Chokepoint traffic: week 28 of 2026

Monday Jul 6, 2026 to Sunday Jul 12, 2026 (UTC)

5 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	78	11.1	112.5	10%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Kerch Strait	28	4	24.5	16%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Bering Strait	8	1.1	4	29%	Sharply reduced	Weekly count markets
Luzon Strait	451	64.4	84	77%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Taiwan Strait	1,454	207.7	246	84%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Bohai Strait	1,013	144.7	165.5	87%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Lombok Strait	248	35.4	38.5	92%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bab-el-Mandeb	226	32.3	35	92%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Cape of Good Hope	633	90.4	95	95%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Torres Strait	60	8.6	9	95%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Windward Passage	107	15.3	16	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Sunda Strait	221	31.6	33	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bosporus Strait	573	81.9	85.5	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Gibraltar	896	128	133	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Korea Strait	1,488	212.6	215	99%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Oresund Strait	286	40.9	41	100%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Dover	1,151	164.4	164.5	100%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Yucatan Channel	375	53.6	53.5	100%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mona Passage	78	11.1	11	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Suez Canal	288	41.1	40	103%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Malacca	1,588	226.9	216	105%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Makassar Strait	380	54.3	51	106%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Ombai Strait	68	9.7	9	108%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Tsugaru Strait	391	55.9	51.5	108%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Balabac Strait	87	12.4	11	113%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Magellan	40	5.7	5	114%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mindoro Strait	450	64.3	56	115%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Panama Canal	240	34.3	Not enough history for a normal			Weekly count markets