Port-to-port sea distance

Ruwais to Jeddah distance

The sea distance from Ruwais (United Arab Emirates) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) is about 2,439 nautical miles (4,518 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb. At 12 knots that is about 8 days 11 hours at sea.

Distance

2,439 nm

4,518 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

8.5

8 days 11 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	10.2 days	20.3 days
11 knots	9.2 days	18.5 days
12 knots	8.5 days	16.9 days
13 knots	7.8 days	15.6 days
14 knots	7.3 days	14.5 days
15 knots	6.8 days	13.6 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

2,439 nm

8.5 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb

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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 Jeddah by sea?

The sea distance from Ruwais to Jeddah is about 2,439 nautical miles (4,518 km), via the Strait of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb.

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

About 8 days 11 hours at 12 knots, or 7.3 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

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

The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb.

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.