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Dover Strait

Running normally

Conditions

Transits a day
159.1
Last 7 published days
Normal
157
a day, when nothing is wrong
Share of normal
101%
Jun 9Normal 157Sep 6
Daily transits through Dover Strait
DateTransits
2026-06-09160
2026-06-10171
2026-06-11158
2026-06-12172
2026-06-13173
2026-06-14167
2026-06-15146
2026-06-16160
2026-06-17160
2026-06-18145
2026-06-19164
2026-06-20155
2026-06-21176
2026-06-22153
2026-06-23154
2026-06-24174
2026-06-25146
2026-06-26158
2026-06-27162
2026-06-28166
2026-06-29130
2026-06-30162
2026-07-01154
2026-07-02147
2026-07-03179
2026-07-04173
2026-07-05145
2026-07-06177
2026-07-07165
2026-07-08159
2026-07-09158
2026-07-10173
2026-07-11165
2026-07-12154
2026-07-13146
2026-07-14163
2026-07-15134
2026-07-16149
2026-07-17179
2026-07-18165
2026-07-19165
2026-07-20162
2026-07-21139
2026-07-22151
2026-07-23167
2026-07-24148
2026-07-25174
2026-07-26140
2026-07-27149
2026-07-28147
2026-07-29151
2026-07-30150
2026-07-31155
2026-08-01186
2026-08-02165
2026-08-03126
2026-08-04160
2026-08-05157
2026-08-06162
2026-08-07168
2026-08-08167
2026-08-09168
2026-08-10135
2026-08-11155
2026-08-12140
2026-08-13157
2026-08-14155
2026-08-15181
2026-08-16158
2026-08-17144
2026-08-18130
2026-08-19160
2026-08-20127
2026-08-21150
2026-08-22178
2026-08-23154
2026-08-24152
2026-08-25147
2026-08-26158
2026-08-27171
2026-08-28165
2026-08-29152
2026-08-30147
2026-08-31126
2026-09-01172
2026-09-02146
2026-09-03155
2026-09-04142
2026-09-05193
2026-09-06180

Daily transits from 2026-06-09 to 2026-09-06, running between 126 and 193 a day.

The most recent published day, Sep 6, 2026, counted 180 transits. Across the 90 days on record the count has run between 126 and 193 a day. Traffic over the last 7 days is +2% against the 7 days before.

Contracts on this passage

Everything above counts what already happened. These are the only figures on this page about what happens next, and nobody wrote them — the market did. Each is the price of a contract on this passage's published weekly transit count, and it moves while the market is open.

A price is what people here are paying to take that side. It is not a forecast and not an official figure. The count for a week is published a few days after the week ends, so these markets settle after their window closes.

Orbital view of the Dover Strait

The passage

Narrowest clear water
27km
Widest lane that fits between the shores
Shore to shore
36km
Across the passage, where transits are counted
Corridor
86km
Length of the lane this page describes
Counted at
51°02′N 1°30′E

These distances are worked out from the shape of the passage itself, not quoted from a reference. The clear-water figure is the widest lane that fits between the shores along the whole corridor. That comes out narrower than the headland-to-headland width an atlas prints.