Port-to-port sea distance

Sao Sebastiao to Rizhao distance

The sea distance from Sao Sebastiao (Brazil) to Rizhao (China) is about 11,340 nautical miles (21,001 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 39 days 9 hours at sea.

Distance

11,340 nm

21,001 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

39.4

39 days 9 hours

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	47.2 days	94.5 days
11 knots	43.0 days	85.9 days
12 knots	39.4 days	78.7 days
13 knots	36.3 days	72.7 days
14 knots	33.7 days	67.5 days
15 knots	31.5 days	63.0 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

Shortest route

11,340 nm

39.4 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 Rizhao by sea?

The sea distance from Sao Sebastiao to Rizhao is about 11,340 nautical miles (21,001 km), via the Sunda Strait.

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

About 39 days 9 hours at 12 knots, or 33.7 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Sao Sebastiao–Rizhao 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.