Tanker port
Sikka, India
Sikka is a crude and clean products tanker port in India, at 22.43°N 69.84°E. It is a load port for Arabian Gulf & India → clean products and Asia-Pacific clean products, and a discharge port for Arabian Gulf → India & South Asia crude, West Africa crude, US Gulf crude exports, Baltic & Black Sea crude and Latin America crude. Below are sea distances and sea days for 60 tanker voyages to and from Sikka.
Voyages from
26
to 22 countries
Voyages to
34
from 17 countries
Ship sizes
LR2
LR1, MR, VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Trades
7
crude and clean products
Voyages from Sikka
| To | Distance | Days @ 12 kn | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karachi | 276 nm | 1.0 | Open sea |
| Colombo | 1,137 nm | 3.9 | Open sea |
| Djibouti | 1,704 nm | 5.9 | Open sea |
| Jeddah | 2,308 nm | 8.0 | Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Chittagong | 2,313 nm | 8.0 | Open sea |
| Yangon | 2,417 nm | 8.4 | Open sea |
| Mombasa | 2,433 nm | 8.4 | Open sea |
| Dar es Salaam | 2,582 nm | 9.0 | Open sea |
| Port Louis | 2,739 nm | 9.5 | Open sea |
| Singapore | 2,741 nm | 9.5 | Malacca Strait |
| Tanjung Priok | 3,052 nm | 10.6 | Sunda Strait |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 3,427 nm | 11.9 | Malacca Strait |
| Durban | 3,877 nm | 13.5 | Open sea |
| Batangas | 4,106 nm | 14.3 | Malacca Strait |
| Hong Kong | 4,169 nm | 14.5 | Malacca Strait |
| Kwinana | 4,377 nm | 15.2 | Open sea |
| Ulsan | 5,292 nm | 18.4 | Malacca Strait |
| Port Moresby | 5,459 nm | 19.0 | Open sea |
| Yokohama | 5,708 nm | 19.8 | Malacca Strait |
| Chiba | 5,717 nm | 19.8 | Malacca Strait |
| Melbourne | 5,924 nm | 20.6 | Open sea |
| Le Havre | 6,115 nm | 21.2 | Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar |
| Rotterdam | 6,299 nm | 21.9 | Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · Dover Strait |
| Brisbane | 6,364 nm | 22.1 | Open sea |
| Sydney | 6,383 nm | 22.2 | Open sea |
| Auckland | 7,538 nm | 26.2 | Open sea |
Voyages to Sikka
| From | Distance | Days @ 12 kn | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Das Island | 1,078 nm | 3.7 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Jebel Dhanna | 1,078 nm | 3.7 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Ju'aymah | 1,127 nm | 3.9 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Ras Tanura | 1,127 nm | 3.9 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Basrah Oil Terminal | 1,297 nm | 4.5 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Mina Al Ahmadi | 1,305 nm | 4.5 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Ceyhan | 3,392 nm | 11.8 | Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| CPC Terminal | 4,207 nm | 14.6 | Bosphorus · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Novorossiysk | 4,222 nm | 14.7 | Bosphorus · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Supsa | 4,350 nm | 15.1 | Bosphorus · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Cabinda | 6,569 nm | 22.8 | Open sea |
| Malongo | 6,569 nm | 22.8 | Open sea |
| Soyo | 6,599 nm | 22.9 | Open sea |
| Djeno | 6,641 nm | 23.1 | Open sea |
| Bonny | 7,098 nm | 24.6 | Open sea |
| Brass | 7,098 nm | 24.6 | Open sea |
| Qua Iboe | 7,162 nm | 24.9 | Open sea |
| Zafiro | 7,162 nm | 24.9 | Open sea |
| Escravos | 7,247 nm | 25.2 | Open sea |
| Forcados | 7,247 nm | 25.2 | Open sea |
| Ust-Luga | 7,503 nm | 26.1 | Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Primorsk | 7,547 nm | 26.2 | Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Angra dos Reis | 7,966 nm | 27.7 | Open sea |
| Sao Sebastiao | 8,100 nm | 28.1 | Open sea |
| Jose | 8,478 nm | 29.4 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Georgetown | 8,524 nm | 29.6 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Covenas | 9,013 nm | 31.3 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| LOOP | 9,420 nm | 32.7 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Beaumont | 9,606 nm | 33.4 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Texas City | 9,627 nm | 33.4 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Houston | 9,658 nm | 33.5 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Freeport | 9,671 nm | 33.6 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Corpus Christi | 9,714 nm | 33.7 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Esmeraldas | 9,793 nm | 34.0 | Panama Canal · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb |
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)
Singapore and North Asian refinery exports supplying Australia, New Zealand and South-east Asia, which import most of the fuel they burn.
LR2, LR1, MR · TC7 (Singapore–East Coast Australia MR), TC11 (South Korea–Singapore MR)
Short-haul Gulf crude into India's west-coast refining hub at Sikka and Vadinar, and around the subcontinent to Paradip and Chittagong.
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Nigerian, Angolan and Congolese light sweet crude, shipped north to Europe on Suezmaxes and east to India and China on VLCCs.
VLCC, Suezmax · TD15 (WAF–China VLCC), TD20 (WAF–UKC Suezmax)
US shale crude out of Corpus Christi, Houston and the LOOP to Europe and Asia, often reverse-lightered onto VLCCs offshore.
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax · TD22 (USG–China VLCC), TD25 (USG–UKC Aframax)
Crude out of the Baltic and the Black Sea, including CPC Blend from Kazakhstan and Azeri crude through Ceyhan and Supsa, into the Mediterranean, Europe and Asia.
Suezmax, Aframax · TD6 (Black Sea–Med Suezmax), TD17 (Baltic–UKC Aframax)
Brazilian pre-salt, Guyanese, Colombian and Ecuadorian crude, shipped to China, the US and Europe.
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Questions
Where is Sikka?
Sikka is in India, at 22.43°N 69.84°E.
What tankers call at Sikka?
Sikka handles crude and clean products, typically on LR2, LR1, MR, VLCC, Suezmax and Aframax tankers.
How far are Sikka's voyages?
Of the voyages listed here, the shortest is Sikka to Karachi at 276 nm and the longest is Esmeraldas to Sikka at 9,793 nm, about 34.0 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.