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Port-to-port sea distance

Singapore to Fujairah distance

The sea distance from Singapore (Singapore) to Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) is about 3,345 nautical miles (6,194 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 11 days 15 hours at sea.

Distance

3,345 nm

6,194 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

11.6

11 days 15 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

1

Malacca Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots13.9 days27.9 days
11 knots12.7 days25.3 days
12 knots11.6 days23.2 days
13 knots10.7 days21.4 days
14 knots10.0 days19.9 days
15 knots9.3 days18.6 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

3,345 nm

11.6 days at 12 kn · Malacca Strait

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Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)

4,101 nm+757 nm

14.2 days at 12 kn · Malacca Strait · Sunda Strait

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  • Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 757 nm (about 2.6 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 Singapore from Fujairah by sea?

The sea distance from Singapore to Fujairah is about 3,345 nautical miles (6,194 km), via the Malacca Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Singapore to Fujairah?

About 11 days 15 hours at 12 knots, or 10.0 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Singapore–Fujairah 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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