Tilbury Port Shipping Routes & Carriers

Shipping routes, carriers and real transit times for Tilbury Port, measured from containers tracked on ShipsGo.

Port code GBTIL United Kingdom Northern Europe UTC+00:00 / UTC+01:00 Congestion: Medium
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51.4667° N, 0.3333° E
51.4667° N, 0.3333° E
Carriers
11
Calling in the last 6 months
Destinations
29
Ports sailed to
Origins
24
Ports sailing here
Direct sailings
50%
Loaded here, no transshipment

About Tilbury Port

Tilbury Port (GBTIL) is a port in United Kingdom. It lies at 51.4667° N, 0.3333° E, and local time there is UTC+00:00 or UTC+01:00, depending on daylight saving time.

In the last six months, containers of 11 carriers tracked on ShipsGo passed through Tilbury. From here they sailed to 29 ports, most often to Apapa (Tincan Lagos), Tema and Abidjan. 50% of the containers loaded here sailed direct, the rest changed vessels on the way.

Shipping Routes and Transit Times from Tilbury

The routes with the most containers loaded at Tilbury and tracked on ShipsGo. Transit time runs from loading to discharge; the range shows the fastest and slowest carrier average on the route.

DestinationAvg. transitReliabilityRoutingCarriersCompare
Apapa (Tincan Lagos)23 days83.3% 78% direct3Compare services
Tema45 days76.1% 93% via T/S2Compare services
Abidjan32 days80.5% 100% direct3Compare services

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Shipping Routes to Tilbury

Where containers discharged at Tilbury come from most often.

OriginAvg. transitReliabilityRoutingCarriersCompare
Mersin19 days17 to 20 by carrier88.6% 100% via T/S3Compare services
Port Said10 days89.8% 100% direct2Compare services
Alexandria13 days87.5% 100% direct2Compare services

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Shipping Lines Serving Tilbury Port

Share of containers loaded or discharged at Tilbury and tracked on ShipsGo in the last six months.

Tilbury Trade Regions

By share of containers tracked on ShipsGo.

Cargo from Tilbury goes to

  1. Western Africa 54.9%
  2. Northern Africa 26.2%
  3. Western Asia 9.5%
  4. Middle Africa 6.7%
  5. Southern Europe 2.8%

Cargo to Tilbury comes from

  1. Western Asia 52.6%
  2. Northern Africa 22.4%
  3. South America 13.5%
  4. Western Africa 5.9%
  5. Southern Europe 4.4%

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Tilbury Port FAQ

Tilbury Port in United Kingdom is listed under the port code GBTIL on ShipsGo.

Between April 2026 and October 2026, containers of 11 carriers tracked on ShipsGo were loaded or discharged at Tilbury. The largest were Maersk, CMA CGM and GRIMALDI.

Between April 2026 and October 2026, containers tracked on ShipsGo took 23 days on average from Tilbury to Apapa (Tincan Lagos). 78% of them sailed direct, the rest changed vessels on the way.

The routes with the most containers tracked on ShipsGo from Tilbury were to Apapa (Tincan Lagos), Tema and Abidjan.

Tilbury uses Europe/London time, UTC+00:00 or UTC+01:00, depending on daylight saving time.

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How These Figures Are Calculated

Routes, transit times and carrier shares come from containers loaded or discharged at Tilbury that started being tracked on ShipsGo between 25 April 2026 and 25 October 2026 and have since been discharged. Transit time runs from loading at the origin port to discharge at the destination. A route is shown only when enough containers were tracked on it for a meaningful average, and volumes are shown as shares rather than counts. The congestion level is refreshed every day. Route figures updated 25 October 2026.