China to Ain Sokhna Port: port of discharge notes

Ain Sokhna Port is on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez, 43 km south of Suez city, a major gateway for Egypt, the Gulf and Asia, and is becoming an industrial hub thanks to the land around it.

Location

Gulf of Suez, Red Sea

Routing

Ships from China reach Sokhna through the Red Sea without transiting the Suez Canal.

Ports of loading in China

• Port of Shanghai: Yangtze River Delta: Shanghai, Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang
• Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan: Zhejiang: Yiwu, Yongkang, Wenzhou, Taizhou and other clusters
• Port of Shenzhen (Yantian, Shekou and others): Eastern Pearl River Delta: Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou
• Port of Guangzhou (Nansha and others): Western Pearl River Delta: Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan
• Port of Qingdao: Shandong and northern China: Linyi, Shouguang and others
• Port of Tianjin: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Baigou, Anping and others
• Port of Xiamen: Fujian: Quanzhou, Putian, Dehua and others

Before arrival

Before sea shipment, the Egyptian importer registers the shipment on Nafeza to obtain an ACID number, and the Chinese exporter must hold a verified CargoX account to send the invoice, packing list, bill of lading copy and certificate of origin electronically. The customs FAQ states that from 1 October 2021, sea cargo whose bills of lading carry no ACID is not unloaded in Egyptian ports.

Ports of loading in China

• Port of Shanghai
• Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan
• Port of Shenzhen (Yantian, Shekou and others)
• Port of Guangzhou (Nansha and others)
• Port of Qingdao
• Port of Tianjin
• Port of Xiamen

Carriers' public schedule search

These links are the carriers' public schedule search pages, where you can search by port of loading and port of discharge for direct or transhipment services. This site gives no freight rates or transit times.

• COSCO Shipping Lines · sailing schedule
• Maersk · schedules
• MSC · search a schedule
• CMA CGM · schedules
• ONE · point-to-point schedule
• Hapag-Lloyd · interactive schedule

Related documents

• Importers Register certificate
• ACI pre-registration and ACID number
• Chinese exporter's CargoX account
• Commercial invoice
• Packing list
• Certificate of origin
• Decree 43 factory registration
• Product approvals (NTRA, EDA, NFSA)
• Customs power of attorney

Sources

• Wikipedia · Ain Sokhna port · en.wikipedia.org
• SCZONE · Suez Canal Economic Zone · sczone.eg
• COSCO Shipping Lines · sailing schedule · elines.coscoshipping.com
• Maersk · schedules · maersk.com
• MSC · search a schedule · msc.com
• CMA CGM · schedules · cma-cgm.com
• ONE · point-to-point schedule · ecomm.one-line.com
• Hapag-Lloyd · interactive schedule · hapag-lloyd.com
• Nafeza · ACI pre-registration steps (Arabic) · nafeza.gov.eg
• Egyptian Customs Authority · ACI frequently asked questions (PDF) · customs.gov.eg
• CargoX help · documents required for Egypt ACI · cargox.help

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