Port-to-port sea distance
Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City distance
The sea distance from Singapore (Singapore) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) is about 686 nautical miles (1,270 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 2 days 9 hours at sea.
Distance
686 nm
1,270 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
2.4
2 days 9 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 | 2.9 days | 5.7 days |
| 11 knots | 2.6 days | 5.2 days |
| 12 knots | 2.4 days | 4.8 days |
| 13 knots | 2.2 days | 4.4 days |
| 14 knots | 2.0 days | 4.1 days |
| 15 knots | 1.9 days | 3.8 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
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 Ho Chi Minh City by sea?
The sea distance from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City is about 686 nautical miles (1,270 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City?
About 2 days 9 hours at 12 knots, or 2.0 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–Ho Chi Minh City route pass?
The shortest route passes the 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.
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