Russia → India crude corridor · live voyage risk

🇷🇺 Ust-Luga → Mundra 🇮🇳

Russian Baltic crude from Ust-Luga to India’s Mundra — the long sanctioned-origin haul around Europe and through Suez.

As of 2026-09-13, ArcNautical scores the 6,817 nm Ust-Luga → Mundra corridor 80/100 — High risk, and avoiding the Red Sea via the Cape of Good Hope adds about 3,987 nm / 12 days over the Suez routing. Signals: Joint War Committee, ReCAAP/IMB piracy, ACLED/GDELT conflict, marine weather.

80/100
High risk
82% data confidence · 11 live signals

Last computed 2026-09-13 · Risk signals from ArcNautical's voyage engine · data confidence 82% · refreshed weekly. This score moves with conditions on the lane.

Distance
6,817 nm
Transit (est. @ 14 kn)
~20.3 days
Chokepoints crossed
4
Live sea-state (max)
2.9 m / 27 kt
Route: 🇷🇺 Ust-Luga Danish StraitsStrait of GibraltarSuez CanalRed SeaBab el-MandebGulf of Aden 🇮🇳 Mundra

Current status · last computed 2026-09-13 · weekly

High risk. The Red Sea / Bab-el-Mandeb war-risk corridor is the dominant exposure on this lane. The Cape of Good Hope diversion remains the conservative routing assumption.

Why this lane scores High — the 11 signals

ArcNautical's voyage engine composites eleven independent intelligence signals along the actual sea route, then weights each by how much it is driving risk on this corridor right now. Bar width = current severity of that signal; the percentage = its share of the composite score.

JWC Listed Areas 16% of score
Route transits 3 JWC listed area(s): Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandeb, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean high-risk waters severity 80/100 · 3 signals
Piracy Incidents 15% of score
1 piracy incident(s) within 100nm of route severity 4/100 · 1 signal
Conflict Events 13% of score
14 conflict events within 200nm: 14 armed conflict(s) severity 100/100 · 14 signals
Marine Weather 12% of score
Light to moderate seas: 2.9m waves, 27kt winds | Seasonal: Arabian Sea monsoon/cyclone season (1.4x baseline risk, September) severity 47/100 · 7 signals
Chokepoint Disruption 10% of score
Route transits 2 chokepoint(s): Suez Canal (elevated, 30), Bab el-Mandeb (elevated, 30) severity 30/100 · 2 signals
Sanctions Exposure 9% of score
Transit through RU (OFAC); Transit through YE (OFAC, EU, UNSC); Transit through SO (OFAC, EU, UNSC); Transit through LY (EU, UNSC) severity 100/100 · 4 signals
Navigational Warnings 9% of score
3 active NAVWARN(s) (1 hostile): 1 military, 2 general severity 10/100 · 3 signals
Country Risk 8% of score
Route near 6 elevated-risk country/countries: RU, SD, YE, DJ, SO, LY severity 54/100 · 9 signals
Natural Disasters 8% of score
9 disaster event(s) within 200nm: 9 volcanic ash severity 5/100 · 9 signals
AIS Disruptions 0% of score
AIS disruption monitoring unavailable — live position feed is not delivering, so this route was not screened for AIS disruptions severity 0/100
Dark Activity 0% of score
Dark activity monitoring unavailable — the detector is not reporting, so this route was not screened for dark activity and an absence of events is not evidence of calm severity 0/100

War-risk & piracy zones on this route

Listed-area intersections come from the Joint War Committee (JWC) hull-war zones, tested against the route geometry — not a country list. These are the areas underwriters load war-risk premium for.

1 recent piracy / armed-robbery incident logged within 100 nm of the route (most recent: hijacking near the Gulf of Aden).

Sanctions exposure on the corridor

This route runs 17% of its distance through sanctioned waters. A leg inside a sanctioned EEZ is where AIS-gap, dark-STS and shadow-fleet activity concentrate — the geography compliance teams have to be able to defend.

Route transits 4 sanctioned EEZ(s): Libya [UNSC] (6%), Yemen [OFAC, UNSC] (6%), Federal Republic of Somalia [OFAC, UNSC] (4%), Russia [OFAC] (1%). 11 other EEZ(s): Oman (7%), Egypt (6%), Eritrea (5%), Halaib Triangle (5%), India (4%), Sweden (3%), Estonia (1%), Morocco (1%), Djibouti (1%), Algeria (1%), Latvia (0%)

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FAQ

Is the Ust-Luga to Mundra shipping route high risk?

ArcNautical scores it 80/100 — High risk. The largest drivers are JWC Listed Areas, Piracy Incidents, Conflict Events. The route crosses Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandeb and Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean high-risk waters, and runs 17% of its distance through sanctioned waters.

Which chokepoints does the Ust-Luga–Mundra route cross?

Danish Straits, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb. Total distance 6,817 nautical miles, roughly 20 days at 14 knots.

How much longer is the Ust-Luga to Mundra route if ships avoid the Red Sea?

Routing via the Suez Canal is about 20 days at 14 knots. Diverting around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Red Sea / Bab-el-Mandeb adds roughly 3,987 nautical miles and 12 extra days — about 32 days end to end.

Does the Ust-Luga to Mundra route pass through sanctioned waters?

Route transits 4 sanctioned EEZ(s): Libya [UNSC] (6%), Yemen [OFAC, UNSC] (6%), Federal Republic of Somalia [OFAC, UNSC] (4%), Russia [OFAC] (1%). 11 other EEZ(s): Oman (7%), Egypt (6%), Eritrea (5%), Halaib Triangle (5%), India (4%), Sweden (3%), Estonia (1%), Morocco (1%), Djibouti (1%), Algeria (1%), Latvia (0%)