Rotterdam to Busan sea distance

Rotterdam, Netherlands (NLRTM) to Busan, South Korea (KRPUS) is 10,999 nautical miles (20,370 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 Malacca

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 13,253 nm (24,544 km) via the Panama Canal: 2,254 nm (20%) longer, or about 6.7 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', 'KRPUS', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 10,999 nm

npm install searoute-ts · GitHub · npm

Related routes

Reverse direction: Busan to Rotterdam · 10,999 nm

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• Rotterdam to Istanbul · 3,245 nm
• Rotterdam to Port Said · 3,356 nm
• Rotterdam to New York · 3,362 nm
• Rotterdam to Savannah · 3,879 nm

More to Busan

• Shanghai to Busan · 460 nm
• Singapore to Busan · 2,559 nm
• Vancouver to Busan · 5,168 nm
• Seattle to Busan · 5,192 nm
• Los Angeles to Busan · 5,471 nm
• Long Beach to Busan · 5,471 nm

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