Cape of Good Hope vessel activity

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

-34.9273°20.8827°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

78Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

+9Versus prior day69 prior-day passages

78report end-day vessels2026-10-18

8630-day averagevessels per day

2,59030-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

103peak day2026-09-25

30-day movement

Cape of Good Hope activity

+99 more vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 862026-10-18

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, 12:01 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	5,618,694	4,032,225	870,082	3,138,281	12,134	11,727	1,586,468	70	20	42	4	4	16	86
2026-09-20	5,033,239	4,211,206	919,922	3,263,010	15,931	12,340	822,033	71	18	45	5	3	14	85
2026-09-21	5,471,380	4,225,861	575,771	3,622,960	10,885	16,244	1,245,518	69	14	48	3	4	15	84
2026-09-22	5,075,777	4,411,675	398,255	3,962,272	45,048	6,099	664,101	63	9	47	5	2	15	78
2026-09-23	6,040,904	4,570,849	674,371	3,741,875	136,197	18,405	1,470,054	69	10	42	9	8	22	91
2026-09-24	6,036,962	4,941,924	739,818	4,145,638	25,794	30,672	1,095,038	75	15	47	5	8	20	95
2026-09-25	5,862,724	5,395,511	1,163,792	4,181,366	45,043	5,310	467,213	86	23	54	5	4	17	103
2026-09-26	4,984,271	3,368,141	1,025,570	2,263,106	47,915	31,549	1,616,129	67	14	43	2	8	24	91
2026-09-27	5,428,230	3,253,976	491,103	2,735,377	12,590	14,904	2,174,254	49	7	35	4	3	26	75
2026-09-28	5,547,754	4,646,233	1,074,483	3,539,857	11,850	20,042	901,521	74	19	48	4	3	17	91
2026-09-29	3,572,149	3,007,563	895,451	2,100,410	0	11,701	564,586	47	16	29	0	2	18	65
2026-09-30	6,003,665	4,215,654	577,311	3,523,064	98,557	16,720	1,788,011	66	9	44	9	4	23	89
2026-10-01	7,439,275	6,037,364	888,868	5,111,212	19,713	17,570	1,401,910	76	17	52	3	4	19	95
2026-10-02	6,105,760	5,157,496	716,830	4,343,786	66,423	30,455	948,264	83	16	56	6	5	16	99
2026-10-03	3,644,445	2,551,684	494,474	1,976,078	50,392	30,739	1,092,761	55	10	35	4	6	21	76
2026-10-04	5,277,587	4,743,114	1,611,917	3,090,493	14,359	26,345	534,472	82	24	48	3	7	17	99
2026-10-05	5,990,907	4,323,437	991,516	3,272,052	59,868	0	1,667,470	70	21	42	7	0	22	92
2026-10-06	5,384,655	3,627,815	920,127	2,686,844	20,842	0	1,756,840	59	13	39	4	3	16	75
2026-10-07	5,746,649	4,608,995	794,591	3,773,031	28,734	12,638	1,137,654	66	14	45	5	2	18	84
2026-10-08	4,845,973	4,186,087	564,353	3,606,208	2,723	12,802	659,885	66	11	49	2	4	16	82
2026-10-09	6,118,126	5,031,591	1,202,370	3,764,033	45,736	19,450	1,086,535	76	17	49	5	5	23	99
2026-10-10	4,399,430	3,440,663	638,462	2,768,730	32,121	1,348	958,767	54	11	34	7	2	12	66
2026-10-11	5,913,632	4,383,413	1,068,689	3,142,346	141,877	30,501	1,530,218	75	18	44	7	6	15	90
2026-10-12	5,186,431	4,413,357	991,804	3,310,418	87,247	23,888	773,074	73	21	39	7	6	20	93
2026-10-13	5,260,931	4,463,925	419,365	3,906,773	121,918	15,867	797,005	62	10	42	7	3	19	81
2026-10-14	4,194,278	3,556,101	466,248	3,046,122	22,337	21,393	638,177	72	13	50	3	6	21	93
2026-10-15	6,725,919	5,859,793	831,202	4,937,905	74,214	16,471	866,125	80	16	56	3	5	18	98
2026-10-16	5,596,022	3,675,748	1,037,516	2,549,533	74,454	14,243	1,920,274	62	18	36	5	3	26	88
2026-10-17	4,436,246	3,420,419	808,230	2,519,935	84,976	7,276	1,015,827	56	10	39	5	2	13	69
2026-10-18	4,242,000	3,300,401	722,779	2,512,971	55,117	9,532	941,599	60	13	39	5	3	18	78