Bosporus Strait vessel activity

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

41.1693°29.0915°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

58Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

+7Versus prior day51 prior-day passages

58report end-day vessels2026-10-18

4930-day averagevessels per day

1,46530-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

72peak day2026-10-04

Semi-live cargo

Cargo near Bosporus Strait.

1cargo positions received within 30 minutes

Latest received Oct 28, 2:16 PM UTC

ODYSSEYStopped · 0.1 knFor TRAMB

30-day movement

Bosporus Strait activity

+77 more vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 492026-10-18

Evidence4 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

Recent cargo positionsSource record

Latest received: Oct 28, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

AISStream

Sources and methods

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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	653,789	315,466	43,668	211,663	60,134	0	338,323	37	5	9	23	0	17	54
2026-09-20	923,664	548,587	59,249	414,492	68,516	6,328	375,077	46	7	10	28	1	16	62
2026-09-21	451,861	256,383	72,654	121,892	61,136	699	195,478	36	7	7	21	1	9	45
2026-09-22	400,835	269,065	37,037	180,293	51,734	0	131,769	37	4	10	23	0	12	49
2026-09-23	677,237	436,201	39,441	352,386	43,402	970	241,035	36	7	13	15	1	14	50
2026-09-24	648,432	358,441	70,220	248,341	39,879	0	289,990	32	5	8	19	0	13	45
2026-09-25	766,060	436,235	40,619	298,430	97,186	0	329,825	48	7	14	27	0	12	60
2026-09-26	579,418	455,111	65,319	341,386	48,405	0	124,306	44	8	14	22	0	8	52
2026-09-27	357,109	327,633	27,289	244,810	55,534	0	29,475	32	4	11	17	0	14	46
2026-09-28	1,022,145	328,601	55,871	255,397	17,332	0	693,544	22	6	9	7	0	14	36
2026-09-29	683,208	511,047	25,197	470,511	15,337	0	172,161	22	4	13	5	0	10	32
2026-09-30	824,043	529,067	51,982	429,736	47,348	0	294,976	31	8	10	13	0	10	41
2026-10-01	646,038	251,905	35,402	189,395	27,107	0	394,133	25	4	6	15	0	13	38
2026-10-02	603,216	260,114	49,581	196,012	14,519	0	343,102	16	6	4	6	0	10	26
2026-10-03	215,118	109,868	22,583	64,059	23,224	0	105,250	16	4	3	9	0	9	25
2026-10-04	528,076	228,529	91,069	61,565	74,782	1,111	299,546	53	9	4	39	1	19	72
2026-10-05	790,909	384,075	42,769	303,911	36,823	571	406,833	45	5	9	29	2	23	68
2026-10-06	623,794	362,700	49,333	259,204	53,038	1,123	261,093	43	5	11	26	1	11	54
2026-10-07	586,044	254,062	61,823	122,626	69,612	0	331,982	43	4	3	36	0	16	59
2026-10-08	321,418	283,539	35,043	214,328	34,167	0	37,878	37	5	13	19	0	13	50
2026-10-09	609,242	387,478	27,487	286,974	73,017	0	221,763	53	4	12	36	1	13	66
2026-10-10	499,198	412,498	57,369	293,583	61,545	0	86,699	44	7	8	29	0	11	55
2026-10-11	449,285	223,164	62,624	103,345	57,195	0	226,120	39	8	6	25	0	15	54
2026-10-12	563,089	496,223	22,817	405,231	67,731	442	66,865	52	7	15	29	1	13	65
2026-10-13	1,018,038	600,724	55,434	503,899	41,389	0	417,314	30	6	12	12	0	18	48
2026-10-14	348,621	79,867	27,360	46,765	5,741	0	268,753	8	3	1	4	0	8	16
2026-10-15	479,671	184,869	15,659	158,318	10,891	0	294,801	12	1	7	4	0	8	20
2026-10-16	804,976	517,992	62,140	415,598	40,253	0	286,983	48	7	18	23	0	20	68
2026-10-17	703,151	251,341	47,772	168,833	34,735	0	451,810	31	11	7	13	0	20	51
2026-10-18	454,945	362,082	63,631	247,039	51,411	0	92,863	44	7	11	26	0	14	58