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Port-to-port sea distance

Fujairah to Sriracha distance

The sea distance from Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) to Sriracha (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

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots17.2 days34.3 days
11 knots15.6 days31.2 days
12 knots14.3 days28.6 days
13 knots13.2 days26.4 days
14 knots12.3 days24.5 days
15 knots11.4 days22.9 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

Shortest route

4,122 nm

14.3 days at 12 kn · Malacca Strait

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Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)

4,851 nm+730 nm

16.8 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait · Malacca Strait

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  • 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 Sriracha by sea?

The sea distance from Fujairah to Sriracha is about 4,122 nautical miles (7,634 km), via the Malacca Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Fujairah to Sriracha?

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–Sriracha 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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