Port-to-port sea distance

Cabinda to Qingdao distance

The sea distance from Cabinda (Angola) to Qingdao (China) is about 9,856 nautical miles (18,254 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 34 days 5 hours at sea.

Distance

9,856 nm

18,254 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

34.2

34 days 5 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Sunda Strait

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	41.1 days	82.1 days
11 knots	37.3 days	74.7 days
12 knots	34.2 days	68.4 days
13 knots	31.6 days	63.2 days
14 knots	29.3 days	58.7 days
15 knots	27.4 days	54.8 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

9,856 nm

34.2 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait

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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 Cabinda from Qingdao by sea?

The sea distance from Cabinda to Qingdao is about 9,856 nautical miles (18,254 km), via the Sunda Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Cabinda to Qingdao?

About 34 days 5 hours at 12 knots, or 29.3 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Cabinda–Qingdao 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.