Port-to-port sea distance
Covenas to Singapore distance
The sea distance from Covenas (Colombia) to Singapore (Singapore) is about 10,970 nautical miles (20,316 km), via the Panama Canal and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 38 days 2 hours at sea.
Distance
10,970 nm
20,316 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
38.1
38 days 2 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
2
Panama Canal · Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 45.7 days | 91.4 days |
| 11 knots | 41.6 days | 83.1 days |
| 12 knots | 38.1 days | 76.2 days |
| 13 knots | 35.2 days | 70.3 days |
| 14 knots | 32.6 days | 65.3 days |
| 15 knots | 30.5 days | 60.9 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
11,118 nm+148 nm
38.6 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)
11,831 nm+862 nm
41.1 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait · Malacca 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 11,118 nm, 148 nm (about 0.5 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 Singapore by sea?
The sea distance from Covenas to Singapore is about 10,970 nautical miles (20,316 km), via the Panama Canal and Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Covenas to Singapore?
About 38 days 2 hours at 12 knots, or 32.6 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–Singapore route pass?
The shortest route passes the Panama Canal 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?
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.
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