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Sea distance and voyage time

Shanghai → Valletta

Shanghai, China to Valletta, Malta: 8,216 nautical miles along the shipping lanes, via Taiwan Strait, Singapore Strait, Strait of Malacca, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal.

Any two of 3,807 ports of the World Port Index. Distance along the global shipping-lane network; indicative.

30°E60°E90°E120°E-0°N30°NShanghaiVallettaShanghai → Valletta (schematic)
Route along the global shipping-lane network (searoute / ORNL, open data). Schematic, not for navigation.

Sea distance

8,216 nautical miles

At 12 knots
28.5 days at sea
Port time
4.0 days
Voyage total
32.5 days
At 10 / 12 / 14 knots
34.2 / 28.5 / 24.5 days at sea
Passages
Taiwan Strait, Singapore Strait, Strait of Malacca, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal

Indicative. Weather, canal transits, bunkering calls and waiting at anchor add to the real voyage. Port time depends on rates and terms at both ends.

Port of loading: Shanghai, China

Channel depth
7.9 m
Cargo pier depth
11.0 m
Max vessel draft
n/a
Max vessel length
n/a
Harbor size
Large
Cranes
fixed, mobile, floating

All facts for Shanghai

Port of discharge: Valletta, Malta

Channel depth
15.5 m
Cargo pier depth
12.5 m
Max vessel draft
n/a
Max vessel length
n/a
Harbor size
Medium
Cranes
fixed, mobile, floating

All facts for Valletta

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