Port-to-port sea distance
LOOP to Yeosu distance
The sea distance from LOOP (United States) to Yeosu (South Korea) is about 9,805 nautical miles (18,159 km), via the Panama Canal. At 12 knots that is about 34 days 1 hour at sea.
Distance
9,805 nm
18,159 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
34.0
34 days 1 hour
ECA miles
972 nm
10% of the route
Canals & straits
1
Panama Canal
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 40.9 days | 81.7 days |
| 11 knots | 37.1 days | 74.3 days |
| 12 knots | 34.0 days | 68.1 days |
| 13 knots | 31.4 days | 62.9 days |
| 14 knots | 29.2 days | 58.4 days |
| 15 knots | 27.2 days | 54.5 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
Avoiding the Panama Canal
13,982 nm+4,178 nm
48.6 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)
15,210 nm+5,405 nm
52.8 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 13,982 nm, 4,178 nm (about 14.5 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 Yeosu by sea?
The sea distance from LOOP to Yeosu is about 9,805 nautical miles (18,159 km), via the Panama Canal.
How long does a tanker take to sail from LOOP to Yeosu?
About 34 days 1 hour at 12 knots, or 29.2 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–Yeosu 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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