Port-to-port sea distance
Corpus Christi to Callao distance
The sea distance from Corpus Christi (United States) to Callao (Peru) is about 2,954 nautical miles (5,470 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 10 days 6 hours at sea.
Distance
2,954 nm
5,470 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
10.3
10 days 6 hours
ECA miles
426 nm
14% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Panama Canal
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 12.3 days | 24.6 days |
| 11 knots | 11.2 days | 22.4 days |
| 12 knots | 10.3 days | 20.5 days |
| 13 knots | 9.5 days | 18.9 days |
| 14 knots | 8.8 days | 17.6 days |
| 15 knots | 8.2 days | 16.4 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
Avoiding the Panama Canal
10,318 nm+7,364 nm
35.8 days at 12 kn · Strait of Magellan · 426 nm in ECA
See it on the map- The Panama Canal's Neopanamax locks take a maximum draft of 15.2 m, so VLCCs and laden Suezmaxes cannot use it. Without Panama the voyage is 10,318 nm, 7,364 nm (about 25.6 days at 12 knots) longer.
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
US Gulf clean products. Diesel and gasoline exports from the Texas and Louisiana refining belt to Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, the core MR trade in the Atlantic.
- Typical ship sizes
- MR, LR1
- Related benchmark routes
- TC14 (USG–UKC MR), TC21 (USG–Caribbean MR)
Questions
How far is Corpus Christi from Callao by sea?
The sea distance from Corpus Christi to Callao is about 2,954 nautical miles (5,470 km), via the Panama Canal.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Corpus Christi to Callao?
About 10 days 6 hours at 12 knots, or 8.8 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Corpus Christi–Callao route pass?
The shortest route passes the Panama Canal. 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 426 nm, or 14% 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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