Yangzi River Shipping
Yangzi River Shipping (legal entity Yangzi River Shipping Co., Ltd.) is a regional specialist headquartered in Wuhan, China. Founded in 1980, the line has spent 46 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 25 vessels under the SCAC code YZRS. Total operated capacity stands near 12,000 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.
Yangzi River Shipping is most active on the following corridors: Yangtze River, China coastal. 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 +86 27 5995 0000 or the carrier's web portal at yzrs.com.cn.
Yangzi River Shipping corridor coverage
Yangzi River Shipping concentrates its services on Yangtze River, China coastal. Customers on these lanes typically see weekly or twice-weekly sailings depending on season and trade balance. For a current sailing schedule, contact the carrier directly or consult its weekly schedule publication.
How to track a Yangzi River Shipping container
Tracking a Yangzi River Shipping 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 yzrs.com.cn, 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 Yangzi River Shipping hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. Yangzi River Shipping's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +86 27 5995 0000 during European business hours.
Related ocean carriers
Operators most often compared with Yangzi River Shipping on overlapping trade lanes:
- COSCO Shipping — Shanghai, China, founded 1961. SCAC COSU.
- China United Lines — Shanghai, China, founded 2018. SCAC CULU.
- Sinotrans Container Lines — Shanghai, China, founded 1992. SCAC SNLT.
- Shanghai Jin Jiang Shipping — Shanghai, China, founded 1996. SCAC JJSC.
- Antong Holdings — Quanzhou, China, founded 2001. SCAC ANTU.
- Ningbo Ocean Shipping — Ningbo, China, founded 1987. SCAC NBOC.