Qingdao to New Orleans sea distance
About 10,085 nautical miles via the Panama Canal, or 15,252 nm via the Cape of Good Hope. The same distance applies from New Orleans to Qingdao.
Grain Main trade lane: US Gulf soybeans-China (Panama)
- Sea distance
- 10,085 nm
- Kilometres
- 18,677 km
- At 14 knots
- 30.0 days
- Route
- Via the Panama Canal
- Via the Cape of Good Hope
- 15,252 nm
- +5,167 nm, +15.4 days at 14 kn
Via the Panama Canal or via the Cape of Good Hope
Via the Panama Canal (10,085 nm) is the shortest route, for Panamax and Neo-Panamax ships; the canal charges a transit fee. Via the Cape of Good Hope (15,252 nm, 5,167 nm or 15.4 days longer at 14 knots) is the route for ships too large for the canal laden, and the usual alternative when the canal is restricted or avoided, as during the Panama Canal draught limits of 2023–24. Canal waiting time is not included.
Sailing time
| Speed | Via Panama Canal | Via Cape of Good Hope | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 42.0 | 63.6 | +21.5 |
| 12 knots | 35.0 | 53.0 | +17.9 |
| 14 knots | 30.0 | 45.4 | +15.4 |
| 16 knots | 26.3 | 39.7 | +13.5 |
| 18 knots | 23.3 | 35.3 | +12.0 |
| 20 knots | 21.0 | 31.8 | +10.8 |
→ days at sea via the Panama Canal, days via the Cape of Good Hope (excluding port time and canal waiting).
Ports
Qingdao
China · East Asia
UN/LOCODE: CNQIN / CNTAO
New Orleans
United States · North America
UN/LOCODE: USMSY
Other routes from Qingdao
- Qingdao to Xiamen858 nm
- Qingdao to Kaohsiung904 nm
- Qingdao to Shenzhen (Yantian)1,113 nm
- Qingdao to Hong Kong1,121 nm
- Qingdao to Guangzhou1,229 nm
- Qingdao to Manila1,471 nm
- Qingdao to Qinzhou (Beibu Gulf)1,535 nm
- Qingdao to Haiphong1,658 nm
Other routes from New Orleans
- New Orleans to Rotterdam4,845 nm