Rotterdam to Jebel Ali sea distance

Rotterdam, Netherlands (NLRTM) to Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates (AEJEA) is 6,278 nautical miles (11,627 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

• Dover Strait
• Strait of Gibraltar
• Suez Canal
• Bab-el-Mandeb
• Strait of Hormuz

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 11,054 nm (20,472 km) via the Cape of Good Hope: 4,776 nm (76%) longer, or about 14.2 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('NLRTM', 'AEJEA', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 6,278 nm

npm install searoute-ts · GitHub · npm

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Reverse direction: Jebel Ali to Rotterdam · 6,278 nm

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• Singapore to Jebel Ali · 3,469 nm
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• Hamburg to Jebel Ali · 6,538 nm

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