Car/Vehicle Shipping Cost from Sao Paulo to Shanghai

Here are a few examples of transit times for routes that Shipa Freight operates between Brazil and China: Santos to Huangpu – 39 days FCL. Santos to Ningbo – 40 days FCL. Santos to Tianjin – 45 days FCL.

The cheapest way to ship a car internationally is generally Roll-on/Roll-off (RORO), where cars drive onto and off the ship, costing around $900-$2,500+ depending on destination, as it avoids packaging and crane costs. For more protection, Shared Container shipping (grouping cars) is the next cheapest, while booking through platforms like Shiply or using companies with price matching, like SGT Auto Transport or Sherpa, can also find competitive rates.

Specifically, the route begins from Mundra Port in India, passes through Singapore, enters major Chinese ports such as Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, and Qingdao, continues to Busan in South Korea, then crosses the Pacific Ocean and the Panama Canal, stopping at Cristobal Port in Panama and Caucedo Port in the Dominican ...