Port-to-port sea distance
Yanbu to Le Havre distance
The sea distance from Yanbu (Saudi Arabia) to Le Havre (France) is about 3,830 nautical miles (7,092 km), via the Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar. At 12 knots that is about 13 days 7 hours at sea.
Distance
3,830 nm
7,092 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
13.3
13 days 7 hours
ECA miles
2,275 nm
59% of the route
Canals & straits
2
Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 16.0 days | 31.9 days |
| 11 knots | 14.5 days | 29.0 days |
| 12 knots | 13.3 days | 26.6 days |
| 13 knots | 12.3 days | 24.5 days |
| 14 knots | 11.4 days | 22.8 days |
| 15 knots | 10.6 days | 21.3 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
3,830 nm
13.3 days at 12 kn · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · 2,275 nm in ECA
See it on the mapVoyage 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 Le Havre by sea?
The sea distance from Yanbu to Le Havre is about 3,830 nautical miles (7,092 km), via the Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Yanbu to Le Havre?
About 13 days 7 hours at 12 knots, or 11.4 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–Le Havre route pass?
The shortest route passes the Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar.
How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?
About 2,275 nm, or 59% 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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