Port-to-port sea distance
Freeport to Ningbo distance
The sea distance from Freeport (United States) to Ningbo (China) is about 10,306 nautical miles (19,086 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 35 days 19 hours at sea.
Distance
10,306 nm
19,086 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
35.8
35 days 19 hours
ECA miles
1,067 nm
10% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Panama Canal
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 42.9 days | 85.9 days |
| 11 knots | 39.0 days | 78.1 days |
| 12 knots | 35.8 days | 71.6 days |
| 13 knots | 33.0 days | 66.1 days |
| 14 knots | 30.7 days | 61.3 days |
| 15 knots | 28.6 days | 57.3 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
13,845 nm+3,539 nm
48.1 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 3,925 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape (avoiding both Suez and Panama)
15,073 nm+4,767 nm
52.3 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait · 1,082 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 13,845 nm, 3,539 nm (about 12.3 days at 12 knots) longer.
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
US Gulf crude exports. US shale crude out of Corpus Christi, Houston and the LOOP to Europe and Asia, often reverse-lightered onto VLCCs offshore.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD22 (USG–China VLCC), TD25 (USG–UKC Aframax)
Questions
How far is Freeport from Ningbo by sea?
The sea distance from Freeport to Ningbo is about 10,306 nautical miles (19,086 km), via the Panama Canal.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Freeport to Ningbo?
About 35 days 19 hours at 12 knots, or 30.7 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Freeport–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 1,067 nm, or 10% 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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