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Shipping from Lianyungang to Tacoma

Lianyungang to Tacoma

Yellow Sea · Korea Strait · Sea of Japan · Tsugaru Strait · North Pacific · Strait of Juan de Fuca

Sea corridor illustration: Lianyungang to Tacoma, United States Simplified map with a curved corridor from Lianyungang via Yellow Sea, Korea Strait, Sea of Japan, Tsugaru Strait, North Pacific, Strait of Juan de Fuca to Tacoma. Illustration only; not a vessel track or schedule. CHINA Korea StraitTsugaru StraitNorth Pacific LianyungangCHINA ORIGIN TacomaUNITED STATES LianyungangYELLOW SEASHANDONGJIANGSUDEPARTURE AREA
  1. LianyungangChina origin
  2. Yellow Sea
  3. Korea Strait
  4. Sea of Japan
  5. Tsugaru Strait
  6. North Pacific
  7. Strait of Juan de Fuca
  8. TacomaUnited States
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.

Lithium batteries for Tacoma go from northern Jiangsu through Lianyungang on the Yellow Sea. On the way they face a great-circle crossing of the North Pacific, and they arrive at the port of Tacoma.

Tacoma means US customs filings that are due while the container is still in Lianyungang, and a supply chain CBP may ask to see. 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

  • Fog season Apr–Jul
  • Lianyungang export
  • Supply-chain tracing file
  • HTS code 8507.60
  • ISF filer
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Route profile

The Lianyungang → Tacoma 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.

Sea corridor

Transpacific (North Pacific)

No canal or Red Sea passage, but a North Pacific crossing where winter storms have collapsed container stacks.

Aerial view over the Port of Lianyungang with berths, rail lines and cargo yards
A container ship under way off the Guatemalan coast

Where this route gets difficult

5 pain points from Lianyungang to Tacoma

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

  1. Origin port

    A shorter document list at Lianyungang, not a shorter check

    Lianyungang MSA's Notice No. 1 of 2024 cut the materials for 'new three' cargo to four on the cargo side: the safe-carriage declaration, the inspector-signed packing certificate, the packaging inspection certificate where packaged, and a power of attorney. Fewer papers means each one carries more weight; the packing certificate still has to be signed by 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

    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.

  3. Import country

    Product defects must be reported to CPSC within 24 hours

    US importers, like manufacturers and retailers, must tell CPSC within 24 hours once they have information reasonably suggesting that a consumer product fails a safety rule or has a defect that could create a substantial hazard. Battery overheating reports from customers can trigger that duty, and CPSC expects any investigation to take no more than about 10 working days.

    What Anxin does: We keep the manufacturer's batch records, UN 38.3 summaries and packing photos for each shipment to Tacoma, so the importer can answer CPSC questions quickly.

  4. Import country

    The emergency response number has to be answered live

    US rules want a numeric emergency response telephone number on the shipping paper for battery cargo that leaves Tacoma by road, monitored for as long as the goods are in transport and answered by a person with the emergency information for UN3480 or UN3090. A call-back service fails the test (49 CFR 172.604); only the IMDG waiver for cargo that never touches a public highway avoids it.

    What Anxin does: Before sailing we confirm who provides the 24-hour number for the US leg, usually the importer's emergency response provider, and put it with the contract reference on the DG documents we send to the trucker.

  5. Import country

    Selling in Washington from 2027 means joining a stewardship plan

    Washington's battery law (RCW 70A.555) closes the market to producers outside an approved stewardship organization from 1 January 2027, and from July 2027 retailers need the producer's certification before selling portable batteries or products that contain them.

    What Anxin does: When cargo through Tacoma is sold in Washington, we flag the 2027 stewardship requirement to the importer at quotation so that retailer certification is in place in time.

Locator map of Tacoma, United StatesTacoma
Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (47.28°N, 122.42°W).
Container ship being unloaded under red gantry cranes in Vancouver

Documents & compliance

Documents to line up for Lianyungang → Tacoma

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.

In Lianyungang, before the box is loaded

  • The four cargo-side documents under Lianyungang MSA Notice 2024 No. 1 prepared together and cross-checked
  • 'Made in China' marking on articles or containers checked on photos
  • 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

Carrier and voyage

  • Stuffing photos before, during and after packing, checked for blocking and bracing
  • Condition statement: new, used, damaged/defective (SP376) or for recycling (SP377)
  • SP188 cartons: US 'forbidden aboard passenger aircraft' marking or CAO label

For import into United States

  • 24-hour emergency response number (and provider reference) for the US road leg
  • CPSC certificate data and eFiling arrangement, if the product is subject to certification
  • Importer of record and the licensed customs broker who will file the entry
Warehouse with red racking and pallets of boxes
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 Lianyungang export filings, the carrier booking and the United States 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

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
Heavy-weather damage in a winter stormNorth Pacific, Oct–AprCINS stuffing checksPacking site, checked by Anxin
Truck stopped without a monitored emergency numberRoad leg from the portEmergency response provider confirmed before sailingImporter, checked by Anxin

Questions

Questions about shipping from Lianyungang to Tacoma

Yes. Under 49 CFR 171.25(b)(3), SP188 packages of UN3480 or UN3090 need the 'FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT' marking or a Cargo Aircraft Only label, and so do packages of batteries packed with or contained in equipment above 5 kg net. We check for it on carton photos before stuffing.

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.

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

Official sources for this page

  1. 19 CFR 134.11: Country of origin marking required (Legal Information Institute (e-CFR text))
  2. 49 CFR 171.25 – Additional requirements for the use of the IMDG Code (eCFR / PHMSA)
  3. 49 CFR 172.604: Emergency response telephone number (eCFR / PHMSA)
  4. Update: Certificates of Compliance and eFiling (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
  5. Hurricane force extratropical cyclones observed using QuikSCAT (Mariners Weather Log 49-1) (NOAA Ocean Prediction Center)
  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 Tacoma
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 → Tacoma before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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