Chokepoint monitor
Is the Kerch Strait open?
Effectively no
0 ships crossed the Kerch Strait on Nov 8, 2026. Normal is about 24.5 a day.
Under a quarter of normal for 18 weeks in a row, since the week of Jul 6, 2026.
New counts are published weekly
About this map
- Tanker
- Cargo ship
- Passenger ship
- Fishing boat
- Other ship
Ships whose transponder was picked up in the last 30 minutes. This is not a transit count: ships with the transponder off or out of range don’t appear.
The route line is approximate.
Key numbers
- Transits a day
- 0
- Average, 7 days to Nov 8, 2026
- Share of normal
- 0%
- Normal is 24.5 a day
Traffic
Ships counted each day, compared with normal.
Conditions
Ships counted on Nov 8, 2026: 0. Range over 400 days: 0 to 50 a day.
Ships counted a day
| Date | Transits |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | 0 |
| 2026-10-11 | 2 |
| 2026-10-12 | 0 |
| 2026-10-13 | 0 |
| 2026-10-14 | 0 |
| 2026-10-15 | 0 |
| 2026-10-16 | 0 |
| 2026-10-17 | 0 |
| 2026-10-18 | 0 |
| 2026-10-19 | 0 |
| 2026-10-20 | 0 |
| 2026-10-21 | 0 |
| 2026-10-22 | 0 |
| 2026-10-23 | 0 |
| 2026-10-24 | 1 |
| 2026-10-25 | 0 |
| 2026-10-26 | 0 |
| 2026-10-27 | 0 |
| 2026-10-28 | 0 |
| 2026-10-29 | 0 |
| 2026-10-30 | 0 |
| 2026-10-31 | 0 |
| 2026-11-01 | 0 |
| 2026-11-02 | 0 |
| 2026-11-03 | 0 |
| 2026-11-04 | 0 |
| 2026-11-05 | 0 |
| 2026-11-06 | 0 |
| 2026-11-07 | 0 |
| 2026-11-08 | 0 |
Daily transits from 2025-10-05 to 2026-11-08: 0 to 50 a day.
Geography
- Narrowest width
- 1.5km
- Open water at the tightest point
- Corridor
- 30km
- Length
- Counted at
- 45°16′N 36°33′E
We measure these distances from the coastline, so they can differ from an atlas. Narrowest width is the widest lane that fits along the whole corridor, so it's smaller than the headland-to-headland width.
Markets
Markets on the weekly ship count.
No open markets right now.
Events
News and incidents.
Questions and answers
- Is the Kerch Strait open?
- Effectively no. 0 ships crossed the Kerch Strait on Nov 8, 2026. Normal is about 24.5 a day.
- How many ships cross the Kerch Strait each day?
- 0 ships on Nov 8, 2026, the latest day counted. The 7-day average is 0 a day.
- How does traffic at the Kerch Strait compare with normal?
- The last 7 days averaged 0 ships a day, 0% of the normal 24.5.
- When were these figures last updated?
- The latest count is for Nov 8, 2026. New counts are published once a week, a couple of days after each week ends, so the latest day can be up to ten days old.
- How long has traffic at the Kerch Strait been below normal?
- Under a quarter of normal for 18 weeks in a row, since the week of Jul 6, 2026.