Russian Baltic to India crude
Russian Baltic to India crude carries crude-oil. Its usual routing (suez-great-belt) passes Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait and covers about 7,503 nautical miles. Alternative routings: suez-the-sound (7,383 nm), cape. Rerouted after the 2022 sanctions, this lane carries Urals crude to Gujarat refiners on voyages of more than a month.
Key facts
- Cargo
- crude-oil
- Destination: India west coast refinery ports
- Sikka, Mumbai-Jawaharlal Nehru, Mundra
- Recorded events
- 0
- Ongoing now
- 0
- Distances verified
- Not all
Routings
| Routing | Chokepoints, in order | Distance (nm) | Distance source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suez-great-belt (usual) | Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait | 7,503 | NGA Pub. 151 Distances Between Ports, 11th ed. (2001, PDF dated 2004), sum of 6 table legs, printed p. 44, 85, 87, 105, 108, 121 |
| suez-the-sound | Oresund Strait, Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait | 7,383 | NGA Pub. 151 Distances Between Ports, 11th ed. (2001, PDF dated 2004), sum of 6 table legs, printed p. 44, 85, 87, 105, 108, 121 |
| cape | Dover Strait, Cape of Good Hope | unverified | unverified, needs Pub 151 lookup (Pub 151 has no Cape of Good Hope leg for Okha) |
Disruption history
No events are recorded here yet.