Port-to-port sea distance
Sikka to Hong Kong distance
The sea distance from Sikka (India) to Hong Kong (Hong Kong) is about 4,169 nautical miles (7,721 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 14 days 11 hours at sea.
Distance
4,169 nm
7,721 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
14.5
14 days 11 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Malacca Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 17.4 days | 34.7 days |
| 11 knots | 15.8 days | 31.6 days |
| 12 knots | 14.5 days | 29.0 days |
| 13 knots | 13.4 days | 26.7 days |
| 14 knots | 12.4 days | 24.8 days |
| 15 knots | 11.6 days | 23.2 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
Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
4,774 nm+605 nm
16.6 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait
See it on the map- Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 605 nm (about 2.1 days at 12 knots).
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Asia-Pacific clean products. Singapore and North Asian refinery exports supplying Australia, New Zealand and South-east Asia, which import most of the fuel they burn.
- Typical ship sizes
- LR2, LR1, MR
- Related benchmark routes
- TC7 (Singapore–East Coast Australia MR), TC11 (South Korea–Singapore MR)
Questions
How far is Sikka from Hong Kong by sea?
The sea distance from Sikka to Hong Kong is about 4,169 nautical miles (7,721 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Sikka to Hong Kong?
About 14 days 11 hours at 12 knots, or 12.4 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Sikka–Hong Kong route pass?
The shortest route passes the Malacca Strait. Alternative routings are listed above for ships that cannot or will not use them.
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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