Wan Hai Lines
Wan Hai Lines (legal entity Wan Hai Lines Ltd.) is a global mainline operator headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1965, the line has spent 61 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 153 vessels under the SCAC code WHLC. Total operated capacity stands near 470,000 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.
Wan Hai Lines is most active on the following corridors: Intra-Asia, Transpacific, India-Middle-East. The line operates on a standalone basis and does not share vessel slots with other ocean carriers under a formal global alliance. Direct customer contact is available via +886 2 2567 5191 or the carrier's web portal at wanhai.com.
Wan Hai Lines sample transit times
Indicative point-to-point transit times for services on which Wan Hai Lines appears in rotation. Actual ETAs vary with vessel rotation, port congestion, weather and trans-shipment patterns. We update these figures every quarter against published carrier schedules.
| Origin | Destination | Transit | Frequency | Corridor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai, China | Los Angeles, USA | 14 days | Daily sailings | Transpacific |
| Chennai, India | Jebel Ali, UAE | 7 days | Multiple weekly | India-Middle-East |
How to track a Wan Hai Lines container
Tracking a Wan Hai Lines container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. Blue Water Facts no longer publishes a per-carrier owner-prefix list (see /accuracy/ for why); confirm the operator via the carrier's own tracking portal or your bill of lading. Visit wanhai.com, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.
If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a Wan Hai Lines hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. Wan Hai Lines's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +886 2 2567 5191 during European business hours.
Related ocean carriers
Operators most often compared with Wan Hai Lines on overlapping trade lanes:
- Evergreen Marine — Taoyuan, Taiwan, founded 1968. SCAC EGLV.
- Yang Ming — Keelung, Taiwan, founded 1972. SCAC YMLU.
- Cheng Lie Navigation — Taipei, Taiwan, founded 1996. SCAC CHNL.