Port-to-port sea distance
Zafiro to Qingdao distance
The sea distance from Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea) to Qingdao (China) is about 10,450 nautical miles (19,353 km), via the Sunda Strait. At 12 knots that is about 36 days 7 hours at sea.
Distance
10,450 nm
19,353 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
36.3
36 days 7 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Sunda Strait
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 43.5 days | 87.1 days |
| 11 knots | 39.6 days | 79.2 days |
| 12 knots | 36.3 days | 72.6 days |
| 13 knots | 33.5 days | 67.0 days |
| 14 knots | 31.1 days | 62.2 days |
| 15 knots | 29.0 days | 58.1 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
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
West Africa crude. Nigerian, Angolan and Congolese light sweet crude, shipped north to Europe on Suezmaxes and east to India and China on VLCCs.
- Typical ship sizes
- VLCC, Suezmax
- Related benchmark routes
- TD15 (WAF–China VLCC), TD20 (WAF–UKC Suezmax)
Questions
How far is Zafiro from Qingdao by sea?
The sea distance from Zafiro to Qingdao is about 10,450 nautical miles (19,353 km), via the Sunda Strait.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Zafiro to Qingdao?
About 36 days 7 hours at 12 knots, or 31.1 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Zafiro–Qingdao route pass?
The shortest route passes the Sunda Strait.
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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