Port-to-port sea distance
Ruwais to Karachi distance
The sea distance from Ruwais (United Arab Emirates) to Karachi (Pakistan) is about 904 nautical miles (1,673 km), via the Strait of Hormuz. At 12 knots that is about 3 days 3 hours at sea.
Distance
904 nm
1,673 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
3.1
3 days 3 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Strait of Hormuz
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 3.8 days | 7.5 days |
| 11 knots | 3.4 days | 6.8 days |
| 12 knots | 3.1 days | 6.3 days |
| 13 knots | 2.9 days | 5.8 days |
| 14 knots | 2.7 days | 5.4 days |
| 15 knots | 2.5 days | 5.0 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
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 Karachi by sea?
The sea distance from Ruwais to Karachi is about 904 nautical miles (1,673 km), via the Strait of Hormuz.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Ruwais to Karachi?
About 3 days 3 hours at 12 knots, or 2.7 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–Karachi 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.
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