Port-to-port sea distance
Sikka to Le Havre distance
The sea distance from Sikka (India) to Le Havre (France) is about 6,115 nautical miles (11,325 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. At 12 knots that is about 21 days 6 hours at sea.
Distance
6,115 nm
11,325 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
21.2
21 days 6 hours
ECA miles
2,275 nm
37% of the route
Canals & straits
3
Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 25.5 days | 51.0 days |
| 11 knots | 23.2 days | 46.3 days |
| 12 knots | 21.2 days | 42.5 days |
| 13 knots | 19.6 days | 39.2 days |
| 14 knots | 18.2 days | 36.4 days |
| 15 knots | 17.0 days | 34.0 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
6,115 nm
21.2 days at 12 kn · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · 2,275 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVia the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)
10,729 nm+4,614 nm
37.3 days at 12 kn · no canals or straits · 232 nm in ECA
See it on the map- Since early 2024 many owners have kept their ships out of the Red Sea. Routing via the Cape of Good Hope adds 4,614 nm (about 16.0 days at 12 knots).
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 Sikka from Le Havre by sea?
The sea distance from Sikka to Le Havre is about 6,115 nautical miles (11,325 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Sikka to Le Havre?
About 21 days 6 hours at 12 knots, or 18.2 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–Le Havre route pass?
The shortest route passes the Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. 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?
About 2,275 nm, or 37% of the voyage, is inside an ECA, where ships must burn 0.10% sulphur fuel or use a scrubber.
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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