Port-to-port sea distance
Yeosu to Chittagong distance
The sea distance from Yeosu (South Korea) to Chittagong (Bangladesh) is about 4,022 nautical miles (7,449 km), via the Malacca Strait. At 12 knots that is about 13 days 23 hours at sea.
Distance
4,022 nm
7,449 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
14.0
13 days 23 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 | 16.8 days | 33.5 days |
| 11 knots | 15.2 days | 30.5 days |
| 12 knots | 14.0 days | 27.9 days |
| 13 knots | 12.9 days | 25.8 days |
| 14 knots | 12.0 days | 23.9 days |
| 15 knots | 11.2 days | 22.3 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
Avoiding the Malacca Strait (via Sunda or Lombok)
5,001 nm+979 nm
17.4 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 979 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 Yeosu from Chittagong by sea?
The sea distance from Yeosu to Chittagong is about 4,022 nautical miles (7,449 km), via the Malacca Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Yeosu to Chittagong?
About 13 days 23 hours at 12 knots, or 12.0 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Yeosu–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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- Singapore to Chittagong1,565 nm
- Sikka to Chittagong2,313 nm
- Mina Al Fahal to Chittagong2,811 nm
- Fujairah to Chittagong2,916 nm
- 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
- Mina Al Ahmadi to Chittagong3,488 nm
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