Port-to-port sea distance
Fujairah to Le Havre distance
The sea distance from Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) to Le Havre (France) is about 5,901 nautical miles (10,929 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. At 12 knots that is about 20 days 12 hours at sea.
Distance
5,901 nm
10,929 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
20.5
20 days 12 hours
ECA miles
2,275 nm
39% of the route
Canals & straits
3
Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 24.6 days | 49.2 days |
| 11 knots | 22.4 days | 44.7 days |
| 12 knots | 20.5 days | 41.0 days |
| 13 knots | 18.9 days | 37.8 days |
| 14 knots | 17.6 days | 35.1 days |
| 15 knots | 16.4 days | 32.8 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
5,901 nm
20.5 days at 12 kn · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · 2,275 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)
10,686 nm+4,785 nm
37.1 days at 12 kn · no canals or straits · 232 nm in ECA
See it on the map- Since early 2024 many owners have kept their ships out of the Red Sea. Routing via the Cape of Good Hope adds 4,785 nm (about 16.6 days at 12 knots).
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 Le Havre by sea?
The sea distance from Fujairah to Le Havre is about 5,901 nautical miles (10,929 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Fujairah to Le Havre?
About 20 days 12 hours at 12 knots, or 17.6 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Fujairah–Le Havre route pass?
The shortest route passes the Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. 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 2,275 nm, or 39% 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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- Fujairah to Mombasa2,311 nm
- Fujairah to Dar es Salaam2,461 nm
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- Fujairah to Port Louis2,929 nm
- Fujairah to Pengerang3,345 nm
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More voyages to Le Havre
- Yanbu to Le Havre3,830 nm
- Pascagoula to Le Havre4,534 nm
- Garyville to Le Havre4,642 nm
- Lake Charles to Le Havre4,780 nm
- Beaumont to Le Havre4,789 nm
- Port Arthur to Le Havre4,789 nm
- Houston to Le Havre4,840 nm
- Corpus Christi to Le Havre4,897 nm
- Jamnagar to Le Havre6,115 nm
- Sikka to Le Havre6,115 nm
- Ruwais to Le Havre6,247 nm
- Sitra to Le Havre6,289 nm