Bab el-Mandeb Strait vessel activity

See daily traffic through one of the passages connecting the global freight network.

12.7886°43.3495°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

32Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

+3Versus prior day29 prior-day passages

32report end-day vessels2026-10-18

2830-day averagevessels per day

83130-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

37peak day2026-09-29

30-day movement

Bab el-Mandeb Strait activity

+33 more vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 282026-10-18

Evidence3 records

Daily chokepoint observationsSource record

Observed: Oct 18, 2026
Retrieved: Oct 27, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC

Daily vessel activity

30-day activity summaryFreightWeave synthesis

Calculated from 30 retained daily observations, 2026-09-19 through 2026-10-18.

Through: Oct 18, 2026
Retrieved: Oct 27, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC

FreightWeave method

Current daily activitySource record

Activity date: Oct 18, 2026
Retrieved: Oct 27, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC

Daily vessel activity

Sources and methods

View daily data

Date	capacity	capacity_cargo	capacity_container	capacity_dry_bulk	capacity_general_cargo	capacity_roro	capacity_tanker	n_cargo	n_container	n_dry_bulk	n_general_cargo	n_roro	n_tanker	n_total
2026-09-19	813,758	407,216	188,487	111,807	83,905	23,015	406,542	15	4	4	3	4	10	25
2026-09-20	715,953	677,886	156,264	490,412	31,210	0	38,066	21	4	12	4	1	5	26
2026-09-21	782,264	493,471	148,009	326,564	13,472	5,424	288,792	19	6	6	5	2	8	27
2026-09-22	1,101,879	566,397	17,747	510,173	34,899	3,576	535,482	13	2	8	1	2	9	22
2026-09-23	847,745	402,818	139,405	246,752	16,660	0	444,926	17	6	8	3	0	8	25
2026-09-24	1,175,553	450,500	24,812	387,274	32,749	5,664	725,052	23	2	11	6	4	8	31
2026-09-25	1,359,322	666,336	206,274	442,415	13,854	3,793	692,985	19	6	8	4	1	10	29
2026-09-26	1,136,344	432,859	156,416	256,573	19,869	0	703,485	17	8	7	2	0	12	29
2026-09-27	1,321,601	640,180	133,803	502,389	3,987	0	681,421	16	4	10	2	0	11	27
2026-09-28	943,325	714,379	85,316	594,462	28,342	6,258	228,945	21	4	11	4	2	9	30
2026-09-29	980,632	626,470	58,591	505,526	62,352	0	354,162	25	5	13	7	0	12	37
2026-09-30	738,133	263,711	118,754	134,143	10,814	0	474,421	15	4	6	4	1	7	22
2026-10-01	888,347	405,272	181,359	144,393	79,520	0	483,075	20	4	7	9	0	8	28
2026-10-02	823,908	285,358	164,264	84,757	34,994	1,341	538,549	18	6	5	5	2	8	26
2026-10-03	1,149,125	684,977	117,192	547,315	20,468	0	464,148	22	5	11	4	2	8	30
2026-10-04	1,133,173	571,630	165,978	330,859	74,792	0	561,543	23	9	9	5	0	11	34
2026-10-05	1,301,061	459,639	33,565	419,293	996	5,784	841,422	15	3	10	1	1	13	28
2026-10-06	903,855	594,758	134,770	394,341	65,645	0	309,097	25	6	10	7	2	8	33
2026-10-07	1,473,591	766,447	140,353	564,221	52,239	9,632	707,143	23	6	11	4	2	12	35
2026-10-08	788,622	479,455	47,475	376,130	55,848	0	309,167	16	5	7	4	0	9	25
2026-10-09	673,505	258,863	75,995	146,667	30,573	5,626	414,642	18	5	6	5	2	6	24
2026-10-10	573,864	511,948	179,754	306,556	0	25,637	61,915	17	8	6	0	3	5	22
2026-10-11	1,136,777	727,725	336,489	365,270	6,043	19,921	409,052	24	11	6	2	5	7	31
2026-10-12	997,549	497,351	49,717	415,387	25,377	6,868	500,197	22	4	11	5	2	12	34
2026-10-13	600,323	329,463	43,591	271,157	14,714	0	270,859	11	3	7	1	0	6	17
2026-10-14	1,037,239	403,227	192,929	161,711	42,051	6,534	634,011	14	6	4	3	1	10	24
2026-10-15	952,646	459,067	194,963	237,482	26,621	0	493,579	17	5	6	6	0	7	24
2026-10-16	1,333,613	547,988	112,979	409,741	21,489	3,777	785,624	14	3	8	2	1	11	25
2026-10-17	1,028,126	571,809	228,674	254,421	88,713	0	456,317	22	8	6	7	1	7	29
2026-10-18	1,055,547	315,138	77,811	214,048	17,768	5,510	740,408	15	4	6	3	2	17	32