Port-to-port sea distance
Es Sider to Rotterdam distance
The sea distance from Es Sider (Libya) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) is about 2,828 nautical miles (5,238 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar and Dover Strait. At 12 knots that is about 9 days 20 hours at sea.
Distance
2,828 nm
5,238 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
9.8
9 days 20 hours
ECA miles
1,887 nm
67% of the route
Canals & straits
2
Strait of Gibraltar · Dover Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 11.8 days | 23.6 days |
| 11 knots | 10.7 days | 21.4 days |
| 12 knots | 9.8 days | 19.6 days |
| 13 knots | 9.1 days | 18.1 days |
| 14 knots | 8.4 days | 16.8 days |
| 15 knots | 7.9 days | 15.7 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
Shortest route
2,828 nm
9.8 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · Dover Strait · 1,887 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVoyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
North Africa & East Med crude. Libyan, Algerian and Egyptian crude moving around the Mediterranean and up to North-west Europe, mostly on Aframaxes.
- Typical ship sizes
- Suezmax, Aframax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD19 (Cross-Med Aframax)
Questions
How far is Es Sider from Rotterdam by sea?
The sea distance from Es Sider to Rotterdam is about 2,828 nautical miles (5,238 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar and Dover Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Es Sider to Rotterdam?
About 9 days 20 hours at 12 knots, or 8.4 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Es Sider–Rotterdam route pass?
The shortest route passes the Strait of Gibraltar and Dover Strait.
How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?
About 1,887 nm, or 67% 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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