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Shipping from Lianyungang to Turku

Lianyungang to Turku

Yellow Sea · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · English Channel · Danish Straits

Sea corridor illustration: Lianyungang to Turku, Finland Simplified map with a curved corridor from Lianyungang via Yellow Sea, Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar, English Channel, Danish Straits to Turku. Illustration only; not a vessel track or schedule. CHINAINDIAAFRICAEUROPERUSSIAINDIAN OCEANNORTH ATLANTICPACIFIC OCEAN Singapore / MalaccaBab-el-MandebSuez CanalGibraltarDover Strait LianyungangCHINA ORIGIN TurkuFINLAND LianyungangYELLOW SEASHANDONGJIANGSUDEPARTURE AREA
  1. LianyungangChina origin
  2. Yellow Sea
  3. Malacca Strait
  4. Indian Ocean
  5. Bab-el-Mandeb
  6. Suez Canal
  7. Strait of Gibraltar
  8. English Channel
  9. Danish Straits
  10. TurkuFinland
Geographic corridor illustration only, not a vessel track, port-call list or sailing schedule. The loading terminal, carrier, transshipment and dates are confirmed per shipment.

From Lianyungang to Turku, cargo moves from northern Jiangsu through Lianyungang on the Yellow Sea, crosses a long Europe voyage extended through the Danish straits into the Baltic, and is discharged at the port of Turku.

The Finnish side adds producer registration to the EU battery rules. Below are 5 route-specific points to plan for, what we do about each, and the documents to have ready before booking.

What we need to start

  • Lianyungang export
  • Break-bulk ESS guide
  • Finnish and Swedish safety information
  • Consignee EORI
  • EU declaration of conformity
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Route profile

How Lianyungang → Turku differs from other lanes

Sea corridor

Asia – Baltic via the Danish straits

The Baltic is reached only through the Danish straits, where deep-draught ships are advised to take pilots, and its northern ports set ice-class restrictions every winter.

Import country

Finland

Registration in the Finnish Supervisory Agency's producer register, a Finnish authorised representative for distance sellers, and EU importer duties such as CE marking and the importer's details on the battery.

Aerial view over the Port of Lianyungang with berths, rail lines and cargo yards
A loaded container ship on the horizon

Where this route gets difficult

What to watch between Lianyungang and Turku: 5 points

In the order the cargo meets them: at the loading port, at sea, at Turku and at customs in Finland.

  1. 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.

  2. Sea corridor

    Finnish winter traffic restrictions and ice class

    Each winter Finland's Transport Infrastructure Agency restricts traffic to its ports so that only ships of a given ice class and deadweight receive icebreaker assistance; exemption requests are due three working days before arrival at the latest, and Baltic restrictions appear on baltice.org. During the restriction period a feeder lacking the ice class may be refused at Turku.

    What Anxin does: For winter shipments we check the restrictions in force on baltice.org for Turku and ask the carrier to confirm that the final feeder has the required ice class before we book.

  3. Import country

    The truck leg out of Turku runs under ADR

    Once the container leaves the terminal by road, ADR applies: Directive 2008/68/EC makes EU countries use it for domestic dangerous goods journeys as well as international ones. UN 3480 is class 9, transport category 2, with tunnel restriction code (E), so the haulier in Finland has to plan around category E tunnels, and damaged or defective batteries fall under special provision 376 and packing instructions P908 or P911 instead of P903.

    What Anxin does: We give the Finland haulier the same UN number, class and package details that appear on the sea dangerous goods declaration, so the ADR transport document matches the container paperwork from Lianyungang.

  4. Import country

    Safety documentation for stationary storage systems

    Since 18 August 2024 a stationary battery energy storage system placed on the EU market must be safe in normal operation, and its technical documentation must show testing against the Annex V safety parameters, from thermal shock and short-circuit protection to over-discharge and thermal propagation. Buyers of ESS cabinets in Finland increasingly ask for that file before delivery.

    What Anxin does: For ESS cabinets and racks bound for Finland we ask the manufacturer to confirm that the Annex V test documentation exists before booking and note the answer in the shipment file.

  5. 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 Finland 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 Finland importer; we do not test batteries.

Locator map of Turku, FinlandTurku
Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (60.45°N, 22.23°E).
Close view of stacked blue and red shipping containers at the Port of Rotterdam

Documents & compliance

Documents to line up for Lianyungang → Turku

Anxin reviews documents supplied by the shipper, manufacturer and importer; it does not issue test reports, safety data sheets or import certificates.

In Lianyungang, before the box is loaded

  • The four cargo-side documents under Lianyungang MSA Notice 2024 No. 1 prepared together and cross-checked
  • Importer name, trade name and postal address printed on battery or packaging
  • Annex V safety documentation confirmed for stationary storage systems
  • Substance declaration covering mercury, cadmium and lead limits
  • Safety data sheet and dangerous goods safe-carriage declaration for the MSA cargo report

For the carrier and the voyage

  • Transhipment port, feeder operator and feeder DG acceptance named on the booking
  • Dangerous goods declaration with UN number (3480 / 3481 / 3090 / 3091), proper shipping name and packing instruction (P903, or P908/P911 for damaged)
  • Lithium battery mark (SP188 cargo) or class 9 labels and placards

For import into Finland

  • Haulier in Finland briefed with UN number, class 9 and tunnel code (E) for the road leg
  • Finnish producer register entry (or authorised representative)
  • Label and QR-code status against the August 2026 and February 2027 dates
A cordless drill with its battery pack attached
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 Finland before the booking is confirmed, so that a mismatch is fixed at origin rather than discovered at Turku.

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

Risks on this route and who deals with them

RiskWhereMitigationWho acts
One of the four documents inconsistent with the othersLianyungang MSA filingCross-check before submissionAnxin with the declarant
Feeder lacks the ice class required under winter restrictionsNorthern Baltic, winterIce class confirmed at bookingCarrier, checked by Anxin
Road route planned through a category E tunnelRoad leg from TurkuTunnel code (E) passed to the haulier with the transport dataHaulier / forwarder
Storage system delivered without Annex V test fileBuyer in FinlandTest documentation confirmed before bookingManufacturer

Questions

Questions about shipping from Lianyungang to Turku

An authorised representative established in Finland, which can be a producer organisation, registers and reports on the seller's behalf in the national producer register.

Yes, but in the restriction period only ships of the required ice class and deadweight receive icebreaker assistance. Finland's agency publishes the restrictions on baltice.org, with exemption requests due at least three working days before arrival.

Under its Notice No. 1 of 2024, the cargo side submits the DG safe-carriage declaration, the inspector-signed packing certificate, the packaging inspection certificate where the goods are packaged, and a power of attorney.

References

Regulations and port sources cited

  1. How does a distance seller manage their extended producer responsibility? (Finnish Supervisory Agency (Lupa- ja valvontavirasto))
  2. Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries (Official Journal PDF) (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
  3. Inland transport of dangerous goods (summary of Directive 2008/68/EC) (EUR-Lex)
  4. Navigation through Danish waters (version 16.0, 2025) (Danish Maritime Authority)
  5. Finland's winter navigation 2025–2026 (Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency)

Next step

From enquiry to import

  1. 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
  2. 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
  3. 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
  4. 4HandoverAt Lianyungang
  5. 5ImportClearance at Turku
Each step is confirmed in writing; an enquiry does not create a booking.

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After you send it

We check carrier acceptance for Lianyungang → Turku before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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