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Port-to-port sea distance

Malongo to Ningbo distance

The sea distance from Malongo (Angola) to Ningbo (China) is about 9,426 nautical miles (17,458 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 32 days 18 hours at sea.

Distance

9,426 nm

17,458 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

32.7

32 days 18 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

1

Sunda Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots39.3 days78.6 days
11 knots35.7 days71.4 days
12 knots32.7 days65.5 days
13 knots30.2 days60.4 days
14 knots28.1 days56.1 days
15 knots26.2 days52.4 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

Shortest route

9,426 nm

32.7 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait

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Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

West Africa crude. Nigerian, Angolan and Congolese light sweet crude, shipped north to Europe on Suezmaxes and east to India and China on VLCCs.

Typical ship sizes
VLCC, Suezmax
Related benchmark routes
TD15 (WAF–China VLCC), TD20 (WAF–UKC Suezmax)

Questions

How far is Malongo from Ningbo by sea?

The sea distance from Malongo to Ningbo is about 9,426 nautical miles (17,458 km), via the Sunda Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Malongo to Ningbo?

About 32 days 18 hours at 12 knots, or 28.1 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Malongo–Ningbo route pass?

The shortest route passes the Sunda Strait.

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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