Pro account is available for free now, Platform launching Q1 2027.Sign up

Vessbook

Port-to-port sea distance

Sikka to Yokohama distance

The sea distance from Sikka (India) to Yokohama (Japan) is about 5,708 nautical miles (10,572 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 19 days 20 hours at sea.

Distance

5,708 nm

10,572 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

19.8

19 days 20 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

1

Malacca Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots23.8 days47.6 days
11 knots21.6 days43.2 days
12 knots19.8 days39.6 days
13 knots18.3 days36.6 days
14 knots17.0 days34.0 days
15 knots15.9 days31.7 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

5,708 nm

19.8 days at 12 kn · Malacca Strait

See it on the map

Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)

6,276 nm+568 nm

21.8 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 568 nm (about 2.0 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 Yokohama by sea?

The sea distance from Sikka to Yokohama is about 5,708 nautical miles (10,572 km), via the Malacca Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Sikka to Yokohama?

About 19 days 20 hours at 12 knots, or 17.0 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–Yokohama 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.

We use cookies

Essential cookies keep you signed in. Analytics and marketing are optional. Cookie Policy