Port-to-port sea distance
Primorsk to Fos-sur-Mer distance
The sea distance from Primorsk (Russia) to Fos-sur-Mer (France) is about 3,337 nautical miles (6,181 km), via the Dover Strait and Strait of Gibraltar. At 12 knots that is about 11 days 14 hours at sea.
Distance
3,337 nm
6,181 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
11.6
11 days 14 hours
ECA miles
2,342 nm
70% of the route
Canals & straits
2
Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 13.9 days | 27.8 days |
| 11 knots | 12.6 days | 25.3 days |
| 12 knots | 11.6 days | 23.2 days |
| 13 knots | 10.7 days | 21.4 days |
| 14 knots | 9.9 days | 19.9 days |
| 15 knots | 9.3 days | 18.5 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
Shortest route
3,337 nm
11.6 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · 2,342 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVoyage 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 Primorsk from Fos-sur-Mer by sea?
The sea distance from Primorsk to Fos-sur-Mer is about 3,337 nautical miles (6,181 km), via the Dover Strait and Strait of Gibraltar.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Primorsk to Fos-sur-Mer?
About 11 days 14 hours at 12 knots, or 9.9 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Primorsk–Fos-sur-Mer route pass?
The shortest route passes the Dover Strait and Strait of Gibraltar.
How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?
About 2,342 nm, or 70% 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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