Port-to-port sea distance
Fujairah to Mombasa distance
The sea distance from Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) to Mombasa (Kenya) is about 2,311 nautical miles (4,280 km), on the open-sea route. At 12 knots that is about 8 days 1 hour at sea.
Distance
2,311 nm
4,280 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
8.0
8 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 | 9.6 days | 19.3 days |
| 11 knots | 8.8 days | 17.5 days |
| 12 knots | 8.0 days | 16.0 days |
| 13 knots | 7.4 days | 14.8 days |
| 14 knots | 6.9 days | 13.8 days |
| 15 knots | 6.4 days | 12.8 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
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 Mombasa by sea?
The sea distance from Fujairah to Mombasa is about 2,311 nautical miles (4,280 km), on the open-sea route.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Fujairah to Mombasa?
About 8 days 1 hour at 12 knots, or 6.9 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–Mombasa 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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