Gibraltar Strait vessel activity

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

35.9423°-5.7549°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

142Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

+31Versus prior day111 prior-day passages

142report end-day vessels2026-10-18

13130-day averagevessels per day

3,92130-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

158peak day2026-09-24

Semi-live cargo

Cargo near Gibraltar Strait.

1cargo positions received within 30 minutes

Latest received Oct 28, 2:01 PM UTC

BULLMoving · 0.9 knFor TO ORDER

30-day movement

Gibraltar Strait activity

+3131 more vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 1312026-10-18

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, 2:01 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	4,497,889	2,835,712	1,008,532	1,726,179	92,617	8,383	1,662,176	98	31	34	26	7	45	143
2026-09-20	2,300,858	1,507,665	657,649	800,211	35,193	14,610	793,193	68	23	22	18	5	28	96
2026-09-21	3,976,539	2,517,819	803,085	1,571,504	131,582	11,645	1,458,720	96	34	29	29	4	38	134
2026-09-22	3,669,115	2,342,447	996,719	1,314,486	27,218	4,023	1,326,668	88	39	32	15	2	35	123
2026-09-23	2,872,298	1,931,340	689,439	1,125,689	96,436	19,774	940,957	97	28	33	29	7	39	136
2026-09-24	3,993,896	2,328,417	1,325,802	883,218	95,060	24,335	1,665,479	103	41	28	27	7	55	158
2026-09-25	2,711,822	2,159,732	871,384	1,187,131	96,283	4,933	552,090	90	27	31	29	3	39	129
2026-09-26	3,070,328	1,911,639	1,042,539	806,364	61,607	1,127	1,158,689	76	32	27	16	1	46	122
2026-09-27	3,481,150	2,582,327	1,025,591	1,497,257	31,438	28,040	898,822	85	30	30	15	10	44	129
2026-09-28	3,134,204	2,306,946	709,772	1,481,267	108,637	7,267	827,258	97	28	38	29	2	52	149
2026-09-29	3,446,505	1,949,873	891,192	952,987	89,573	16,120	1,496,632	84	30	26	25	3	42	126
2026-09-30	2,747,812	1,884,701	823,913	982,329	61,361	17,097	863,110	87	32	32	18	5	34	121
2026-10-01	3,053,778	1,929,324	931,714	870,623	96,683	30,303	1,124,454	88	37	25	21	5	53	141
2026-10-02	3,053,946	1,948,613	928,317	910,953	109,341	0	1,105,333	94	27	30	31	6	44	138
2026-10-03	3,632,308	2,139,276	661,706	1,326,179	151,027	363	1,493,031	102	33	29	36	4	39	141
2026-10-04	3,357,099	2,344,916	1,044,083	1,184,826	103,370	12,635	1,012,183	99	35	30	29	5	31	130
2026-10-05	3,189,513	2,513,239	861,271	1,504,091	142,570	5,306	676,273	92	36	29	23	4	31	123
2026-10-06	3,764,207	2,409,375	1,043,561	1,266,856	72,192	26,763	1,354,832	93	37	29	20	7	44	137
2026-10-07	3,589,313	2,323,459	1,004,909	1,168,640	141,536	8,371	1,265,854	97	34	30	29	4	35	132
2026-10-08	4,335,991	2,603,886	1,311,522	1,170,266	101,997	20,098	1,732,104	98	35	31	26	6	56	154
2026-10-09	2,943,971	1,644,071	906,140	546,463	183,848	7,619	1,299,899	90	31	20	34	5	38	128
2026-10-10	3,877,089	1,892,754	600,189	1,156,152	136,412	0	1,984,335	83	23	33	24	3	47	130
2026-10-11	3,460,420	2,452,390	1,358,097	1,023,955	56,463	13,873	1,008,030	95	41	28	22	4	35	130
2026-10-12	3,395,856	2,434,831	1,308,728	1,009,078	97,700	19,323	961,024	101	36	31	30	4	37	138
2026-10-13	2,792,114	1,473,952	848,647	558,075	67,229	0	1,318,161	69	26	22	19	2	40	109
2026-10-14	2,189,264	1,353,805	683,978	592,786	48,464	28,576	835,458	70	23	23	15	9	43	113
2026-10-15	3,836,332	2,179,446	828,528	1,252,693	81,857	16,366	1,656,886	78	26	26	21	5	43	121
2026-10-16	3,655,263	2,015,763	661,009	1,228,071	114,186	12,496	1,639,500	93	24	39	28	2	44	137
2026-10-17	2,730,128	1,340,956	475,342	734,949	104,855	25,809	1,389,171	80	21	26	24	9	31	111
2026-10-18	3,158,829	2,297,034	1,341,963	885,380	59,517	10,172	861,794	103	43	28	26	6	39	142