Port-to-port sea distance

Yanbu to Karachi distance

The sea distance from Yanbu (Saudi Arabia) to Karachi (Pakistan) is about 2,175 nautical miles (4,028 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb. At 12 knots that is about 7 days 13 hours at sea.

Distance

2,175 nm

4,028 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

7.6

7 days 13 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Bab-el-Mandeb

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	9.1 days	18.1 days
11 knots	8.2 days	16.5 days
12 knots	7.6 days	15.1 days
13 knots	7.0 days	13.9 days
14 knots	6.5 days	12.9 days
15 knots	6.0 days	12.1 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

2,175 nm

7.6 days at 12 kn · Bab-el-Mandeb

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Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Naphtha, jet and diesel from the big export refineries at Ruwais, Jubail, Yanbu and Jamnagar, going east to Japan and Singapore, west to Europe, and to East Africa.

Typical ship sizes: LR2, LR1, MR
Related benchmark routes: TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)

Questions

How far is Yanbu from Karachi by sea?

The sea distance from Yanbu to Karachi is about 2,175 nautical miles (4,028 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Yanbu to Karachi?

About 7 days 13 hours at 12 knots, or 6.5 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Yanbu–Karachi route pass?

The shortest route passes the Bab-el-Mandeb.

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.