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Port-to-port sea distance

Angra dos Reis to Ningbo distance

The sea distance from Angra dos Reis (Brazil) to Ningbo (China) is about 10,824 nautical miles (20,046 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 37 days 14 hours at sea.

Distance

10,824 nm

20,046 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

37.6

37 days 14 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

1

Sunda Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots45.1 days90.2 days
11 knots41.0 days82.0 days
12 knots37.6 days75.2 days
13 knots34.7 days69.4 days
14 knots32.2 days64.4 days
15 knots30.1 days60.1 days

Steaming time only, with no allowance for weather, canal waiting or port time. The round voyage assumes the ship ballasts back on the same route.

Routes compared

Shortest route

10,824 nm

37.6 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait

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Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Latin America crude. Brazilian pre-salt, Guyanese, Colombian and Ecuadorian crude, shipped to China, the US and Europe.

Typical ship sizes
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax

Questions

How far is Angra dos Reis from Ningbo by sea?

The sea distance from Angra dos Reis to Ningbo is about 10,824 nautical miles (20,046 km), via the Sunda Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Angra dos Reis to Ningbo?

About 37 days 14 hours at 12 knots, or 32.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Angra dos Reis–Ningbo route pass?

The shortest route passes the Sunda Strait.

How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?

None. The whole route is outside Emission Control Areas, so the 0.50% global sulphur cap applies throughout.

Terms on this page

Distances are calculated by Vessbook on a modelled global shipping-lane network for a tanker at 12 m draft, from berth area to berth area.

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