Port-to-port sea distance
Primorsk to Ningbo distance
The sea distance from Primorsk (Russia) to Ningbo (China) is about 11,720 nautical miles (21,706 km), via the Dover Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 40 days 17 hours at sea.
Distance
11,720 nm
21,706 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
40.7
40 days 17 hours
ECA miles
3,653 nm
31% of the route
Canals & straits
5
Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 48.8 days | 97.7 days |
| 11 knots | 44.4 days | 88.8 days |
| 12 knots | 40.7 days | 81.4 days |
| 13 knots | 37.6 days | 75.1 days |
| 14 knots | 34.9 days | 69.8 days |
| 15 knots | 32.6 days | 65.1 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
11,720 nm
40.7 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait · 3,653 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)
14,729 nm+3,009 nm
51.1 days at 12 kn · Panama Canal · 2,353 nm in ECA
See it on the mapAvoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
12,258 nm+537 nm
42.6 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Sunda Strait · 3,653 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape (avoiding both Suez and Panama)
15,019 nm+3,299 nm
52.1 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · Sunda Strait · 1,631 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 3,009 nm (about 10.4 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 Primorsk from Ningbo by sea?
The sea distance from Primorsk to Ningbo is about 11,720 nautical miles (21,706 km), via the Dover Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Primorsk to Ningbo?
About 40 days 17 hours at 12 knots, or 34.9 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–Ningbo route pass?
The shortest route passes the Dover Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, 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 3,653 nm, or 31% 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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