Port-to-port sea distance

Sao Sebastiao to Singapore distance

The sea distance from Sao Sebastiao (Brazil) to Singapore (Singapore) is about 9,042 nautical miles (16,745 km), via the Sunda Strait and Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 31 days 9 hours at sea.

Distance

9,042 nm

16,745 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

31.4

31 days 9 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Sunda Strait · Malacca Strait

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	37.7 days	75.3 days
11 knots	34.2 days	68.5 days
12 knots	31.4 days	62.8 days
13 knots	29.0 days	58.0 days
14 knots	26.9 days	53.8 days
15 knots	25.1 days	50.2 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

9,042 nm

31.4 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait · Malacca 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 Singapore by sea?

The sea distance from Sao Sebastiao to Singapore is about 9,042 nautical miles (16,745 km), via the Sunda Strait and Malacca Strait.

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

About 31 days 9 hours at 12 knots, or 26.9 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–Singapore route pass?

The shortest route passes the Sunda Strait and Malacca 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.