Chokepoint traffic: week 41 of 2026

Monday Oct 5, 2026 to Sunday Oct 11, 2026 (UTC)

4 of 28 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
Kerch Strait	2	0.3	24.5	1%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Strait of Hormuz	29	4.1	112.5	4%	Nearly stopped	Weekly count markets
Balabac Strait	56	8	10.5	76%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Strait of Magellan	33	4.7	6	79%	Below normal	Weekly count markets
Mona Passage	79	11.3	12	94%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Panama Canal	221	31.6	33	96%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Tsugaru Strait	365	52.1	54	97%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Cape of Good Hope	588	84	86.5	97%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Korea Strait	1,478	211.1	214.5	98%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Mindoro Strait	359	51.3	52	99%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Taiwan Strait	1,609	229.9	233	99%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Oresund Strait	275	39.3	39.5	99%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Windward Passage	105	15	15	100%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bosporus Strait	406	58	57.5	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Lombok Strait	255	36.4	36	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bohai Strait	1,137	162.4	160.5	101%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Suez Canal	292	41.7	41	102%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Makassar Strait	378	54	53	102%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Dover	1,148	164	160	103%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Yucatan Channel	367	52.4	51	103%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Gibraltar	934	133.4	129.5	103%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Sunda Strait	231	33	32	103%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bab-el-Mandeb	198	28.3	27	105%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Ombai Strait	74	10.6	10	106%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Luzon Strait	705	100.7	95	106%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Strait of Malacca	1,631	233	217	107%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Torres Strait	61	8.7	8	109%	Running normally	Weekly count markets
Bering Strait	45	6.4	3	214%	Running normally	Weekly count markets