Port-to-port sea distance
Mina Al Fahal to Ningbo distance
The sea distance from Mina Al Fahal (Oman) to Ningbo (China) is about 5,308 nautical miles (9,830 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 18 days 10 hours at sea.
Distance
5,308 nm
9,830 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
18.4
18 days 10 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 | 22.1 days | 44.2 days |
| 11 knots | 20.1 days | 40.2 days |
| 12 knots | 18.4 days | 36.9 days |
| 13 knots | 17.0 days | 34.0 days |
| 14 knots | 15.8 days | 31.6 days |
| 15 knots | 14.7 days | 29.5 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 Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
5,912 nm+604 nm
20.5 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 604 nm (about 2.1 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Arabian Gulf → Far East crude. Arabian Gulf crude to China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan is the benchmark VLCC trade and the single biggest source of long-haul tanker demand.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD3C (MEG–China VLCC)
Questions
How far is Mina Al Fahal from Ningbo by sea?
The sea distance from Mina Al Fahal to Ningbo is about 5,308 nautical miles (9,830 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Mina Al Fahal to Ningbo?
About 18 days 10 hours at 12 knots, or 15.8 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–Ningbo 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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