Port-to-port sea distance

Soyo to Fos-sur-Mer distance

The sea distance from Soyo (Angola) to Fos-sur-Mer (France) is about 4,499 nautical miles (8,332 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar. At 12 knots that is about 15 days 15 hours at sea.

Distance

4,499 nm

8,332 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

15.6

15 days 15 hours

ECA miles

735 nm

16% of the route

Canals & straits

Strait of Gibraltar

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	18.7 days	37.5 days
11 knots	17.0 days	34.1 days
12 knots	15.6 days	31.2 days
13 knots	14.4 days	28.8 days
14 knots	13.4 days	26.8 days
15 knots	12.5 days	25.0 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

4,499 nm

15.6 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · 735 nm in ECA

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Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

West Africa crude. Nigerian, Angolan and Congolese light sweet crude, shipped north to Europe on Suezmaxes and east to India and China on VLCCs.

Typical ship sizes: VLCC, Suezmax
Related benchmark routes: TD15 (WAF–China VLCC), TD20 (WAF–UKC Suezmax)

Questions

How far is Soyo from Fos-sur-Mer by sea?

The sea distance from Soyo to Fos-sur-Mer is about 4,499 nautical miles (8,332 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Soyo to Fos-sur-Mer?

About 15 days 15 hours at 12 knots, or 13.4 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Soyo–Fos-sur-Mer route pass?

The shortest route passes the Strait of Gibraltar.

How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?

About 735 nm, or 16% 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.