Shipping time from Japan to Kenya – How Long
Are you expecting some shipment from Japan and interested in knowing the shipping time from Japan to Kenya?*
Transit time required for International shipments
How long does it take for shipping from Japan to Kenya if you are using the services of some freight forwarding company to ship something? In other words, what is the average shipping time from Japan to Kenya? Are there any LCL (consolidation) services available from Japan to Kenya?
There are no services of direct shipping from Japan to Kenya if you are shipping in consolidation. Shipments to Kenya are normally transshipped at the port of Dubai, UAE, which is often used for transshipping between North Asia and African countries. The main destination in Kenya is Mombasa.
The average estimated port-to-port transit time from the port of Tokyo/Yokohama, Japan to the port of Mombasa, Kenya will be 38 to 50 days.
If your shipment is transported in a consolidation on a ship leaving Tokyo port on May 4, the ship will fist arrive in Dubai port on May 25 and the shipment will be on a connecting vessel and the estimated time of arrival will be June or 14 so.
The below are some points you need to consider besides the port-to-port shipping time.
- When a cargo is exported from Japan, it has to be custom cleared and gets a permission for export from the Japan customs. This has to be done a few days before the shipment is loaded into the consolidation containers.
- Then the shipments are loaded into shipping containers and this process takes place normally 3 to 5 days before the actual sailing date of the main vessel.
- Frequency of the ships departing from Japan is normally once every week.
- Also, note that even after the shipment arrives at the destination port, you will need to wait a few to several days before it is available for import customs clearance.
As you see when estimating the time required from sea transportation, you also need to consider the time it takes before the shipment leaves the port of origin and also after it arrives at the port of destination since it takes up considerable amount of time.