Neptune Atlas
Port Hedland to Qingdao by sea: 3,500 nautical miles
Port Hedland to Qingdao by sea is 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km), with no canal on the way. The distance is the same in both directions, so this is also the distance from Qingdao to Port Hedland. Ships on this route often carry iron ore.
| Route | Nautical miles | Days at sea at | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 12 knots | 14 knots | 16 knots | ||
| Sea route | 3,500 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 9.1 |
Days are time under way at a steady speed. They leave out waiting, time in port and bad weather.
- Canals
- None
- Canal time
- None
- Inside emission areas
- 0 nm
- Straight line
- 3,387 nm
Emission control areas
None of this route is inside an emission control area (ECA). An ECA is a sea area where a ship must burn fuel with no more than 0.10 per cent sulphur, or clean its exhaust. Either costs more than sailing on ordinary fuel.
The two ports
- Port Hedland, Australia. UN/LOCODE AUPHE, at 20.31 S, 118.58 E.
- Qingdao, China. UN/LOCODE CNTAO, at 36.07 N, 120.38 E.
A UN/LOCODE is the United Nations code for a port. The straight line above is the great circle, the shortest line over the globe, which crosses land.
How this was worked out
Computed on 13 October 2026 by the sea router behind the Neptune Atlas voyage estimator. It searches a grid of navigable water built from public sea depth data, so the track goes round headlands and through straits. No draft limit was set and no area was avoided. Distance tables differ by a few per cent, because each one picks its own point for a port and its own track through straits. Use it for planning, not in place of a chart.
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Related routes
Other routes at Port Hedland
- Port Hedland to Gwangyang3,507 nm
- Port Hedland to Ningbo3,207 nm
Other routes at Qingdao
- Santos to Qingdao11,251 nm
- Vancouver to Qingdao5,128 nm
- Vitoria to Qingdao11,074 nm
- Paranagua to Qingdao11,308 nm
Guides that go with this route
- Bunkers and fuel grades: what a ship burns on a passage like this one.
- Laytime and demurrage: the time allowed in port once the ship arrives.