Port-to-port sea distance
Fujairah to Map Ta Phut distance
The sea distance from Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) to Map Ta Phut (Thailand) is about 4,122 nautical miles (7,634 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 14 days 7 hours at sea.
Distance
4,122 nm
7,634 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
14.3
14 days 7 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 17.2 days | 34.3 days |
| 11 knots | 15.6 days | 31.2 days |
| 12 knots | 14.3 days | 28.6 days |
| 13 knots | 13.2 days | 26.4 days |
| 14 knots | 12.3 days | 24.5 days |
| 15 knots | 11.4 days | 22.9 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 Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
4,851 nm+730 nm
16.8 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait · Malacca Strait
See it on the map- Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 730 nm (about 2.5 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Arabian Gulf → South-east Asia crude. Gulf crude into Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, often part-discharged or transhipped around the Singapore Strait.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Questions
How far is Fujairah from Map Ta Phut by sea?
The sea distance from Fujairah to Map Ta Phut is about 4,122 nautical miles (7,634 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Fujairah to Map Ta Phut?
About 14 days 7 hours at 12 knots, or 12.3 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–Map Ta Phut route pass?
The shortest route passes the Malacca Strait. 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?
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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