Port-to-port sea distance
Mailiao to Colombo distance
The sea distance from Mailiao (Taiwan) to Colombo (Sri Lanka) is about 3,413 nautical miles (6,320 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 11 days 20 hours at sea.
Distance
3,413 nm
6,320 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
11.8
11 days 20 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 14.2 days | 28.4 days |
| 11 knots | 12.9 days | 25.9 days |
| 12 knots | 11.8 days | 23.7 days |
| 13 knots | 10.9 days | 21.9 days |
| 14 knots | 10.2 days | 20.3 days |
| 15 knots | 9.5 days | 19.0 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 Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
3,981 nm+568 nm
13.8 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait
See it on the map- Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 568 nm (about 2.0 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Asia-Pacific clean products. Singapore and North Asian refinery exports supplying Australia, New Zealand and South-east Asia, which import most of the fuel they burn.
- Typical ship sizes
- LR2, LR1, MR
- Related benchmark routes
- TC7 (Singapore–East Coast Australia MR), TC11 (South Korea–Singapore MR)
Questions
How far is Mailiao from Colombo by sea?
The sea distance from Mailiao to Colombo is about 3,413 nautical miles (6,320 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Mailiao to Colombo?
About 11 days 20 hours at 12 knots, or 10.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Mailiao–Colombo route pass?
The shortest route passes the Malacca Strait. 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?
None. The whole route is outside Emission Control Areas, so the 0.50% global sulphur cap applies throughout.
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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