Table 1 Cape of Good Hope vs. Suez Canal BRI distance savings.
From: The impact of the belt and road initiative on the Suez Canal cargo trade
Origin | Destination | Distance (Nautical Miles) | Time (Days) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suez | Cape | Saving | Suez | Cape | Saving | Saving (%) | ||
Shanghai | Piraeus | 7,844 | 14,253 | 6,409 | 23 | 43 | 20 | 47 |
Shanghai | Constanza | 8,233 | 14,768 | 6,535 | 24 | 44 | 20 | 45 |
Shanghai | Trieste | 8,545 | 14,420 | 5,875 | 25 | 42 | 17 | 40 |
Shanghai | Rotterdam | 10,525 | 13,843 | 3,318 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 24 |
Shanghai | Hamburg | 10,778 | 14,096 | 3,318 | 32 | 42 | 10 | 24 |
Shanghai | ST Petersburg | 11,767 | 15,085 | 3,318 | 35 | 45 | 10 | 22 |