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Port-to-port sea distance

Djeno to Qingdao distance

The sea distance from Djeno (Congo) to Qingdao (China) is about 9,929 nautical miles (18,388 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 34 days 11 hours at sea.

Distance

9,929 nm

18,388 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

34.5

34 days 11 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

1

Sunda Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots41.4 days82.7 days
11 knots37.6 days75.2 days
12 knots34.5 days68.9 days
13 knots31.8 days63.6 days
14 knots29.5 days59.1 days
15 knots27.6 days55.2 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

9,929 nm

34.5 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 Djeno from Qingdao by sea?

The sea distance from Djeno to Qingdao is about 9,929 nautical miles (18,388 km), via the Sunda Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Djeno to Qingdao?

About 34 days 11 hours at 12 knots, or 29.5 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Djeno–Qingdao 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.

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