Port-to-port sea distance
Ulsan to Chittagong distance
The sea distance from Ulsan (South Korea) to Chittagong (Bangladesh) is about 4,116 nautical miles (7,622 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 14 days 7 hours at sea.
Distance
4,116 nm
7,622 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
14.3
14 days 7 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 | 17.1 days | 34.3 days |
| 11 knots | 15.6 days | 31.2 days |
| 12 knots | 14.3 days | 28.6 days |
| 13 knots | 13.2 days | 26.4 days |
| 14 knots | 12.2 days | 24.5 days |
| 15 knots | 11.4 days | 22.9 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
Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
5,094 nm+978 nm
17.7 days at 12 kn · Sunda Strait
See it on the map- Very deep-draft ships sometimes avoid the Malacca and Singapore straits and go through the Lombok or Sunda strait instead, which adds 978 nm (about 3.4 days at 12 knots).
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 Ulsan from Chittagong by sea?
The sea distance from Ulsan to Chittagong is about 4,116 nautical miles (7,622 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Ulsan to Chittagong?
About 14 days 7 hours at 12 knots, or 12.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Ulsan–Chittagong route pass?
The shortest route passes the Malacca 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?
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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- Ulsan to Yangon3,799 nm
- Ulsan to Colombo4,198 nm
- Ulsan to Brisbane4,211 nm
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- Ulsan to Sydney4,649 nm
- Ulsan to Melbourne5,242 nm
- Ulsan to Auckland5,266 nm
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- Sikka to Chittagong2,313 nm
- Mina Al Fahal to Chittagong2,811 nm
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- Das Island to Chittagong3,262 nm
- Jebel Dhanna to Chittagong3,262 nm
- Ju'aymah to Chittagong3,310 nm
- Ras Tanura to Chittagong3,310 nm
- Mailiao to Chittagong3,330 nm
- Basrah Oil Terminal to Chittagong3,480 nm
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