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Port-to-port sea distance

Mina Al Fahal to Nghi Son distance

The sea distance from Mina Al Fahal (Oman) to Nghi Son (Vietnam) is about 4,523 nautical miles (8,376 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 15 days 17 hours at sea.

Distance

4,523 nm

8,376 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

15.7

15 days 17 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

1

Malacca Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots18.8 days37.7 days
11 knots17.1 days34.3 days
12 knots15.7 days31.4 days
13 knots14.5 days29.0 days
14 knots13.5 days26.9 days
15 knots12.6 days25.1 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

4,523 nm

15.7 days at 12 kn · Malacca Strait

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Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)

5,132 nm+609 nm

17.8 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait

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  • Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 609 nm (about 2.1 days at 12 knots).

Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Arabian Gulf → South-east Asia crude. Gulf crude into Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, often part-discharged or transhipped around the Singapore Strait.

Typical ship sizes
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax

Questions

How far is Mina Al Fahal from Nghi Son by sea?

The sea distance from Mina Al Fahal to Nghi Son is about 4,523 nautical miles (8,376 km), via the Malacca Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Mina Al Fahal to Nghi Son?

About 15 days 17 hours at 12 knots, or 13.5 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Mina Al Fahal–Nghi Son 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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