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Port-to-port sea distance

Ust-Luga to Vadinar distance

The sea distance from Ust-Luga (Russia) to Vadinar (India) is about 7,503 nautical miles (13,895 km), via the Dover Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal and Bab-el-Mandeb. At 12 knots that is about 26 days 1 hour at sea.

Distance

7,503 nm

13,895 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

26.1

26 days 1 hour

ECA miles

3,608 nm

48% of the route

Canals & straits

4

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

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots31.3 days62.5 days
11 knots28.4 days56.8 days
12 knots26.1 days52.1 days
13 knots24.0 days48.1 days
14 knots22.3 days44.7 days
15 knots20.8 days41.7 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

7,503 nm

26.1 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · 3,608 nm in ECA

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

12,117 nm+4,614 nm

42.1 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · 1,587 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 4,614 nm (about 16.0 days at 12 knots).

Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Baltic & Black Sea crude. Crude out of the Baltic and the Black Sea, including CPC Blend from Kazakhstan and Azeri crude through Ceyhan and Supsa, into the Mediterranean, Europe and Asia.

Typical ship sizes
Suezmax, Aframax
Related benchmark routes
TD6 (Black Sea–Med Suezmax), TD17 (Baltic–UKC Aframax)

Questions

How far is Ust-Luga from Vadinar by sea?

The sea distance from Ust-Luga to Vadinar is about 7,503 nautical miles (13,895 km), via the Dover Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal and Bab-el-Mandeb.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Ust-Luga to Vadinar?

About 26 days 1 hour at 12 knots, or 22.3 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Ust-Luga–Vadinar route pass?

The shortest route passes the Dover Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal and Bab-el-Mandeb. 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 3,608 nm, or 48% 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.

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