Port-to-port sea distance
Brass to Rizhao distance
The sea distance from Brass (Nigeria) to Rizhao (China) is about 10,338 nautical miles (19,146 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 35 days 22 hours at sea.
Distance
10,338 nm
19,146 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
35.9
35 days 22 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Sunda Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 43.1 days | 86.2 days |
| 11 knots | 39.2 days | 78.3 days |
| 12 knots | 35.9 days | 71.8 days |
| 13 knots | 33.1 days | 66.3 days |
| 14 knots | 30.8 days | 61.5 days |
| 15 knots | 28.7 days | 57.4 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
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
West Africa crude. Nigerian, Angolan and Congolese light sweet crude, shipped north to Europe on Suezmaxes and east to India and China on VLCCs.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD15 (WAF–China VLCC), TD20 (WAF–UKC Suezmax)
Questions
How far is Brass from Rizhao by sea?
The sea distance from Brass to Rizhao is about 10,338 nautical miles (19,146 km), via the Sunda Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Brass to Rizhao?
About 35 days 22 hours at 12 knots, or 30.8 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Brass–Rizhao 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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