Maritime chokepoints: Gibraltar, Suez, Panama and 25 more

Cargo vessels and tankers detected by AIS as they cross the chokepoint; capacity is the estimated sum of cargo they can carry. Source: IMF PortWatch.

7-day average and changes

Chokepoint	Transits/day	Est. capacity	vs 28 days	Year on year
Strait of GibraltarThe Strait	133	3.4 Mt	▼ 0.2%	▼ 4.2%
Strait of Malacca	218	8.1 Mt	▼ 0.7%	▼ 7.4%
Taiwan Strait	232	6.4 Mt	▲ 0.1%	▲ 5.6%
Cape of Good Hope	88	5.6 Mt	▲ 1.9%	▼ 3%
Bohai Strait	157	5.5 Mt	▲ 0.5%	▼ 11.6%
Luzon Strait	87	5.5 Mt	▼ 6.5%	▲ 8.9%
Korea Strait	209	3.3 Mt	▼ 3.6%	▼ 7.9%
Makassar Strait	56	3.3 Mt	▲ 2.5%	▲ 24.8%
Strait of Dover	172	3.3 Mt	▲ 4.2%	▼ 5.6%
Mindoro Strait	52	3.1 Mt	▼ 0.3%	▲ 66.8%
Lombok Strait	36	2.6 Mt	▼ 5.5%	▲ 5%
Suez Canal	40	1.5 Mt	▼ 0.8%	▼ 5.4%
Ombai Strait	12	1.4 Mt	▲ 24.8%	▼ 1.2%
Sunda Strait	34	1.3 Mt	▲ 5.6%	▲ 4.4%
Yucatán Channel	49	1.3 Mt	▼ 3.8%	▼ 2.5%
Tsugaru Strait	51	1.3 Mt	▼ 6.2%	▼ 7%
Bab el-Mandeb Strait	27	1.1 Mt	▲ 3.8%	▼ 17.4%
Panama Canal	27	787 kt	▼ 4.3%	▼ 14.9%
Bosphorus	50	554 kt	▼ 5.3%	▼ 45.4%
Mona Passage	13	441 kt	▲ 9.4%	▲ 34.8%
Windward Passage	14	228 kt	▼ 5.4%	▼ 21.8%
Balabac Strait	9	207 kt	▼ 5.7%	▼ 16.2%
Strait of Magellan	5	204 kt	▼ 7.9%	▲ 31%
Torres Strait	9	173 kt	▲ 11.3%	▼ 3%
Øresund	35	123 kt	▼ 7.2%	▼ 24.3%
Bering Strait	4	64 kt	▼ 4.8%	• 0%
Strait of Hormuz	3	52 kt	▼ 14.6%	▼ 95.5%
Kerch Strait	0	0 t	▼ 100%	▼ 100%

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Ship traffic through the Strait of GibraltarHow many ships pass through the Strait of Gibraltar each day, and how has traffic changed over the past year?
Ship traffic through the Suez CanalHow many ships pass through the Suez Canal each day, and how has traffic changed over the past year?
Ship traffic through the Panama CanalHow many ships pass through the Panama Canal each day, and how has traffic changed over the past year?
Ship traffic through the Strait of HormuzHow many ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz each day, and how has traffic changed over the past year?