How long does it take to ship a container from Birmingham to Brussels by sea?

The shortest shipping time by sea between Birmingham and Brussels is 20h 52m. Ships depart from London Gateway Port (GBLGP) and arrive at Port of Antwerp-Bruges (BEANR) with scheduled departures 1-2 times a day.

How regularly do container ships travel between Birmingham and Brussels?

There are scheduled container ships that depart 1-2 times a day from London Gateway Port (GBLGP) and arrive into Port of Antwerp-Bruges (BEANR) around 20h 52m later. These services are operated by MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, ANL, CMA CGM, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, MSC, CMA CGM and Maersk.

How long does it take to send cargo from Birmingham to Brussels by air freight?

The quickest flight from Birmingham to Brussels takes around 50min. Flights depart from East Midlands Airport (EMA) and arrive at Brussels Airport (BRU).

How often do planes fly between Birmingham and Brussels?

Scheduled flights between East Midlands Airport (EMA) and Brussels Airport (BRU) depart every 1-2 days. These flights are serviced by DHL and the typical transit time is around 50min.

Do dedicated cargo planes (freighters) fly between Birmingham and Brussels?

Yes there are dedicated cargo planes that fly regular scheduled services between Birmingham and Brussels. Cargo flights depart from East Midlands Airport (EMA) and arrive at Brussels Airport (BRU) with departures Every 1-2 days and a average flight time of around 50min. DHL operates on this route.

What is the distance between Birmingham to Brussels by ship?

The distance between Birmingham and Brussels by cargo ship is 593 Nautical Miles (1,098 Kilometres / 682 Miles). This distance is measured by sea between Bristol / Portbury (GBBRS) and Port of Antwerp-Bruges (BEANR).

What is the distance between Birmingham to Brussels by air?

The distance between Birmingham and Brussels by air is around 600 Kilometres (373 Miles). This distance is measured following typical flight paths between Birmingham International Airport (BHX) and Brussels Airport (BRU).

How much CO2 is produced when transporting a shipping container from Birmingham to Brussels by sea?

51kg CO₂e (per TEU) is the estimated emissions output (CO2e) when transporting a typical shipping container (1 TEU) from Birmingham to Brussels. This is calculated using the overall historical emissions of the average container ship on this trade lane and dividing it by the total projected capacity.

How much CO2 is produced when sending cargo by air from Birmingham to Brussels?

113kg CO₂e (per 100kg) is the estimated emissions output (CO2e) when sending cargo by air from Birmingham to Brussels. This is calculated by determining the total fuel burn output of various aircraft that typically fly this route and dividing it by the total available cargo capacity in KGs.

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Birmingham to Brussels By Air freight, Container ship or Road

See the best way to ship your freight from Birmingham, United Kingdom to Brussels, Belgium by Air, Sea and Road. Compare transit times, frequency, emissions, sailing schedules and much more.

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Air Freight

50min, Every 1-2 days

61kg CO₂e

Container Ship

20h 52m, 1-2 times a day

20kg CO₂e

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Birmingham to Brussels by Air freight

The quickest way to get from Birmingham to Brussels by plane will take about 50min and departs from East Midlands Airport (EMA) and arrives into Brussels Airport (BRU). There are flights departing every 1-2 days on this route. DHL is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with flights departing every 1-2 days.

Quickest air route

East Midlands Airport to Brussels Airport

Departs from

EMA

Departs from

BRU

50min: Every 1-2 days

453 km
282 mi.

Direct
No stops

Estimated emissions

61kg CO₂e (per 100kg)

Operating carriers	Departure frequency	Aircraft types
DHLFreighter	Every 1-2 days	Boeing 767-300 Freighter+1 others
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Closest airports

Birmingham International Airport to Brussels Airport

Departs from

BHX

Departs from

BRU

7h 56m: Every few hours

600 km
373 mi.

1 transfer
No stops

Estimated emissions

113kg CO₂e (per 100kg)

Operating carriers	Departure frequency	Aircraft types
KLM	2-4 times a day	Boeing 737-900 (winglets)+3 others
Aer Lingus	1-2 times a day	Airbus A320+2 others
LufthansaFreighter	2-4 times a day	Airbus A321 Freighter+7 others
Swiss	2-4 times a week	Embraer 190+4 others
Lufthansa	Every 1-2 days	Airbus A319+3 others

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Air routes from Birmingham to Brussels

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Birmingham to Brussels by Container ship

The quickest way to get from Birmingham to Brussels by ship will take about 20h 52m and departs from London Gateway Port (GBLGP) and arrives into Port of Antwerp-Bruges (BEANR). There are vessels departing 1-2 times a day on this route. MSC is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with vessels departing every 2-4 weeks.

Quickest ocean route

London Gateway Port to Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Port of loading

GBLGP

Port of loading

BEANR

20h 52m: 1-2 times a day

281 km
175 mi.

Direct
No stops

Estimated emissions

20kg CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
Britannia	Direct	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
NWC To WAF	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC UK To/From Greece & Turkiye Service	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to SAF	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC-USA-SAWC	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
PCRFXL / CMA - PCRFXL	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	ANL, CNC Line, CMA CGM
WCC / EWX / SWX	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, COSCO, OOCL
NEWMO / AES	Direct	Every 2-4 weeks	CMA CGM, ANL, APL, MSC
Levante Express / MSC - Levante Express	Direct	2-4 times a week	Hapag-Lloyd, MSC
Israel Express / ZNI	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	ZIM, MSC
NEWMO / AES	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC, CMA CGM, ANL, APL
ECX / NWC to SAEC - String I	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, MSC
Albatros → NWC to/from Turkiye - Main Service	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
Albatros → Levante Express	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
Albatros → NWC to SAEC - String I	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
Albatros → IPAK	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
SE3 / AE15 → EME / SLB	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
NE2 / AE1 → EME / SLB	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
NE2 / AE1 → EMX / AEGEAN SEA	Transshipment	2-4 times a week	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
SE3 / AE15 → EMX / AEGEAN SEA	Transshipment	2-4 times a week	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
NE2 → ECX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
SE3 → ECX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
AE15 → Neo Samba	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
AE1 → Neo Samba	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
NE4 / AE5 → EMX / AEGEAN SEA	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
NE4 → MSC - IPAK \| SCI - IPAK \| WEC - NWC-KAP/DJI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
EWX / SWX → EMX / NET / BORL - NES \| DIAL - NET \| HL - EMX \| ML - AEGEAN SEA \| OOCL - NET \| TRKN - NWC	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, COSCO, OOCL
AES → NWC to/from Turkiye - Main Service	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
NE4 → ECX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
SWX → MSC - IPAK \| SCI - IPAK \| WEC - NWC-KAP/DJI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
IEX / ME2 → EMX / AEGEAN SEA	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
IEX → MSC - IPAK \| SCI - IPAK \| WEC - NWC-KAP/DJI	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
SWX → ECX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
IEX → ECX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
NEWMO → SAFRAN1	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	CMA CGM
AE5 → Neo Samba	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
AES → IPAK	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
AES → NWC to SAEC - String I	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
WCC → SAFRAN1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
ME2 → Neo Samba	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk

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Closest seaports

Bristol / Portbury to Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Port of loading

GBBRS

Port of loading

BEANR

23hrs: Every 1-2 weeks

1,098 km
682 mi.

Direct
No stops

Estimated emissions

51kg CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
Euro Aegean 2	Direct	Every 2-4 weeks	Grimaldi
Euro-Med	Direct	Every 2-4 weeks	Grimaldi
Euro Aegean	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Grimaldi
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → NWC To/From UK West Coast and Spain Portugal	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
Euro-Med → MED USA MEX SVC	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	Grimaldi
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → Lion	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → Montreal Express 1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → NWC to/from Turkiye - Main Service	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → NWC To/From Spain and Portugal	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → HL - WWA	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → Israel Express	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → NWC To WAF	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → Canada Express	Transshipment	Every 2-4 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → NEUSEC 2	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum → NWC MOR WAF	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC

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Most frequent

Southampton to Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Port of loading

GBSOU

Port of loading

BEANR

22hrs: 1-2 times a day

442 km
275 mi.

Direct
No stops

Estimated emissions

28kg CO₂e (per TEU)

Service Lines	Service Type	Departure frequency	Servicing Carriers
Euro-Med	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Grimaldi
GEX2 / AT2	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL, COSCO
NWC to/from Tilbury - Montoir - Brest Pendulum	Direct	2-4 times a week	MSC
AL4 / TA4	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
FP2 / Griffin	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE, HMM, Yang Ming, MSC
LIBERTY / TAE / AT1 / ATE1 / AL2	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Evergreen, CMA CGM, ONE, COSCO, OOCL, Yang Ming
CLX	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
FP2 / Griffin	Direct	N/A	ONE, Yang Ming, HMM, MSC
MED USA MEX SVC	Direct	Every 2-4 weeks	Grimaldi
VICTORY / EAG / TAE3 / AT3 / ATG	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, ONE, OOCL, COSCO, Evergreen
CALFB / ELSA / TA1 / AL5 / ATW	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, ONE, COSCO, HMM, OOCL, Yang Ming
EPIC / EPIC3 / IP1	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL
INX / IOX / ISE	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE, HMM, Yang Ming
SAFRAN1 / Neo Samba	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, CMA CGM
TA1	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	ICL
AL3 / TA2	Direct	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk
FAL1 → EURAF1	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
Griffin → Levante Express	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	MSC
FP2 → LEX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE
AL1 → MSC - Levante Express	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
AL3 → MSC - Levante Express	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
CLX → SLB	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
AT3 → LEX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE
AL1 / TA3 → EME / SLB	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd
Neo Samba → SLB	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Maersk
IOX → LEX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	ONE
AL3 / TA2 → EME / SLB	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk
SAFRAN1 → WCC	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM
EPIC / EPIC3 / IP1 → WCC / EWX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL
AL1 → SWX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd
VICTORY / EAG / ATG → WCC / EWX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	CMA CGM, OOCL, COSCO
AL3 → SWX	Transshipment	Every 1-2 weeks	Hapag-Lloyd

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There are scheduled container ships that depart 1-2 times a day from London Gateway Port (GBLGP) and arrive into Port of Antwerp-Bruges (BEANR) around 20h 52m later. These services are operated by MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, ANL, CMA CGM, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, Maersk, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, MSC, CMA CGM and Maersk.

Birmingham to Brussels By Air freight, Container ship or Road

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Birmingham to Brussels by Air freight

Quickest air route

East Midlands Airport to Brussels Airport

Closest airports

Birmingham International Airport to Brussels Airport

Birmingham to Brussels by Container ship

Quickest ocean route

London Gateway Port to Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Closest seaports

Bristol / Portbury to Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Most frequent

Southampton to Port of Antwerp-Bruges

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