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Port-to-port sea distance

Jubail to Le Havre distance

The sea distance from Jubail (Saudi Arabia) to Le Havre (France) is about 6,356 nautical miles (11,772 km), via the Strait of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. At 12 knots that is about 22 days 2 hours at sea.

Distance

6,356 nm

11,772 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

22.1

22 days 2 hours

ECA miles

2,275 nm

36% of the route

Canals & straits

4

Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots26.5 days53.0 days
11 knots24.1 days48.2 days
12 knots22.1 days44.1 days
13 knots20.4 days40.7 days
14 knots18.9 days37.8 days
15 knots17.7 days35.3 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

6,356 nm

22.1 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · 2,275 nm in ECA

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Via the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)

11,141 nm+4,785 nm

38.7 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · 232 nm in ECA

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  • Since early 2024 many owners have kept their ships out of the Red Sea. Routing via the Cape of Good Hope adds 4,785 nm (about 16.6 days at 12 knots).

Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Naphtha, jet and diesel from the big export refineries at Ruwais, Jubail, Yanbu and Jamnagar, going east to Japan and Singapore, west to Europe, and to East Africa.

Typical ship sizes
LR2, LR1, MR
Related benchmark routes
TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)

Questions

How far is Jubail from Le Havre by sea?

The sea distance from Jubail to Le Havre is about 6,356 nautical miles (11,772 km), via the Strait of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Jubail to Le Havre?

About 22 days 2 hours at 12 knots, or 18.9 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Jubail–Le Havre route pass?

The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. 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 2,275 nm, or 36% 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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