Shipping Sea (Ocean Vessel) Shipping Times from China to US?

I have had items go for months with no update and the last message saying in transit. Shipping this way is more likely to get caught up in customs as well. I've had items hang in customs for 6 months in the US when using the cheaper shipping methods.

 

I also waited for months (it was something like 6 months) the last time I had an item shipped from china via sea. for me It was a mistake on behalf of the dealer who didn't realise shipping times could be so different between sea and air mail. As you may know there are problems with major shipping routes being obstructed by Houthis and other pro-palaestine groups at the moment, making shipping times even slower. I don't want to be a downer but you could be waiting quite a lot longer.

 

Like midolls*melissa wrote, it's usual for the tracking to not be updated regularly with these shippin methods. So more likely it is delayed but not lost. Don't worry unnecessarily!

 

As stated by the folks above, shipping by sea generally doesn't update tracking until it hits land. Time-wise, the shortest a sea shipment took for me was about 40 days, and the longest was over 70. It's really the luck of the draw, with how the weather is and other things that may impact how long it takes.

 

I'll be honest, I have the memory of a fly - by the point it arrived I had completely forgotten I had ordered it in the first place, lol! I'd probably consider something lost after 3-4 months with no update, but I've heard of people's stuff getting lost in transit but then suddenly appearing months later, so sometimes you never really know.

 

The problem with shipping from China is first it needs to go through the Chinese custom. After the goods have been cleared and allow to leave the country, it needs to queue up to board the ship. And sometimes simply the system didn't update it's whereabouts