Port-to-port sea distance

Cabinda to Rizhao distance

The sea distance from Cabinda (Angola) to Rizhao (China) is about 9,809 nautical miles (18,166 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 34 days 1 hour at sea.

Distance

9,809 nm

18,166 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

34.1

34 days 1 hour

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	40.9 days	81.7 days
11 knots	37.2 days	74.3 days
12 knots	34.1 days	68.1 days
13 knots	31.4 days	62.9 days
14 knots	29.2 days	58.4 days
15 knots	27.2 days	54.5 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

9,809 nm

34.1 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 Rizhao by sea?

The sea distance from Cabinda to Rizhao is about 9,809 nautical miles (18,166 km), via the Sunda Strait.

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

About 34 days 1 hour at 12 knots, or 29.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Cabinda–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.