Port-to-port sea distance
Fujairah to Colombo distance
The sea distance from Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) to Colombo (Sri Lanka) is about 1,740 nautical miles (3,223 km), on the open-sea route. At 12 knots that is about 6 days 1 hour at sea.
Distance
1,740 nm
3,223 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
6.0
6 days 1 hour
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
0
Open-sea route
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 7.3 days | 14.5 days |
| 11 knots | 6.6 days | 13.2 days |
| 12 knots | 6.0 days | 12.1 days |
| 13 knots | 5.6 days | 11.2 days |
| 14 knots | 5.2 days | 10.4 days |
| 15 knots | 4.8 days | 9.7 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
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Naphtha, jet and diesel from the big export refineries at Ruwais, Jubail, Yanbu and Jamnagar, going east to Japan and Singapore, west to Europe, and to East Africa.
- Typical ship sizes
- LR2, LR1, MR
- Related benchmark routes
- TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)
Questions
How far is Fujairah from Colombo by sea?
The sea distance from Fujairah to Colombo is about 1,740 nautical miles (3,223 km), on the open-sea route.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Fujairah to Colombo?
About 6 days 1 hour at 12 knots, or 5.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Fujairah–Colombo route pass?
None. The shortest route stays in open water without passing a major canal or 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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- Fujairah to Jeddah2,094 nm
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- Fujairah to Dar es Salaam2,461 nm
- Fujairah to Paradip2,676 nm
- Fujairah to Chittagong2,916 nm
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- Fujairah to Pengerang3,345 nm
- Fujairah to Singapore3,345 nm
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More voyages to Colombo
- Jamnagar to Colombo1,137 nm
- Sikka to Colombo1,137 nm
- Singapore to Colombo1,648 nm
- Ruwais to Colombo2,086 nm
- Sitra to Colombo2,128 nm
- Jubail to Colombo2,196 nm
- Mina Abdullah to Colombo2,312 nm
- Yanbu to Colombo2,797 nm
- Mailiao to Colombo3,413 nm
- Yeosu to Colombo4,105 nm
- Onsan to Colombo4,198 nm
- Ulsan to Colombo4,198 nm