Dover Strait vessel activity

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

51.0302°1.5058°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

173Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

-18Versus prior day191 prior-day passages

173report end-day vessels2026-10-18

17030-day averagevessels per day

5,10230-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

202peak day2026-10-15

Semi-live cargo

Cargo near Dover Strait.

1cargo positions received within 30 minutes

Latest received Oct 28, 2:16 PM UTC

VICTORIAMoving · 9.8 knFor ML MLA

30-day movement

Dover Strait activity

-1818 fewer vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 1702026-10-18

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	3,410,022	2,203,581	1,159,568	916,665	97,221	30,125	1,206,441	109	36	21	41	11	50	159
2026-09-20	3,600,953	2,069,473	1,204,484	709,623	124,598	30,767	1,531,479	120	46	24	41	9	61	181
2026-09-21	3,086,603	1,920,792	1,001,548	749,096	148,283	21,864	1,165,810	114	39	21	44	10	60	174
2026-09-22	3,017,263	1,874,583	759,970	999,638	104,800	10,174	1,142,679	92	26	30	27	9	56	148
2026-09-23	2,927,919	1,743,024	615,758	960,004	162,254	5,007	1,184,894	109	27	28	48	6	58	167
2026-09-24	2,936,471	1,709,841	760,243	798,430	119,775	31,392	1,226,629	113	34	21	44	14	64	177
2026-09-25	3,697,297	2,673,833	1,049,196	1,449,135	135,943	39,558	1,023,464	137	42	30	55	10	55	192
2026-09-26	4,014,762	2,492,811	1,212,509	1,166,919	88,914	24,467	1,521,951	127	40	29	45	13	59	186
2026-09-27	3,370,078	2,218,663	1,176,780	860,513	153,986	27,383	1,151,415	112	40	22	40	10	50	162
2026-09-28	3,129,116	2,299,348	652,428	1,494,902	125,659	26,358	829,768	123	38	32	42	11	58	181
2026-09-29	3,540,854	2,732,030	1,110,452	1,466,594	127,176	27,807	808,824	113	41	29	32	11	48	161
2026-09-30	3,097,770	1,753,039	797,476	732,164	210,991	12,407	1,344,730	122	41	27	47	7	60	182
2026-10-01	2,324,853	1,765,872	838,847	774,776	121,042	31,206	558,981	96	28	21	37	10	41	137
2026-10-02	3,038,412	2,056,968	1,073,951	864,894	105,007	13,114	981,443	119	43	24	45	7	46	165
2026-10-03	3,686,312	1,979,878	1,253,320	608,096	106,716	11,744	1,706,434	121	43	21	49	8	66	187
2026-10-04	3,498,567	2,747,622	1,734,749	886,667	117,444	8,760	750,944	122	41	26	46	9	48	170
2026-10-05	3,425,985	2,114,703	776,074	1,192,836	113,904	31,887	1,311,282	106	31	32	33	10	54	160
2026-10-06	2,678,182	1,574,092	712,982	764,566	88,967	7,577	1,104,090	100	37	23	32	8	50	150
2026-10-07	3,471,342	2,225,583	1,033,558	1,030,196	145,246	16,581	1,245,759	115	34	34	40	7	62	177
2026-10-08	3,448,769	2,297,414	1,005,553	1,144,647	131,454	15,759	1,151,354	111	33	27	42	9	52	163
2026-10-09	3,354,905	2,399,317	1,112,494	1,163,562	94,447	28,813	955,587	108	30	27	38	13	46	154
2026-10-10	3,492,399	2,384,214	1,094,101	1,161,025	96,329	32,757	1,108,184	108	34	26	36	12	51	159
2026-10-11	4,183,785	2,509,228	1,331,930	997,149	135,651	44,497	1,674,556	118	43	24	40	11	67	185
2026-10-12	3,756,940	2,229,451	1,024,367	1,007,838	177,351	19,894	1,527,488	120	31	29	50	10	65	185
2026-10-13	2,703,913	1,618,631	736,410	710,269	137,296	34,655	1,085,282	112	35	25	36	16	47	159
2026-10-14	3,489,992	2,053,724	877,774	1,053,268	107,209	15,471	1,436,268	113	43	23	39	8	56	169
2026-10-15	3,945,106	2,443,722	762,057	1,525,382	133,225	23,057	1,501,384	135	34	36	54	11	67	202
2026-10-16	2,827,267	1,614,705	583,410	927,218	91,624	12,451	1,212,562	100	26	23	42	9	46	146
2026-10-17	3,673,056	2,409,625	1,042,283	1,186,625	142,548	38,168	1,263,430	127	41	26	51	9	64	191
2026-10-18	2,828,617	1,671,856	1,257,911	348,553	43,397	21,994	1,156,761	101	42	21	27	11	72	173