Port-to-port sea distance
Mina Al Fahal to Ulsan distance
The sea distance from Mina Al Fahal (Oman) to Ulsan (South Korea) is about 5,790 nautical miles (10,723 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 20 days 3 hours at sea.
Distance
5,790 nm
10,723 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
20.1
20 days 3 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 | 24.1 days | 48.3 days |
| 11 knots | 21.9 days | 43.9 days |
| 12 knots | 20.1 days | 40.2 days |
| 13 knots | 18.6 days | 37.1 days |
| 14 knots | 17.2 days | 34.5 days |
| 15 knots | 16.1 days | 32.2 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)
6,392 nm+601 nm
22.2 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 601 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 Ulsan by sea?
The sea distance from Mina Al Fahal to Ulsan is about 5,790 nautical miles (10,723 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Mina Al Fahal to Ulsan?
About 20 days 3 hours at 12 knots, or 17.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Mina Al Fahal–Ulsan 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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