Port-to-port sea distance
Ceyhan to Ningbo distance
The sea distance from Ceyhan (Turkey) to Ningbo (China) is about 7,565 nautical miles (14,010 km), via the Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 26 days 6 hours at sea.
Distance
7,565 nm
14,010 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
26.3
26 days 6 hours
ECA miles
493 nm
7% of the route
Canals & straits
3
Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 31.5 days | 63.0 days |
| 11 knots | 28.7 days | 57.3 days |
| 12 knots | 26.3 days | 52.5 days |
| 13 knots | 24.2 days | 48.5 days |
| 14 knots | 22.5 days | 45.0 days |
| 15 knots | 21.0 days | 42.0 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
7,565 nm
26.3 days at 12 kn · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 493 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)
14,744 nm+7,179 nm
51.2 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · Sunda Strait · 2,088 nm in ECA
See it on the mapAvoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
8,102 nm+537 nm
28.1 days at 12 kn · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Sunda Strait · 493 nm in ECA
See it on the map- Since early 2024 many owners have kept their ships out of the Red Sea. Routing via the Cape of Good Hope adds 7,179 nm (about 24.9 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 537 nm (about 1.9 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Baltic & Black Sea crude. Crude out of the Baltic and the Black Sea, including CPC Blend from Kazakhstan and Azeri crude through Ceyhan and Supsa, into the Mediterranean, Europe and Asia.
- Typical ship sizes
- Suezmax, Aframax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD6 (Black Sea–Med Suezmax), TD17 (Baltic–UKC Aframax)
Questions
How far is Ceyhan from Ningbo by sea?
The sea distance from Ceyhan to Ningbo is about 7,565 nautical miles (14,010 km), via the Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Ceyhan to Ningbo?
About 26 days 6 hours at 12 knots, or 22.5 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Ceyhan–Ningbo route pass?
The shortest route passes the 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 493 nm, or 7% 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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