Port-to-port sea distance

Georgetown to Ningbo distance

The sea distance from Georgetown (Guyana) to Ningbo (China) is about 10,328 nautical miles (19,128 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 35 days 21 hours at sea.

Distance

10,328 nm

19,128 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

35.9

35 days 21 hours

ECA miles

606 nm

6% of the route

Canals & straits

Panama Canal

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	43.0 days	86.1 days
11 knots	39.1 days	78.2 days
12 knots	35.9 days	71.7 days
13 knots	33.1 days	66.2 days
14 knots	30.7 days	61.5 days
15 knots	28.7 days	57.4 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

10,328 nm

35.9 days at 12 kn · Panama Canal · 606 nm in ECA

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Avoiding the Panama Canal

12,572 nm+2,244 nm

43.7 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait

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The Panama Canal's Neopanamax locks take a maximum draft of 15.2 m, so VLCCs and laden Suezmaxes cannot use it. Without Panama the voyage is 12,572 nm, 2,244 nm (about 7.8 days at 12 knots) longer.

Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Latin America crude. Brazilian pre-salt, Guyanese, Colombian and Ecuadorian crude, shipped to China, the US and Europe.

Typical ship sizes: VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax

Questions

How far is Georgetown from Ningbo by sea?

The sea distance from Georgetown to Ningbo is about 10,328 nautical miles (19,128 km), via the Panama Canal.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Georgetown to Ningbo?

About 35 days 21 hours at 12 knots, or 30.7 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Georgetown–Ningbo route pass?

The shortest route passes the Panama Canal. 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 606 nm, or 6% of the voyage, is inside an ECA, where ships must burn 0.10% sulphur fuel or use a scrubber.

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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.