Port-to-port sea distance
Ras Tanura to Pengerang distance
The sea distance from Ras Tanura (Saudi Arabia) to Pengerang (Malaysia) is about 3,739 nautical miles (6,925 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 13 days at sea.
Distance
3,739 nm
6,925 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
13.0
13 days
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
2
Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 15.6 days | 31.2 days |
| 11 knots | 14.2 days | 28.3 days |
| 12 knots | 13.0 days | 26.0 days |
| 13 knots | 12.0 days | 24.0 days |
| 14 knots | 11.1 days | 22.3 days |
| 15 knots | 10.4 days | 20.8 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)
4,496 nm+757 nm
15.6 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · Sunda Strait · Malacca 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 757 nm (about 2.6 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Arabian Gulf → South-east Asia crude. Gulf crude into Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, often part-discharged or transhipped around the Singapore Strait.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Questions
How far is Ras Tanura from Pengerang by sea?
The sea distance from Ras Tanura to Pengerang is about 3,739 nautical miles (6,925 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Ras Tanura to Pengerang?
About 13 days at 12 knots, or 11.1 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Ras Tanura–Pengerang route pass?
The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz 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?
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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