Guangzhou (Nansha)
Pearl River Delta battery cargo through Nansha, where a September 2026 agreement lets Dongguan-inspected containers load without a second MSA check, and where typhoon season runs June to October.
Europe · sea freight from Guangzhou
Shipping from Guangzhou to Vilagarcía de Arousa
Guangzhou to Vilagarcía de Arousa
South China Sea · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Ionian Sea · Sicily Channel · Strait of Gibraltar
- GuangzhouChina origin
- South China Sea
- Malacca Strait
- Indian Ocean
- Bab-el-Mandeb
- Suez Canal
- Ionian Sea
- Sicily Channel
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Vilagarcía de ArousaSpain
This route runs out of Nansha, at the mouth of the Pearl River, then follows a Bab el-Mandeb and Suez passage into the Mediterranean; at the far end is the port of Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Spain wants the producer on the RII-PYA register, with its number on the invoice. This page sets out 5 points specific to this route, how Anxin handles each one and which documents to prepare.
What we need to start
- Typhoon season Jun–Oct
- Nansha export
- Spanish-language safety information
- Consignee EORI
- EU declaration of conformity
Route profile
The Guangzhou → Vilagarcía de Arousa route in brief
Asia – Mediterranean via Suez
Mediterranean services are the ones most likely to use Suez again (57% in September 2026), which puts the cargo back through Bab el-Mandeb, rated a SUBSTANTIAL threat.
Where this route gets difficult
What to watch between Guangzhou and Vilagarcía de Arousa: 5 points
Listed from loading in Guangzhou to import into Spain, each with what we do about it.
- Origin port
One-box inspection now reaches Nansha
Since 22 September 2026 Guangzhou MSA accepts Dongguan MSA's factory inspection for boxes loading at Nansha and re-inspects only when necessary. The first container was stuffed in Dongguan that day and left Nansha for Singapore on 24 September. Because the arrangement is new at Nansha, the factory record needs to be correct the first time.
What Anxin does: We ask at booking whether your Dongguan factory can use the Nansha one-box arrangement and make sure the stuffing photos, packing certificate and DG declaration match, because a mismatch is the 'necessary' case that brings the second inspection back.
- Sea corridor
The inbound leg's emissions now count under EU ETS
Because Vilagarcía de Arousa is an EU port, container ships of 5,000 GT or more calling there fall under the EU Emissions Trading System, which covers half the emissions of the voyage from China. Lines surrendered allowances for 70% of those emissions in 2025 and must cover 100% from 2027, a cost that can reach shippers as a surcharge.
What Anxin does: We ask for the emissions surcharge to be shown as its own line in the quote, with the basis the carrier uses, so that successive quotes can be compared like for like.
- Import country
Mercury, cadmium and lead limits in portable batteries
Annex I of the Battery Regulation caps mercury at 0.0005 %, cadmium at 0.002 % and lead at 0.01 % by weight in portable batteries, and the lead limit has applied since 18 August 2024. Market surveillance in Spain can ask the importer to show that the goods meet these limits.
What Anxin does: We ask the manufacturer for its substance declaration or test report reference and file it with the shipping documents for the Spain importer; we do not test batteries.
- Import country
RII-PYA registration, done by the SCRAP or by the producer
Spain's industry ministry keeps the battery register (RII-PYA). Every importer of batteries has to be registered and declared as a producer; a collective scheme may file for its members, otherwise the producer files online with an electronic signature or Cl@ve. The register number that comes back must be printed on the producer's invoices.
What Anxin does: We ask the Spanish importer for its RII-PYA number and whether its SCRAP filed the registration, then carry the number on the documents we prepare for Vilagarcía de Arousa.
- Import country
Instructions and safety information in the language of Spain
Importers must make sure batteries come with instructions and safety information in a language end-users in Spain easily understand, as that Member State decides. Printed inserts and carton text are far easier to change before the goods are packed in China.
What Anxin does: We ask the importer which language Spain requires and check carton and insert photos against it before loading.
Documents & compliance
What to have ready: Guangzhou to Vilagarcía de Arousa
Test reports, safety data sheets and import certificates come from the shipper, factory and importer, not from Anxin; our part is to review them before booking.
Before loading in Guangzhou
- Substance declaration covering mercury, cadmium and lead limits
- 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
- Routing (Red Sea or Cape) and any war-risk surcharge stated on the booking
- Consignee EORI and HS-level description to the ENS filer before loading
- UN 38.3 test summary for every cell and battery type
For the importer in Spain
- RII-PYA registration number of the Spanish producer
- Label and QR-code status against the August 2026 and February 2027 dates
- Haulier in Spain briefed with UN number, class 9 and tunnel code (E) for the road leg
Before you book
One consistent file
A document that is present but inconsistent holds a booking as surely as a missing one: the UN number, model name or carton count reads differently in the Guangzhou export filings, the carrier booking and the Spain import papers. We compare all three before confirming space.
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
Risk table for Guangzhou → Vilagarcía de Arousa
| Risk | Where | Mitigation | Who acts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second inspection at Nansha because factory records are incomplete | Dongguan factory → Nansha | Photos, packing certificate and declaration matched before trucking | Anxin |
| Emissions surcharge changes between quote and sailing | EU port call | Surcharge shown as a separate line | Carrier, checked by Anxin |
| Importer not registered in the RII-PYA | Importer in Spain | Registration number confirmed before booking | Importer / SCRAP |
Questions
Questions about shipping from Guangzhou to Vilagarcía de Arousa
The CE marking on the battery and the manufacturer's EU declaration of conformity, which must be available in the language Spain requires. Both have applied since 18 August 2024.
Often: in September 2026, 57% of Asia–Mediterranean services used the Red Sea routing. Bab el-Mandeb was rated a SUBSTANTIAL threat by the JMIC on 24 September 2026, so we confirm each service's routing before booking.
Both now have a one-box arrangement with Dongguan MSA: Yantian since May 2026 and Nansha since 22 September 2026, so a container inspected at the factory need not be reopened at the terminal unless necessary. The choice then comes down to the carrier's service to your destination and the cut-offs; we compare both when you book.
References
Where these points come from
- Registro de Pilas y Acumuladores: preguntas frecuentes (Ministerio de Industria y Turismo)
- Registro de Pilas y Acumuladores (RII-PYA) (Ministerio de Industria y Turismo)
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries (ELI) (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
- Inland transport of dangerous goods (summary of Directive 2008/68/EC) (EUR-Lex)
- JMIC Update 099 to Advisory Note (Joint Maritime Information Center (via UKMTO))
- Reducing emissions from the shipping sector (European Commission (DG Climate Action))
- Export dangerous goods packaging inspection: service guide (Chinese) (General Administration of Customs of China (Lanzhou Customs service guide))
Next step
From enquiry to import
- 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
- 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
- 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
- 4HandoverAt Guangzhou
- 5ImportClearance at Vilagarcía de Arousa
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After you send it
We check carrier acceptance for Guangzhou → Vilagarcía de Arousa before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.
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