Chokepoint traffic: week 19 of 2026

Monday May 4, 2026 to Sunday May 10, 2026 (UTC)

7 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
Strait of Hormuz	8	1.1	112.5	1%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Bering Strait	1	0.1	4	4%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Kerch Strait	60	8.6	24.5	35%	Sharply reduced	Weekly count markets
Balabac Strait	48	6.9	10	69%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Ombai Strait	47	6.7	9	75%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Yucatan Channel	291	41.6	51.5	81%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Makassar Strait	257	36.7	43.5	84%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Tsugaru Strait	296	42.3	49	86%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Windward Passage	98	14	16	88%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bab-el-Mandeb	214	30.6	33.5	91%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Sunda Strait	225	32.1	34.5	93%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Dover	1,185	169.3	180	94%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Suez Canal	256	36.6	38	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Cape of Good Hope	618	88.3	91	97%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Korea Strait	1,378	196.9	201.5	98%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bohai Strait	1,140	162.9	166.5	98%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Gibraltar	941	134.4	134.5	100%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Malacca	1,539	219.9	218	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mona Passage	85	12.1	12	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Lombok Strait	265	37.9	37	102%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bosporus Strait	638	91.1	88.5	103%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Taiwan Strait	1,676	239.4	230	104%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Oresund Strait	318	45.4	43	106%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Torres Strait	69	9.9	9	110%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mindoro Strait	268	38.3	34	113%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Luzon Strait	544	77.7	65	120%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Magellan	41	5.9	3	195%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Panama Canal	Not fully published. Latest day: Nov 6, 2026					Weekly count markets