Port-to-port sea distance
LOOP to Chiba distance
The sea distance from LOOP (United States) to Chiba (Japan) is about 9,184 nautical miles (17,009 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 31 days 21 hours at sea.
Distance
9,184 nm
17,009 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
31.9
31 days 21 hours
ECA miles
972 nm
11% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Panama Canal
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 38.3 days | 76.5 days |
| 11 knots | 34.8 days | 69.6 days |
| 12 knots | 31.9 days | 63.8 days |
| 13 knots | 29.4 days | 58.9 days |
| 14 knots | 27.3 days | 54.7 days |
| 15 knots | 25.5 days | 51.0 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
14,501 nm+5,317 nm
50.3 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 3,674 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape (avoiding both Suez and Panama)
15,695 nm+6,511 nm
54.5 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait · 833 nm in ECA
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 14,501 nm, 5,317 nm (about 18.5 days at 12 knots) longer.
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
US Gulf crude exports. US shale crude out of Corpus Christi, Houston and the LOOP to Europe and Asia, often reverse-lightered onto VLCCs offshore.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD22 (USG–China VLCC), TD25 (USG–UKC Aframax)
Questions
How far is LOOP from Chiba by sea?
The sea distance from LOOP to Chiba is about 9,184 nautical miles (17,009 km), via the Panama Canal.
How long does a tanker take to sail from LOOP to Chiba?
About 31 days 21 hours at 12 knots, or 27.3 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the LOOP–Chiba 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 972 nm, or 11% 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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