Port-to-port sea distance
Jose to Rizhao distance
The sea distance from Jose (Venezuela) to Rizhao (China) is about 9,894 nautical miles (18,324 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 34 days 9 hours at sea.
Distance
9,894 nm
18,324 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
34.4
34 days 9 hours
ECA miles
606 nm
6% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Panama Canal
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 41.2 days | 82.5 days |
| 11 knots | 37.5 days | 75.0 days |
| 12 knots | 34.4 days | 68.7 days |
| 13 knots | 31.7 days | 63.4 days |
| 14 knots | 29.4 days | 58.9 days |
| 15 knots | 27.5 days | 55.0 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 Panama Canal
13,034 nm+3,140 nm
45.3 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 2,042 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape (avoiding both Suez and Panama)
13,378 nm+3,484 nm
46.5 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait
See it on the map- 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 13,034 nm, 3,140 nm (about 10.9 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 Jose from Rizhao by sea?
The sea distance from Jose to Rizhao is about 9,894 nautical miles (18,324 km), via the Panama Canal.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Jose to Rizhao?
About 34 days 9 hours at 12 knots, or 29.4 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Jose–Rizhao 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.
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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