Shipping Time from Japan to Singapore - How Long

Singapore plays a vital role in international shipping especially for ocean freight from and to Japan. It is not only a port of destination for shipments to Singapore but is also a major hub port for shipping from Japan to Oceania, India, Africa and even Europe.

How long does shipping from Japan to Singapore take when something is shipped as cargo? What is the average shipping time from Japan to Singapore?

If you are shipping from Japan to Singapore using the services of a freight shipping company or an international moving company, normally your shipment will be shipped in a consolidation container together with other shipments to the same destination.

On the average port-to-port transit times, i.e. the time it takes from departure from the port of Tokyo /Yokohama to arrival at Singapore is approximately 10 days.

If, for example, there is a ship leaving Tokyo port on June 1, the estimated date of arrival in Singapore (ETA Singapore) will be June 10.

In addition to the port-to-port sailing time, you will need to take the following points into consideration to have a better idea of the shipping time from Japan to Singapore.

• Normally a cargo is shipped in a consolidation unless you have a large amount of cargo to fill up the full container. When a cargo is shipped in a consolidation, it is called “Less-than-Container-Load” (LCL) shipments. LCL shipments must be loaded into consolidation containers at least a few days before the departure of the departure of the ship.
• Shipments must be cleared through Japanese customs and get a permission for export from the Japanese Customs at least a few days before the shipments are loaded into containers.
• Frequency of the departure of ships from Japan to Singapore is once or twice per week.
• When the ship arrives at the destination port, it takes several days for the container to be unloaded from the vessel, delivered to the container yard and to the CFS (container freight station, i.e. the bonded warehouse of the carrier) and the shipments are unloaded from the consolidation container.

Considering these factors, it will be necessary to add about two to three weeks to the actual shipping time to calculate the shipping tie from Japan to Singapore.