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Xiamen to Nyborg

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

Sea corridor illustration: Xiamen to Nyborg, Denmark Simplified map with a curved corridor from Xiamen via South China Sea, Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar, English Channel, Danish Straits to Nyborg. Illustration only; not a vessel track or schedule. CHINAINDIAAFRICAEUROPERUSSIAINDIAN OCEANNORTH ATLANTIC Singapore / MalaccaBab-el-MandebSuez CanalGibraltarEnglish Channel XiamenCHINA ORIGIN NyborgDENMARK XiamenTAIWAN STRAITFUJIANTAIWANDEPARTURE AREA
  1. XiamenChina origin
  2. South China 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. NyborgDenmark
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 Nyborg go out of Xiamen's Haicang and Songyu terminals on the Taiwan Strait. On the way they face a long Europe voyage extended through the Danish straits into the Baltic, and they arrive at the port of Nyborg.

The Danish side adds the producer responsibility register 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

  • Xiamen export
  • Online packaging appraisal
  • Dansk Producentansvar registration
  • Danish-language safety information
  • Consignee EORI
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Route profile

What sets Xiamen → Nyborg apart

Origin port

Xiamen (Haicang / Songyu)

Fujian's battery gateway, handling more than 90% of the province's lithium battery exports, with 10-minute online packaging appraisal for compliant products and the Taiwan Strait's winter monsoon on the doorstep.

Import country

Denmark

Registration with Dansk Producentansvar via virk.dk, a Danish authorised representative for foreign sellers, and the EU-wide battery and ICS2 duties.

Container cranes at port facilities in Haicang, Xiamen, seen across the water on a hazy day
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Where this route gets difficult

5 points to plan for on the Xiamen → Nyborg route

Listed from loading in Xiamen to import into Denmark, each with what we do about it.

  1. Origin port

    Pre-loading meeting and a ship plan at Xiamen

    For large battery consignments Xiamen MSA offers pre-review of key DG documents, a pre-loading meeting where ship, cargo owner, terminal and agent agree deck stowage and emergency measures, and a 'one ship, one plan' checklist from gate-in to departure. In June 2026 it reported 104 energy-storage containers of 36 tonnes each loaded on a multipurpose ship for Houston.

    What Anxin does: We send the key documents for pre-review before the formal filing and bring the stowage and emergency details the meeting will ask for.

  2. Sea corridor

    EU emissions trading now covers the whole inbound voyage share

    Ships of 5,000 GT and above calling at EU ports, Nyborg included, are in the EU Emissions Trading System: 50% of the emissions of a voyage from China are covered, and the share of emissions for which lines must surrender allowances rises from 70% (for 2025 emissions) to 100% from 2027. Carriers can pass that cost on 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.

  3. Import country

    Substance limits for portable batteries

    For portable batteries, Annex I sets maximum levels of 0.0005 % mercury, 0.002 % cadmium and 0.01 % lead by weight, the lead limit applying since 18 August 2024. The importer in Denmark may be asked by market surveillance to demonstrate compliance.

    What Anxin does: We ask the manufacturer for its substance declaration or test report reference and file it with the shipping documents for the Denmark importer; we do not test batteries.

  4. Import country

    The ICS2 entry summary is due before loading in Xiamen

    Sea cargo for the EU needs a complete Entry Summary Declaration under ICS2 Release 3, and for deep-sea containers it is due 24 hours before loading at the departure port. Carriers apply 'no manifest, no load', and a filing without a valid EORI number is rejected, so a data gap in Xiamen leaves the box on the quay.

    What Anxin does: We collect the consignee's EORI number, an HS-level goods description and the house-bill parties at booking, and make sure the party filing the ENS has them before the Xiamen cut-off.

  5. Import country

    Due diligence on battery raw materials from August 2027

    Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 pushed the Battery Regulation's due diligence duties for cobalt, lithium, nickel and natural graphite back to 18 August 2027 and gave the Commission until 26 July 2026 for its guidelines. Buyers in Denmark are already collecting the supply-chain information they will need.

    What Anxin does: We pass the Denmark buyer's due diligence questions to the manufacturer and keep their answers with the shipment file; the policy itself remains the producer's responsibility.

Locator map of Nyborg, DenmarkNyborg
Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (55.32°N, 10.80°E).
Container gantry cranes at the Burchardkai terminal in Hamburg

Documents & compliance

Documents to line up for Xiamen → Nyborg

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

Before loading in Xiamen

  • For ESS: carriage type (container ship or multipurpose), class 9 terminal and pre-voyage meeting confirmed
  • 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

Carrier and 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 the importer in Denmark

  • Dansk Producentansvar registration (or Danish authorised representative)
  • Label and QR-code status against the August 2026 and February 2027 dates
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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 Xiamen export filings, the carrier booking and the Denmark 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

What could go wrong from Xiamen to Nyborg, and who acts

RiskWhereMitigationWho acts
Emissions surcharge changes between quote and sailingEU port callSurcharge shown as a separate lineCarrier, checked by Anxin
ENS not filed and the box is refused at loadingLoading port, XiamenEORI and house-bill data passed to the filer at bookingFiler (carrier / forwarder)

Questions

Common questions on the Xiamen → Nyborg route

In the producer responsibility register at Dansk Producentansvar, via virk.dk. Foreign companies selling directly to end-users need a Danish authorised representative.

Often, but it depends on the service. The Baltic is reached through the Danish straits, and we ask the carrier to name any transhipment port and confirm DG acceptance for each vessel.

Yes. Xiamen MSA reported 104 ESS containers of 36 tonnes each loaded for Houston in June 2026. Xiamen's ESS guide 2.0 requires a pre-voyage meeting and use of a class 9 qualified terminal.

References

Official sources for this page

  1. Det skal I gøre, når de nye regler for batterier træder i kraft (Dansk Producentansvar)
  2. Batterier: producentansvar (Miljøstyrelsen)
  3. Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards due diligence obligations (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
  4. ICS2 Release 3: Prepare your business for sending goods to or via the EU by sea and inland waterways (European Commission, DG TAXUD (leaflet KP0423828ENN))
  5. Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries (Official Journal PDF) (EUR-Lex / Publications Office of the EU)
  6. Navigation through Danish waters (version 16.0, 2025) (Danish Maritime Authority)
  7. Reducing emissions from the shipping sector (European Commission (DG Climate Action))
  8. Xiamen port energy-storage battery transport safety guide 2.0 (Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce)
  9. Xiamen MSA measures for energy-storage battery exports (Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce)

Next step

From enquiry to import

  1. 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
  2. 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
  3. 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
  4. 4HandoverAt Xiamen
  5. 5ImportClearance at Nyborg
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 Xiamen → Nyborg before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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