Port-to-port sea distance

Sao Sebastiao to Ningbo distance

The sea distance from Sao Sebastiao (Brazil) to Ningbo (China) is about 10,958 nautical miles (20,293 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 38 days 1 hour at sea.

Distance

10,958 nm

20,293 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

38.0

38 days 1 hour

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Sunda Strait

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	45.7 days	91.3 days
11 knots	41.5 days	83.0 days
12 knots	38.0 days	76.1 days
13 knots	35.1 days	70.2 days
14 knots	32.6 days	65.2 days
15 knots	30.4 days	60.9 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

10,958 nm

38.0 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait

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Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Latin America crude. Brazilian pre-salt, Guyanese, Colombian and Ecuadorian crude, shipped to China, the US and Europe.

Typical ship sizes: VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax

Questions

How far is Sao Sebastiao from Ningbo by sea?

The sea distance from Sao Sebastiao to Ningbo is about 10,958 nautical miles (20,293 km), via the Sunda Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Sao Sebastiao to Ningbo?

About 38 days 1 hour at 12 knots, or 32.6 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Sao Sebastiao–Ningbo route pass?

The shortest route passes the Sunda Strait.

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.