Tanker port
Ruwais, United Arab Emirates
Ruwais is a clean products tanker port in United Arab Emirates, at 24.14°N 52.73°E, also known as Ar Ruways. It is a load port for Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Below are sea distances and sea days for 14 tanker voyages to and from Ruwais.
Voyages from
14
to 13 countries
Voyages to
0
Load port
Ship sizes
LR2
LR1, MR
Trades
1
clean products
Voyages from Ruwais
| To | Distance | Days @ 12 kn | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karachi | 904 nm | 3.1 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Djibouti | 1,836 nm | 6.4 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Colombo | 2,086 nm | 7.2 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Jeddah | 2,439 nm | 8.5 | Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Mombasa | 2,657 nm | 9.2 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Dar es Salaam | 2,806 nm | 9.7 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Port Louis | 3,274 nm | 11.4 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Singapore | 3,690 nm | 12.8 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Durban | 4,179 nm | 14.5 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Ulsan | 6,241 nm | 21.7 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Le Havre | 6,247 nm | 21.7 | Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar |
| Rotterdam | 6,431 nm | 22.3 | Strait of Hormuz · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · Dover Strait |
| Yokohama | 6,657 nm | 23.1 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Chiba | 6,665 nm | 23.1 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
Trades
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.
LR2, LR1, MR · TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)
Questions
Where is Ruwais?
Ruwais is in United Arab Emirates, at 24.14°N 52.73°E. It is also known as Ar Ruways.
What tankers call at Ruwais?
Ruwais handles clean products, typically on LR2, LR1 and MR tankers.
How far are Ruwais's voyages?
Of the voyages listed here, the shortest is Ruwais to Karachi at 904 nm and the longest is Ruwais to Chiba at 6,665 nm, about 23.1 days at 12 knots.
Terms on this page
Coordinates are approximate berth or terminal positions. Distances are calculated by Vessbook on a modelled global shipping-lane network for a tanker at 12 m draft.