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Port-to-port sea distance

Beaumont to Singapore distance

The sea distance from Beaumont (United States) to Singapore (Singapore) is about 11,711 nautical miles (21,688 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 40 days 16 hours at sea.

Distance

11,711 nm

21,688 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

40.7

40 days 16 hours

ECA miles

3,860 nm

33% of the route

Canals & straits

4

Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots48.8 days97.6 days
11 knots44.4 days88.7 days
12 knots40.7 days81.3 days
13 knots37.5 days75.1 days
14 knots34.9 days69.7 days
15 knots32.5 days65.1 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

11,711 nm

40.7 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 3,860 nm in ECA

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Via the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)

12,132 nm+421 nm

42.1 days at 12 kn · Panama Canal · Malacca Strait · 476 nm in ECA

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Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)

12,132 nm+421 nm

42.1 days at 12 kn · Panama Canal · Malacca Strait · 476 nm in ECA

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Via the Cape (avoiding both Suez and Panama)

13,091 nm+1,381 nm

45.5 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait · Malacca Strait · 1,016 nm in ECA

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  • A fully laden VLCC is deeper than the Suez Canal's 20.1 m draft limit, so it either goes round the Cape of Good Hope or discharges part of its cargo into the SUMED pipeline first. For a laden VLCC the Cape routing of 12,132 nm is the one to use.
  • Since early 2024 many owners have kept their ships out of the Red Sea. Routing via the Cape of Good Hope adds 421 nm (about 1.5 days at 12 knots).
  • Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 421 nm (about 1.5 days at 12 knots).

Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

US Gulf crude exports. US shale crude out of Corpus Christi, Houston and the LOOP to Europe and Asia, often reverse-lightered onto VLCCs offshore.

Typical ship sizes
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Related benchmark routes
TD22 (USG–China VLCC), TD25 (USG–UKC Aframax)

Questions

How far is Beaumont from Singapore by sea?

The sea distance from Beaumont to Singapore is about 11,711 nautical miles (21,688 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Beaumont to Singapore?

About 40 days 16 hours at 12 knots, or 34.9 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Beaumont–Singapore route pass?

The shortest route passes the Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait. Alternative routings are listed above for ships that cannot or will not use them.

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

About 3,860 nm, or 33% of the voyage, is inside an ECA, where ships must burn 0.10% sulphur fuel or use a scrubber.

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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