Port-to-port sea distance
Covenas to Ningbo distance
The sea distance from Covenas (Colombia) to Ningbo (China) is about 9,123 nautical miles (16,895 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 31 days 16 hours at sea.
Distance
9,123 nm
16,895 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
31.7
31 days 16 hours
ECA miles
606 nm
7% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Panama Canal
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 38.0 days | 76.0 days |
| 11 knots | 34.6 days | 69.1 days |
| 12 knots | 31.7 days | 63.4 days |
| 13 knots | 29.2 days | 58.5 days |
| 14 knots | 27.2 days | 54.3 days |
| 15 knots | 25.3 days | 50.7 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
13,186 nm+4,063 nm
45.8 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 2,042 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape (avoiding both Suez and Panama)
13,747 nm+4,625 nm
47.7 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait
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 13,186 nm, 4,063 nm (about 14.1 days at 12 knots) longer.
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Latin America crude. Brazilian pre-salt, Guyanese, Colombian and Ecuadorian crude, shipped to China, the US and Europe.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Questions
How far is Covenas from Ningbo by sea?
The sea distance from Covenas to Ningbo is about 9,123 nautical miles (16,895 km), via the Panama Canal.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Covenas to Ningbo?
About 31 days 16 hours at 12 knots, or 27.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Covenas–Ningbo 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 606 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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