Port-to-port sea distance
Houston to Rotterdam distance
The sea distance from Houston (United States) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) is about 5,013 nautical miles (9,284 km), via the Dover Strait. At 12 knots that is about 17 days 10 hours at sea.
Distance
5,013 nm
9,284 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
17.4
17 days 10 hours
ECA miles
2,398 nm
48% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Dover Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 20.9 days | 41.8 days |
| 11 knots | 19.0 days | 38.0 days |
| 12 knots | 17.4 days | 34.8 days |
| 13 knots | 16.1 days | 32.1 days |
| 14 knots | 14.9 days | 29.8 days |
| 15 knots | 13.9 days | 27.8 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
VLCC Houston–Rotterdam
36.8-day round voyage · 1,782 t fuel · 5,615 t CO2
Suezmax Houston–Rotterdam
36.8-day round voyage · 1,299 t fuel · 4,092 t CO2
Aframax Houston–Rotterdam
36.8-day round voyage · 1,065 t fuel · 3,357 t CO2
LR1 Houston–Rotterdam
36.8-day round voyage · 897 t fuel · 2,828 t CO2
MR Houston–Rotterdam
36.8-day round voyage · 762 t fuel · 2,402 t CO2
About this trade
US Gulf crude exports. US shale crude out of Corpus Christi, Houston and the LOOP to Europe and Asia, often reverse-lightered onto VLCCs offshore.
US Gulf clean products. Diesel and gasoline exports from the Texas and Louisiana refining belt to Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, the core MR trade in the Atlantic.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax, MR, LR1
- Related benchmark routes
- TD22 (USG–China VLCC), TD25 (USG–UKC Aframax), TC14 (USG–UKC MR), TC21 (USG–Caribbean MR)
Questions
How far is Houston from Rotterdam by sea?
The sea distance from Houston to Rotterdam is about 5,013 nautical miles (9,284 km), via the Dover Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Houston to Rotterdam?
About 17 days 10 hours at 12 knots, or 14.9 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Houston–Rotterdam route pass?
The shortest route passes the Dover Strait.
How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?
About 2,398 nm, or 48% 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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