Port-to-port sea distance
Yanbu to Port Louis distance
The sea distance from Yanbu (Saudi Arabia) to Port Louis (Mauritius) is about 3,092 nautical miles (5,727 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb. At 12 knots that is about 10 days 18 hours at sea.
Distance
3,092 nm
5,727 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
10.7
10 days 18 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Bab-el-Mandeb
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 12.9 days | 25.8 days |
| 11 knots | 11.7 days | 23.4 days |
| 12 knots | 10.7 days | 21.5 days |
| 13 knots | 9.9 days | 19.8 days |
| 14 knots | 9.2 days | 18.4 days |
| 15 knots | 8.6 days | 17.2 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
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 Port Louis by sea?
The sea distance from Yanbu to Port Louis is about 3,092 nautical miles (5,727 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Yanbu to Port Louis?
About 10 days 18 hours at 12 knots, or 9.2 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Yanbu–Port Louis 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.