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World trade has to fit through these

Each of these passages has a level it runs at when nothing is wrong. The count that would tell you arrives days late. Take a side on next week's count.

Taking fewer ships than they normally do

  • All but stopped

    Kerch Strait

    Share of normal
    1%
    Transits a day
    0.1
    Last 7 published days
    Normal 11.5 a day, when nothing is wrongChance50%
  • All but stopped

    Strait of Hormuz

    Share of normal
    13%
    Transits a day
    3.1
    Last 7 published days
    Normal 24 a day, when nothing is wrongChance51%
  • Below normal

    Bering Strait

    Share of normal
    75%
    Transits a day
    3
    Last 7 published days
    Normal 4 a day, when nothing is wrongChance50%
  • Below normal

    Bosporus Strait

    Share of normal
    79%
    Transits a day
    53.1
    Last 7 published days
    Normal 67 a day, when nothing is wrongChance49%

Every passage, quietest first

A share divides the mean count over the last 7 published days by the level the passage runs at when nothing is wrong. A day's count is published a few days after the day it describes.
PassageTransits a dayShare of normalChanceStatus
Kerch Strait0.1Normal 11.51%50%All but stopped
Strait of Hormuz3.1Normal 2413%51%All but stopped
Bering Strait3Normal 475%50%Below normal
Bosporus Strait53.1Normal 6779%49%Below normal
Bab el-Mandeb Strait25.4Normal 3182%51%Below normal
Panama Canal29.6Normal 3487%51%Running normally
Luzon Strait82.7Normal 9587%51%Running normally
Cape of Good Hope78.6Normal 9087%50%Running normally
Oresund Strait35.7Normal 4089%50%Running normally
Balabac Strait9.9Normal 1190%50%Running normally
Ombai Strait9Normal 1090%50%Running normally
Sunda Strait29.4Normal 3292%49%Running normally
Makassar Strait49Normal 5392%49%Running normally
Korea Strait199.6Normal 21593%49%Running normally
Malacca Strait206Normal 22094%49%Running normally
Torres Strait7.6Normal 895%51%Running normally
Windward Passage15.3Normal 1696%50%Running normally
Bohai Strait154.4Normal 16196%50%Running normally
Lombok Strait34.9Normal 3697%51%Running normally
Taiwan Strait244.1Normal 245100%50%Running normally
Mona Passage11Normal 11100%50%Running normally
Mindoro Strait52Normal 52100%50%Running normally
Tsugaru Strait53.6Normal 53101%51%Running normally
Yucatan Channel53.6Normal 53101%49%Running normally
Dover Strait159.1Normal 157101%50%Running normally
Suez Canal41.6Normal 41101%49%Running normally
Gibraltar Strait139.3Normal 129108%51%Running normally
Magellan Strait5.7Normal 5114%50%Running normally