Port-to-port sea distance

Sitra to Rotterdam distance

The sea distance from Sitra (Bahrain) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) is about 6,473 nautical miles (11,988 km), via the Strait of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar and Dover Strait. At 12 knots that is about 22 days 11 hours at sea.

Distance

6,473 nm

11,988 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

22.5

22 days 11 hours

ECA miles

2,460 nm

38% of the route

Canals & straits

Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · Dover Strait

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	27.0 days	53.9 days
11 knots	24.5 days	49.0 days
12 knots	22.5 days	45.0 days
13 knots	20.7 days	41.5 days
14 knots	19.3 days	38.5 days
15 knots	18.0 days	36.0 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

6,473 nm

22.5 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · Dover Strait · 2,460 nm in ECA

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Via the Cape of Good Hope (avoiding Suez and the Red Sea)

11,258 nm+4,785 nm

39.1 days at 12 kn · Strait of Hormuz · Dover Strait · 438 nm in ECA

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Since early 2024 many owners have kept their ships out of the Red Sea. Routing via the Cape of Good Hope adds 4,785 nm (about 16.6 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 Sitra from Rotterdam by sea?

The sea distance from Sitra to Rotterdam is about 6,473 nautical miles (11,988 km), via the Strait of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar and Dover Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Sitra to Rotterdam?

About 22 days 11 hours at 12 knots, or 19.3 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Sitra–Rotterdam route pass?

The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar and Dover 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?

About 2,460 nm, or 38% of the voyage, is inside an ECA, where ships must burn 0.10% sulphur fuel or use a scrubber.

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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.