Shipping Optimisation Systems (SOS): tramp optimisation perspective

Journal of Shipping and Trade

Table 13 Average voyage time^a (days) in 2018, classified by ship and trade area

Trade area	Arabian-Gulf-US^b	Black-Sea-Far–East^b	Latin-America-Black-Sea	North-Africa-South-Europe	West-Africa-North-Europe
Ship name
El Kosseir	30	24	17	np^c	12
Ibn Elwaleed	np	np	np	5	14
Ibn Maged	np	np	np	5	11
Mersa Alam	np	27	20	7	13
Safaga	32	26	18	np	15
Sidi Kirear	35	27	19	np	14

^aAverage voyage time = Difference between calling date at first port and operation ending date at last port + voyage fixed time
^bIn Arabian-Gulf-US trade area, ships do not pass Suez Canal; while in Black-Sea-Far-East trade area, ships pass Suez Canal
^cnp = not profitable