Port-to-port sea distance

Soyo to Rotterdam distance

The sea distance from Soyo (Angola) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) is about 4,880 nautical miles (9,037 km), via the Dover Strait. At 12 knots that is about 16 days 23 hours at sea.

Distance

4,880 nm

9,037 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

16.9

16 days 23 hours

ECA miles

438 nm

9% of the route

Canals & straits

Dover Strait

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	20.3 days	40.7 days
11 knots	18.5 days	37.0 days
12 knots	16.9 days	33.9 days
13 knots	15.6 days	31.3 days
14 knots	14.5 days	29.0 days
15 knots	13.6 days	27.1 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

4,880 nm

16.9 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · 438 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 Rotterdam by sea?

The sea distance from Soyo to Rotterdam is about 4,880 nautical miles (9,037 km), via the Dover Strait.

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

About 16 days 23 hours at 12 knots, or 14.5 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–Rotterdam route pass?

The shortest route passes the Dover Strait.

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

About 438 nm, or 9% 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.