Port-to-port sea distance
Jebel Dhanna to Daesan distance
The sea distance from Jebel Dhanna (United Arab Emirates) to Daesan (South Korea) is about 6,292 nautical miles (11,653 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 21 days 20 hours at sea.
Distance
6,292 nm
11,653 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
21.8
21 days 20 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
2
Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 26.2 days | 52.4 days |
| 11 knots | 23.8 days | 47.7 days |
| 12 knots | 21.8 days | 43.7 days |
| 13 knots | 20.2 days | 40.3 days |
| 14 knots | 18.7 days | 37.5 days |
| 15 knots | 17.5 days | 35.0 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)
6,897 nm+604 nm
23.9 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · Sunda 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 604 nm (about 2.1 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Arabian Gulf → Far East crude. Arabian Gulf crude to China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan is the benchmark VLCC trade and the single biggest source of long-haul tanker demand.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD3C (MEG–China VLCC)
Questions
How far is Jebel Dhanna from Daesan by sea?
The sea distance from Jebel Dhanna to Daesan is about 6,292 nautical miles (11,653 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Jebel Dhanna to Daesan?
About 21 days 20 hours at 12 knots, or 18.7 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Jebel Dhanna–Daesan route pass?
The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz and 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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