We are excited to announce our new service, Qilin, serving the Greater China Area to/from Australia. The launch of this premium product offers significantly improved transit times from Shanghai to Sydney and Melbourne and will better support your supply chain needs into these markets.

This new service will be launched to complement our existing Dragon service which today provides best-in-class reliability in this market. The Dragon service will continue to operate as it does today.

How the service will look

From 24th July 2026 onwards, Qilin, will offer a lean rotation covering Shanghai-Sydney-Melbourne

This map is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent political boundaries

What this means for you

  • Increased capacity to support your business’s growth
  • Qilin is a completely new service offering increased capacity between Shanghai, Sydney and Melbourne. This new service reflects our continued commitment to our customers in the region

  • Transit time improvements between Shanghai, Sydney and Melbourne
  • Qilin, with its lean port rotation, offers a fast transit time and weekly departures between Shanghai and Sydney and Melbourne.
From To Qilin Dragon
From
Shanghai
To
Sydney
Qilin
14 days
Dragon
18 days
From
Shanghai
To
Melbourne
Qilin
17 days
Dragon
21 days
From
Sydney
To
Shanghai
Qilin
19 days
Dragon
28 days
From
Melbourne
To
Shanghai
Qilin
15 days
Dragon
24 days
If you have any questions regarding how these changes may impact your cargo, please feel free to reach out to your local Customer Experience Team via our Live Chat channel. Alternatively, you can refer to the following links for more details:

We sincerely appreciate your business and look forward to continuously serving your global transport and logistics needs.

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