Port-to-port sea distance

Soyo to Trieste distance

The sea distance from Soyo (Angola) to Trieste (Italy) is about 5,474 nautical miles (10,138 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar. At 12 knots that is about 19 days at sea.

Distance

5,474 nm

10,138 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

19.0

19 days

ECA miles

1,710 nm

31% of the route

Canals & straits

Strait of Gibraltar

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	22.8 days	45.6 days
11 knots	20.7 days	41.5 days
12 knots	19.0 days	38.0 days
13 knots	17.5 days	35.1 days
14 knots	16.3 days	32.6 days
15 knots	15.2 days	30.4 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

5,474 nm

19.0 days at 12 kn · Strait of Gibraltar · 1,710 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 Trieste by sea?

The sea distance from Soyo to Trieste is about 5,474 nautical miles (10,138 km), via the Strait of Gibraltar.

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

About 19 days at 12 knots, or 16.3 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Soyo–Trieste route pass?

The shortest route passes the Strait of Gibraltar.

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

About 1,710 nm, or 31% 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.