Port-to-port sea distance

Ruwais to Durban distance

The sea distance from Ruwais (United Arab Emirates) to Durban (South Africa) is about 4,179 nautical miles (7,740 km), via the Strait of Hormuz. At 12 knots that is about 14 days 12 hours at sea.

Distance

4,179 nm

7,740 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

14.5

14 days 12 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Strait of Hormuz

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	17.4 days	34.8 days
11 knots	15.8 days	31.7 days
12 knots	14.5 days	29.0 days
13 knots	13.4 days	26.8 days
14 knots	12.4 days	24.9 days
15 knots	11.6 days	23.2 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

Shortest route

4,179 nm

14.5 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz

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Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Naphtha, jet and diesel from the big export refineries at Ruwais, Jubail, Yanbu and Jamnagar, going east to Japan and Singapore, west to Europe, and to East Africa.

Typical ship sizes: LR2, LR1, MR
Related benchmark routes: TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)

Questions

How far is Ruwais from Durban by sea?

The sea distance from Ruwais to Durban is about 4,179 nautical miles (7,740 km), via the Strait of Hormuz.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Ruwais to Durban?

About 14 days 12 hours at 12 knots, or 12.4 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Ruwais–Durban route pass?

The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz.

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.