Chokepoint traffic: week 21 of 2026

Monday May 18, 2026 to Sunday May 24, 2026 (UTC)

3 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	1	0.1	4	4%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Strait of Hormuz	29	4.1	112.5	4%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Kerch Strait	134	19.1	24.5	78%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Bosporus Strait	591	84.4	89	95%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Sunda Strait	226	32.3	34	95%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Malacca	1,453	207.6	214	97%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bohai Strait	1,144	163.4	168	97%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Suez Canal	259	37	38	97%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Ombai Strait	63	9	9	100%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Dover	1,227	175.3	174	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Windward Passage	113	16.1	16	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Tsugaru Strait	359	51.3	50.5	102%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Taiwan Strait	1,684	240.6	235.5	102%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Lombok Strait	267	38.1	37	103%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Gibraltar	973	139	134	104%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Yucatan Channel	383	54.7	52.5	104%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Korea Strait	1,499	214.1	205	104%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Oresund Strait	315	45	43	105%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mona Passage	88	12.6	12	105%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Cape of Good Hope	684	97.7	91.5	107%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bab-el-Mandeb	267	38.1	33	116%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Torres Strait	75	10.7	9	119%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Makassar Strait	365	52.1	43.5	120%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Magellan	34	4.9	4	121%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Balabac Strait	90	12.9	10	129%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Luzon Strait	710	101.4	67	151%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mindoro Strait	372	53.1	35	152%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Panama Canal	Not fully published. Latest day: Nov 6, 2026					Weekly count markets