Shanghai to Algeciras sea distance

Shanghai, China (CNSHA) to Algeciras, Spain (ESALG) is 9,268 nautical miles (17,163 km) by sea, via the Suez Canal.

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Distance and sailing time

Time at sea only, excluding port calls, canal waiting and weather.

Passages

• Strait of Malacca
• Bab-el-Mandeb
• Suez Canal
• Strait of Gibraltar

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 12,831 nm (23,764 km) via the Cape of Good Hope: 3,564 nm (38%) longer, or about 10.6 extra days at 14 knots.

Emissions estimate

Rough estimate for a post-Panamax container ship, not a certified figure. ECA share uses bounding boxes.

Compute it yourself

import { seaRoute } from 'searoute-ts';
import 'searoute-ts/ports';

const route = seaRoute('CNSHA', 'ESALG', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 9,268 nm

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Related routes

Reverse direction: Algeciras to Shanghai · 9,268 nm

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• Shanghai to Busan · 460 nm
• Shanghai to Yokohama · 1,024 nm
• Shanghai to Singapore · 2,226 nm
• Shanghai to Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) · 2,415 nm
• Shanghai to Colombo · 3,860 nm
• Shanghai to Sydney · 4,607 nm

More to Algeciras

• Rotterdam to Algeciras · 1,398 nm
• Singapore to Algeciras · 7,041 nm
• Ningbo to Algeciras · 9,162 nm

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