangerous goods permit filed with the Maritime Safety Administration by a certified declarant, and a container packing certificate signed by a certified inspector who watched the stuffing. Separately, customs must have appraised the packaging in use; export of dangerous goods in unappraised packaging is not allowed.
What Anxin does: We work only with packing sites and declarants holding the required certificates, and we collect the packaging use-appraisal result before the container is stuffed.
- Sea corridor
Almost the whole Black Sea is now a war-risk listed area
On 16 September 2026 the Joint War Committee widened its Black Sea listed area to almost the entire sea, leaving out only Turkish, Georgian, Bulgarian and Romanian territorial waters. Ships entering must notify their war-risk underwriters, who may charge additional premiums per voyage, and carriers can pass that on.
What Anxin does: We ask the carrier for any war-risk surcharge to Poti in writing before booking and recheck it if the sailing moves.
- Sea corridor
Suez first, and Bab el-Mandeb before that
The Black Sea is reached through Suez. Mediterranean-type services used the Red Sea routing 57% of the time in September 2026, and the JMIC rated Bab el-Mandeb SUBSTANTIAL, with the Houthis holding Perim Island in the channel.
What Anxin does: We ask the carrier which routing the service uses and name it on the quote.
Documents & compliance
What to have ready: Shenzhen to Poti
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 Shenzhen, before the box is loaded
- Confirmation from the carrier of the DG cut-off at Yantian or Shekou, rechecked in typhoon weeks
- Safety data sheet and dangerous goods safe-carriage declaration for the MSA cargo report
- 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
- Final DG manifest data ready before the vessel reaches the Turkish Straits
- 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)
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 Shenzhen filings, the carrier booking and the Georgia 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
Risks on this route and who deals with them
| Risk | Where | Mitigation | Who acts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoon closes terminals or delays the vessel after filings are made | Yantian / Shekou, Jun–Oct | Slack in stuffing date; refile quickly on vessel change | Anxin with the declarant |
| Container reopened at the terminal because records do not match | Factory → Yantian | Photos, packing certificate and DG declaration cross-checked before trucking | Anxin |
| Additional war-risk premium added after booking | Black Sea listed area | Surcharge confirmed in writing | Carrier, checked by Anxin |
Questions
Shenzhen → Poti: questions we are asked
A Sailing Plan 1 to the Turkish Straits VTS at least 24 hours before entry, including the dangerous cargo classes on board.
Yes, provided a certified packing inspector supervises the stuffing and signs the container packing certificate. Since May 2026 Yantian and Dongguan MSA have also piloted joint factory inspection so the container can be loaded at Yantian without reopening; we check whether your shipment can use it.
The 30% ceiling is an air-transport rule (IATA PI 965 for lithium-ion batteries shipped alone). The sea guidance we rely on sets no general 30% cap for UN3480 or UN3481, but a carrier may set its own condition, so we confirm it at booking.
References
Regulations and port sources cited
- Turkish Straits Maritime Traffic Regulation (English translation) (Republic of Türkiye (translation published by VDA))
- JMIC Update 099 to Advisory Note (Joint Maritime Information Center (via UKMTO))
- Yantian MSA runs 'one-box' model for lithium battery sea exports (Chinese), 8 May 2026 (Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission (source: Shenzhen MSA))
- Forecasting yearly number of tropical cyclones affecting Hong Kong (tropical cyclone season June–October, most active July–September) (Hong Kong Observatory)
- Export dangerous goods packaging inspection: service guide (Chinese) (General Administration of Customs of China (Lanzhou Customs service guide))
- IATA Battery Guidance Document – Revised for the 2026 Regulations (IATA)
Next step
From enquiry to import
- 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
- 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
- 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
- 4HandoverAt Shenzhen
- 5ImportClearance at Poti
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After you send it
We check carrier acceptance for Shenzhen → Poti before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.
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