North Europe to Indian Subcontinent
North Europe to Indian Subcontinent carries containers. Its usual routing (suez) passes Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait and covers about 6,351 nautical miles. Alternative routings: cape (10,771 nm). Links the EU with India, and its routing is sensitive to the Red Sea because Suez is the obvious path.
Key facts
- Cargo
- containers
- Origin: North Europe main container ports
- Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Le Havre, Zeebrugge
- Destination: Indian subcontinent container ports
- Mumbai-Jawaharlal Nehru, Mundra, Colombo, Karachi, Chennai
- Recorded events
- 0
- Ongoing now
- 0
- Distances verified
- Yes
Routings
| Routing | Chokepoints, in order | Distance (nm) | Distance source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suez (usual) | Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait | 6,351 | NGA Pub. 151 Distances Between Ports, 11th ed. (2001, PDF dated 2004), sum of 4 table legs, printed p. 44, 85, 94, 108 |
| cape | Dover Strait, Cape of Good Hope | 10,771 | NGA Pub. 151 Distances Between Ports, 11th ed. (2001, PDF dated 2004), sum of 3 table legs, printed p. 21, 44, 94 |
Disruption history
No events are recorded here yet.