Port-to-port sea distance
Lake Charles to Rotterdam distance
The sea distance from Lake Charles (United States) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) is about 4,953 nautical miles (9,173 km), via the Dover Strait. At 12 knots that is about 17 days 5 hours at sea.
Distance
4,953 nm
9,173 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
17.2
17 days 5 hours
ECA miles
2,338 nm
47% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Dover Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 20.6 days | 41.3 days |
| 11 knots | 18.8 days | 37.5 days |
| 12 knots | 17.2 days | 34.4 days |
| 13 knots | 15.9 days | 31.7 days |
| 14 knots | 14.7 days | 29.5 days |
| 15 knots | 13.8 days | 27.5 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
About this trade
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
- MR, LR1
- Related benchmark routes
- TC14 (USG–UKC MR), TC21 (USG–Caribbean MR)
Questions
How far is Lake Charles from Rotterdam by sea?
The sea distance from Lake Charles to Rotterdam is about 4,953 nautical miles (9,173 km), via the Dover Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Lake Charles to Rotterdam?
About 17 days 5 hours at 12 knots, or 14.7 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Lake Charles–Rotterdam route pass?
The shortest route passes the Dover Strait.
How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?
About 2,338 nm, or 47% 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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