Chokepoint traffic: week 6 of 2026

Monday Feb 2, 2026 to Sunday Feb 8, 2026 (UTC)

4 of 27 chokepoints with a full week were below normal. We track 28 in total.

Daily counts are published a few days late. Latest published day: Nov 8, 2026, 5 days ago.

Normal is the median daily count over the 84 published days to the week’s last day. If a disruption has pulled that median below half of the route’s usual traffic, normal is the highest median of any 14 days in a row in the 730 days to that day.

Ships through each chokepoint during the week.
Chokepoint	Ships this week	Per day	Normal per day	% of normal	Status	Markets
Bering Strait	0	0	4	0%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Strait of Magellan	20	2.9	8	36%	Sharply reduced	Weekly count markets
Windward Passage	80	11.4	14	82%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Bosporus Strait	544	77.7	91.5	85%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Oresund Strait	278	39.7	46.5	85%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mona Passage	68	9.7	11	88%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Cape of Good Hope	550	78.6	86	91%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bohai Strait	1,132	161.7	174	93%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Luzon Strait	424	60.6	65	93%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Korea Strait	1,301	185.9	197.5	94%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Makassar Strait	313	44.7	47.5	94%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Ombai Strait	66	9.4	10	94%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Gibraltar	918	131.1	136.5	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Taiwan Strait	1,514	216.3	225	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bab-el-Mandeb	238	34	34.5	99%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Lombok Strait	264	37.7	38	99%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Torres Strait	63	9	9	100%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Malacca	1,698	242.6	241	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Suez Canal	283	40.4	40	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Kerch Strait	93	13.3	13	102%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Dover	1,207	172.4	168.5	102%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Hormuz	425	60.7	58	105%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Sunda Strait	261	37.3	35.5	105%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mindoro Strait	261	37.3	35	107%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Yucatan Channel	377	53.9	48	112%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Balabac Strait	71	10.1	9	113%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Tsugaru Strait	297	42.4	35.5	120%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Panama Canal	Not fully published. Latest day: Nov 6, 2026					Weekly count markets