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Shipping from Lianyungang to Sullom Voe

Lianyungang to Sullom Voe

Yellow Sea · Taiwan Strait · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · Irish Sea

Sea corridor illustration: Lianyungang to Sullom Voe, United Kingdom Simplified map with a curved corridor from Lianyungang via Yellow Sea, Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar, Irish Sea to Sullom Voe. Illustration only; not a vessel track or schedule. CHINAINDIAAFRICAEUROPESCANDINAVIAINDIAN OCEANNORTH ATLANTICPACIFIC OCEAN Singapore / MalaccaSouth of Sri LankaBab-el-MandebSuez CanalGibraltar LianyungangCHINA ORIGIN Sullom VoeUNITED KINGDOM LianyungangYELLOW SEASHANDONGJIANGSUDEPARTURE AREA
  1. LianyungangChina origin
  2. Yellow Sea
  3. Taiwan Strait
  4. Malacca Strait
  5. Indian Ocean
  6. Bab-el-Mandeb
  7. Suez Canal
  8. Strait of Gibraltar
  9. Irish Sea
  10. Sullom VoeUnited Kingdom
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 Sullom Voe, cargo moves through Lianyungang port, crosses a lane whose routing, Suez or Cape of Good Hope, is decided service by service, and is discharged at the port of Sullom Voe.

Great Britain runs its own post-Brexit pre-filing and battery producer rules. 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
  • EU declaration of conformity
  • BPRN
  • S&S GB entry summary
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Route profile

The Lianyungang → Sullom Voe route in brief

Origin port

Lianyungang

Jiangsu's Yellow Sea port, with a simplified document list for 'new three' cargo since 2024 and its own guide for energy-storage units on break-bulk ships.

Import country

United Kingdom

UK producer registration, a compliance scheme for portable batteries above 1 tonne a year, and import clearance through HMRC's Customs Declaration Service.

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 Sullom Voe: 5 points

Listed from loading in Lianyungang to import into United Kingdom, each with what we do about it.

  1. Origin port

    Energy storage on break-bulk ships: Lianyungang's own rules

    Lianyungang MSA's June 2025 guide for ESS on break-bulk ships treats ESS cabinets as UN3480 and ESS containers as UN3536, recommends a remaining charge of 20–50%, and requires converters and monitoring to be powered off, series and parallel circuits disconnected, packages evenly spread 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.

  2. Sea corridor

    Cape waters saw about a third of 2024's container losses

    Round-Africa routing puts battery containers through South African waters. Of the 576 containers the World Shipping Council recorded as lost at sea in 2024, the South African Maritime Safety Authority estimates about 200, roughly 35%, went overboard near the Cape. In August 2024 alone, SAMSA reported 99 boxes lost from the CMA CGM Belem off Richards Bay and 46 from the MSC Antonio off Port St Johns in wintry weather.

    What Anxin does: When the booking goes via the Cape, we apply the CINS stuffing checks (gaps, blocking, wall clearance) more strictly and ask for photos at every stage of packing.

  3. Import country

    Industrial battery producers register within 28 days and put the BPRN on paperwork

    In the UK the importer is usually the battery producer. Industrial and vehicle battery producers register with the Office for Product Safety and Standards on the NPWD within 28 days of first placing batteries on the market, report tonnage, chemistry and brand by 31 March, and must take waste industrial batteries back from end-users free of charge. Their BPRN goes on invoices and delivery notes to business customers.

    What Anxin does: For storage and industrial packs we ask the UK importer for its BPRN before booking and add it to the documents we prepare.

  4. Import country

    An S&S GB entry summary 24 hours before loading in Lianyungang

    The UK's S&S GB service must hold the entry summary for a Sullom Voe container 24 hours before it is loaded in Lianyungang. Whoever issued the bill of lading answers for it, and a late booking rolls to a later vessel rather than being loaded unfiled.

    What Anxin does: We settle who issues the bill of lading at booking and pass complete consignee and goods data to that party before the Lianyungang cut-off.

  5. Import country

    Road haulage from Sullom Voe under the carriage regulations

    The road leg out of Sullom Voe is regulated by the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations 2009, which make ADR the rulebook for dangerous goods on British roads, with national derogations. UN 3480 moves as class 9, so the haulier needs the same package and UN details as the ocean declaration.

    What Anxin does: We give the UK haulier the UN number, class and package details from the sea dangerous goods declaration so the road paperwork from Sullom Voe matches what left Lianyungang.

Locator map of Sullom Voe, United KingdomSullom Voe
Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (60.47°N, 1.30°W).
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Documents & compliance

What to have ready: Lianyungang to Sullom Voe

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 Lianyungang

  • For ESS: UN3480 or UN3536 confirmed, state of charge and circuit isolation stated in writing
  • 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
  • Load plan showing even weight distribution (no more than 60% of the cargo weight in either half of the container length)

Carrier and voyage

  • Routing (Suez or Cape of Good Hope) and any transhipment port stated on the booking confirmation
  • 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 United Kingdom

  • BPRN of the UK producer on invoices and delivery notes
  • Importer's GB or XI EORI and CDS subscription confirmed; declarant named
  • Battery compliance scheme (or NPWD registration) for portable batteries
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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 United Kingdom before the booking is confirmed, so that a mismatch is fixed at origin rather than discovered at Sullom Voe.

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
ESS unit not isolated or poorly distributed in a break-bulk holdLianyungang, break-bulk loadingManufacturer's written isolation steps; safety meetingManufacturer / ship, coordinated by Anxin
Heavy weather off South AfricaCape of Good HopeCINS stuffing and blocking checks before sealingPacking site, checked by Anxin
Entry summary not lodged and the box rollsLoading port, LianyungangFiler and data settled at bookingBill-of-lading issuer
Industrial batteries sold with no producer registrationImporter in the UKBPRN confirmed before bookingImporter

Questions

Lianyungang → Sullom Voe: questions we are asked

Yes. As producer it registers with the Office for Product Safety and Standards on the NPWD within 28 days of first placing batteries on the market, and shows its BPRN on invoices to business customers.

It depends on the service. In September 2026 most Asia–North Europe capacity still sailed round the Cape of Good Hope; Sea-Intelligence put the Red Sea share for North Europe vessels at 27%. We ask the carrier to confirm the routing on the booking and quote each routing separately.

Its June 2025 break-bulk ESS guide recommends 20–50% remaining charge, with converters and monitoring off and circuits disconnected.

References

Where these points come from

  1. Safety and security import requirements: entry summary declarations (HM Revenue & Customs (GOV.UK))
  2. Waste batteries: producer responsibility (Environment Agency (GOV.UK))
  3. The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009, regulation 5 (legislation.gov.uk)
  4. Subscribe to the Customs Declaration Service (HM Revenue & Customs (GOV.UK))
  5. Search on for containers lost overboard off South Africa's Indian Ocean coast (South African Maritime Safety Authority)
  6. Export dangerous goods packaging inspection: service guide (Chinese) (General Administration of Customs of China (Lanzhou Customs service guide))

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 Sullom Voe
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 → Sullom Voe before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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