Port-to-port sea distance

Ju'aymah to Sriracha distance

The sea distance from Ju'aymah (Saudi Arabia) to Sriracha (Thailand) is about 4,517 nautical miles (8,365 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 15 days 16 hours at sea.

Distance

4,517 nm

8,365 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

15.7

15 days 16 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	18.8 days	37.6 days
11 knots	17.1 days	34.2 days
12 knots	15.7 days	31.4 days
13 knots	14.5 days	29.0 days
14 knots	13.4 days	26.9 days
15 knots	12.5 days	25.1 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

4,517 nm

15.7 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait

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Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)

5,246 nm+730 nm

18.2 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · 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 Ju'aymah from Sriracha by sea?

The sea distance from Ju'aymah to Sriracha is about 4,517 nautical miles (8,365 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Malacca Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Ju'aymah to Sriracha?

About 15 days 16 hours at 12 knots, or 13.4 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Ju'aymah–Sriracha 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.