Transpacific (North Pacific)
No canal or Red Sea passage, but a North Pacific crossing where winter storms have collapsed container stacks.
North America · sea freight from Lianyungang
Shipping from Lianyungang to Nanaimo
Lianyungang to Nanaimo
Yellow Sea · Korea Strait · Sea of Japan · Tsugaru Strait · North Pacific · Strait of Juan de Fuca
- LianyungangChina origin
- Yellow Sea
- Korea Strait
- Sea of Japan
- Tsugaru Strait
- North Pacific
- Strait of Juan de Fuca
- NanaimoCanada
This route runs through Lianyungang port, then follows a North Pacific corridor with no canal or chokepoint; at the far end is the port of Nanaimo.
Canadian clearance depends on eManifest data filed before loading and on the importer's CARM set-up. The 5 points below are particular to this lane; each comes with what we do and the paperwork it touches.
What we need to start
- Lianyungang export
- Break-bulk ESS guide
- CARM account
- Bilingual labels
- eManifest cut-off
Route profile
How Lianyungang → Nanaimo differs from other lanes
Canada
Canada checks the carrier's eManifest before loading, the importer's CARM security at release and, for consumer goods, bilingual labels.
Where this route gets difficult
Where Lianyungang → Nanaimo shipments get held up: 5 points
In the order the cargo meets them: at the loading port, at sea, at Nanaimo and at customs in Canada.
- Origin port
Lianyungang's break-bulk guide for ESS
For energy storage shipped on break-bulk vessels, Lianyungang MSA's June 2025 guide classes ESS cabinets as UN3480 and ESS containers as UN3536, recommends 20–50% remaining charge, and requires converters and monitoring switched off, series and parallel circuits disconnected, packages spread evenly with a low centre of gravity, and a safety meeting before the ship arrives.
What Anxin does: For ESS units we confirm the UN number the unit ships under, get the state of charge and isolation steps in writing from the manufacturer, and join the pre-arrival safety meeting with the stowage details.
- Origin port
Four cargo-side documents at Lianyungang, each checked
Under Lianyungang MSA's Notice No. 1 of 2024 the cargo side of a 'new three' filing needs four items: safe-carriage declaration, packing certificate signed by an inspector, packaging inspection certificate where the goods are packaged, and a power of attorney. A shorter list puts more weight on each paper, and the packing certificate still requires a certified inspector after supervised stuffing.
What Anxin does: We prepare the four cargo-side documents together and check that the packing certificate, the packaging certificate and the declaration describe the same UN numbers and quantities.
- Sea corridor
Hurricane-force winter storms, October to April
NOAA's Ocean Prediction Center has recorded hurricane-force winds (64 knots or more) in mid-latitude North Pacific storms in every month from October to April, most often in December, with 15 to 23 such storms a season in its 2001–2004 study. These are not tropical systems, so they arrive outside typhoon season.
What Anxin does: For October–April sailings we check blocking and bracing on stuffing photos before sealing and confirm the full DG data are on the manifest.
- Import country
BC producers need an EPR plan by December 2026
Battery-containing products, portable power stations and replacement batteries sold in British Columbia fall under a new EPR category: plans are due by 15 December 2026 and programs must operate by 1 October 2027. For goods landed at Nanaimo, whoever counts as the producer has to be ready.
What Anxin does: For goods sold in British Columbia after landing at Nanaimo, we flag the 2026 plan deadline to the importer so the brand owner's EPR membership is settled before the program starts.
- Import country
Release before payment needs security posted in CARM
Since the CARM transition ended on 20 May 2025, importers without financial security posted in the CARM Client Portal no longer get release prior to payment; they pay duties and taxes when the goods are released. For a first shipment through Nanaimo, that decides whether goods can leave the terminal before the duty is settled.
What Anxin does: At quotation we ask the Canada importer whether its CARM account has security posted for release prior to payment, so the broker's release plan is known before the ship arrives.
Documents & compliance
Checklist for Lianyungang → Nanaimo
These documents come from the shipper, the manufacturer and the importer. Anxin checks them against each other; it does not issue test reports, safety data sheets or import certificates.
Before loading in Lianyungang
- The four cargo-side documents under Lianyungang MSA Notice 2024 No. 1 prepared together and cross-checked
- For ESS: UN3480 or UN3536 confirmed, state of charge and circuit isolation stated in writing
- Transport-condition classification report where applicable
- Load plan showing even weight distribution (no more than 60% of the cargo weight in either half of the container length)
- Bilingual (English/French) retail labelling checked on artwork
For the carrier and the voyage
- Stuffing photos before, during and after packing, checked for blocking and bracing
- UN 38.3 test summary for every cell and battery type
- Dangerous goods declaration with UN number (3480 / 3481 / 3090 / 3091), proper shipping name and packing instruction (P903, or P908/P911 for damaged)
For the importer in Canada
- Importer's CARM account and release-prior-to-payment security confirmed
- English DG documents with a 24-hour number for the Canadian road leg
Before you book
Match the details first
We line up UN numbers, model names and package counts across the Lianyungang filings, the booking with the carrier and the documents for Canada before the booking is confirmed, so that a mismatch is fixed at origin rather than discovered at Nanaimo.
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 Lianyungang → Nanaimo
| Risk | Where | Mitigation | Who acts |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESS unit not isolated or poorly distributed in a break-bulk hold | Lianyungang, break-bulk loading | Manufacturer's written isolation steps; safety meeting | Manufacturer / ship, coordinated by Anxin |
| One of the four documents inconsistent with the others | Lianyungang MSA filing | Cross-check before submission | Anxin with the declarant |
| Heavy-weather damage in a winter storm | North Pacific, Oct–Apr | CINS stuffing checks | Packing site, checked by Anxin |
| Goods held at release until duties and taxes are paid | Canadian port of discharge | CARM security checked at quotation | Importer / broker |
Questions
Common questions on the Lianyungang → Nanaimo route
At least 24 hours before loading in China. If the data are amended electronically before the ship sails, the 24 hours restart from the CBSA's acknowledgement.
Weather is the main risk on this crossing: NOAA recorded hurricane-force North Pacific storms from October to April, most often in December. We tighten the packing checks for those sailings.
Its June 2025 break-bulk ESS guide recommends 20–50% remaining charge, with converters and monitoring off and circuits disconnected.
References
Official sources for this page
- 2025 Recycling Regulation amendments, explanatory notes: electronic, electrical and battery-containing product category (Government of British Columbia)
- Customs Notice 25-22: End of Release Prior to Payment (RPP) transition period (Canada Border Services Agency)
- Memorandum D3-5-1: Marine pre-load/pre-arrival and reporting requirements (Canada Border Services Agency)
- Guide to the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act and Regulations (Competition Bureau Canada)
- TDG Regulations Part 9, section 9.3: transporting dangerous goods to or from a vessel, a port facility or a marine terminal (Transport Canada)
- Hurricane force extratropical cyclones observed using QuikSCAT (Mariners Weather Log 49-1) (NOAA Ocean Prediction Center)
Next step
From enquiry to import
- 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
- 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
- 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
- 4HandoverAt Lianyungang
- 5ImportClearance at Nanaimo
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After you send it
We check carrier acceptance for Lianyungang → Nanaimo before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.
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