Wait for Suez
Baseline routeDistance
6,469 NM
Passage incl. wait
27.5 days
22.5 modeled sailing days + 5.0 assumed closure days.
Passage planning · scenario model
Parallel Seas
Mumbai to Rotterdam · wait for Suez or divert around the Cape
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Suez baseline Cape diversion
Emphasize route
Divert via Cape
Alternative routeDistance
11,568 NM
Passage
40.2 days
+5,099 NM / +17.7 sailing days versus the Suez waypoint baseline.
Waiting is 12.7 days faster under these assumptions.
Model notes
- Speed is a constant average over the full route; weather, currents, vessel handling, and speed restrictions are excluded.
- Distances sum great-circle legs between fixed illustrative waypoints. Actual navigable routes and canal transits differ.
- Closure delay is a scenario input, not a report that Suez is closed.
- These routes start outside the Persian Gulf; the Cape diversion does not provide a Hormuz bypass for vessels inside the Gulf.
- Fuel use, freight rates, cargo value, and economic effects are not estimated.