Port-to-port sea distance
LOOP to Ulsan distance
The sea distance from LOOP (United States) to Ulsan (South Korea) is about 9,712 nautical miles (17,986 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 33 days 17 hours at sea.
Distance
9,712 nm
17,986 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
33.7
33 days 17 hours
ECA miles
972 nm
10% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Panama Canal
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 40.5 days | 80.9 days |
| 11 knots | 36.8 days | 73.6 days |
| 12 knots | 33.7 days | 67.4 days |
| 13 knots | 31.1 days | 62.3 days |
| 14 knots | 28.9 days | 57.8 days |
| 15 knots | 27.0 days | 54.0 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
14,076 nm+4,364 nm
48.9 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)
15,303 nm+5,592 nm
53.1 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 14,076 nm, 4,364 nm (about 15.2 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 Ulsan by sea?
The sea distance from LOOP to Ulsan is about 9,712 nautical miles (17,986 km), via the Panama Canal.
How long does a tanker take to sail from LOOP to Ulsan?
About 33 days 17 hours at 12 knots, or 28.9 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the LOOP–Ulsan 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 10% 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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