Port-to-port sea distance
Novorossiysk to Qingdao distance
The sea distance from Novorossiysk (Russia) to Qingdao (China) is about 8,825 nautical miles (16,345 km), via the Bosphorus, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 30 days 15 hours at sea.
Distance
8,825 nm
16,345 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
30.6
30 days 15 hours
ECA miles
866 nm
10% of the route
Canals & straits
4
Bosphorus · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 36.8 days | 73.5 days |
| 11 knots | 33.4 days | 66.9 days |
| 12 knots | 30.6 days | 61.3 days |
| 13 knots | 28.3 days | 56.6 days |
| 14 knots | 26.3 days | 52.5 days |
| 15 knots | 24.5 days | 49.0 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
Shortest route
8,825 nm
30.6 days at 12 kn · Bosphorus · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 866 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)
15,380 nm+6,555 nm
53.4 days at 12 kn · Bosphorus · Strait of Gibraltar · Sunda Strait · 1,837 nm in ECA
See it on the mapAvoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
9,363 nm+537 nm
32.5 days at 12 kn · Bosphorus · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Sunda Strait · 866 nm in ECA
See it on the map- Since early 2024 many owners have kept their ships out of the Red Sea. Routing via the Cape of Good Hope adds 6,555 nm (about 22.8 days at 12 knots).
- Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 537 nm (about 1.9 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Baltic & Black Sea crude. Crude out of the Baltic and the Black Sea, including CPC Blend from Kazakhstan and Azeri crude through Ceyhan and Supsa, into the Mediterranean, Europe and Asia.
- Typical ship sizes
- Suezmax, Aframax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD6 (Black Sea–Med Suezmax), TD17 (Baltic–UKC Aframax)
Questions
How far is Novorossiysk from Qingdao by sea?
The sea distance from Novorossiysk to Qingdao is about 8,825 nautical miles (16,345 km), via the Bosphorus, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Novorossiysk to Qingdao?
About 30 days 15 hours at 12 knots, or 26.3 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Novorossiysk–Qingdao route pass?
The shortest route passes the Bosphorus, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and 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?
About 866 nm, or 10% of the voyage, is inside an ECA, where ships must burn 0.10% sulphur fuel or use a scrubber.
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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