Korea Strait vessel activity

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

34.1308°129.2092°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

174Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

-19Versus prior day193 prior-day passages

174report end-day vessels2026-10-18

21030-day averagevessels per day

6,29330-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

244peak day2026-09-19

30-day movement

Korea Strait activity

-1919 fewer vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 2102026-10-18

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	3,592,166	2,781,658	1,251,065	1,368,720	152,144	9,728	810,507	192	65	51	66	10	52	244
2026-09-20	4,132,633	2,845,051	1,349,265	1,379,965	101,555	14,264	1,287,582	170	68	52	42	8	56	226
2026-09-21	2,874,200	2,579,707	1,139,984	1,382,541	49,750	7,431	294,493	135	52	36	36	11	47	182
2026-09-22	4,497,727	3,405,388	1,221,608	2,067,428	111,075	5,277	1,092,339	161	57	46	52	6	64	225
2026-09-23	3,762,031	3,046,727	1,418,360	1,454,170	164,639	9,556	715,304	175	67	41	61	6	62	237
2026-09-24	2,931,530	2,003,540	916,626	942,588	119,955	24,369	927,990	145	49	37	49	10	56	201
2026-09-25	3,285,423	2,073,977	1,020,106	933,357	115,223	5,290	1,211,445	146	48	41	52	5	58	204
2026-09-26	2,518,409	2,171,175	1,385,634	668,410	89,288	27,841	347,234	137	65	23	36	13	50	187
2026-09-27	3,481,754	2,605,889	1,202,705	1,270,850	117,697	14,635	875,865	168	60	35	62	11	60	228
2026-09-28	3,243,129	2,428,543	1,255,423	996,114	151,739	25,265	814,585	168	61	30	66	11	71	239
2026-09-29	2,792,591	2,215,587	830,867	1,253,989	117,450	13,280	577,004	158	56	40	53	9	58	216
2026-09-30	3,704,295	2,683,408	1,142,623	1,415,414	101,404	23,965	1,020,886	165	62	41	53	9	48	213
2026-10-01	3,112,933	2,266,587	1,017,968	1,095,248	132,981	20,388	846,345	161	49	49	57	6	43	204
2026-10-02	2,608,155	1,797,904	996,693	695,829	93,900	11,481	810,251	155	54	33	58	10	63	218
2026-10-03	2,999,177	2,185,473	1,091,935	958,267	120,267	15,003	813,704	159	63	32	55	9	41	200
2026-10-04	2,988,985	2,229,620	1,512,324	615,409	78,180	23,706	759,364	165	66	35	53	11	55	220
2026-10-05	2,685,529	1,986,538	1,006,455	813,196	130,440	36,446	698,990	151	54	34	51	12	50	201
2026-10-06	2,366,204	1,881,420	915,920	838,902	112,043	14,553	484,784	157	58	35	55	9	52	209
2026-10-07	3,566,880	2,543,782	1,402,214	998,246	115,816	27,505	1,023,097	184	68	48	58	10	56	240
2026-10-08	3,651,909	2,425,322	1,502,708	777,207	131,626	13,779	1,226,587	162	59	38	58	7	63	225
2026-10-09	2,924,100	2,126,627	1,017,332	942,742	154,370	12,182	797,473	148	46	36	60	6	48	196
2026-10-10	4,006,245	2,804,760	1,218,582	1,442,437	128,775	14,965	1,201,484	160	53	40	61	6	55	215
2026-10-11	3,031,102	2,034,155	1,074,162	860,864	87,121	12,007	996,947	131	55	33	34	9	61	192
2026-10-12	3,362,281	2,063,221	1,356,528	572,190	131,500	3,002	1,299,059	134	56	19	55	4	49	183
2026-10-13	2,534,029	2,172,669	878,829	1,153,600	122,602	17,637	361,360	143	46	41	48	8	60	203
2026-10-14	2,544,908	1,765,398	966,165	681,486	91,736	26,009	779,509	141	49	29	51	12	44	185
2026-10-15	2,969,408	2,338,849	1,147,400	1,041,520	144,390	5,538	630,558	159	54	34	64	7	50	209
2026-10-16	4,003,210	3,494,522	1,599,331	1,747,904	140,226	7,060	508,688	167	51	41	68	7	57	224
2026-10-17	2,781,003	2,095,383	1,280,567	692,049	118,164	4,601	685,620	147	53	40	48	6	46	193
2026-10-18	3,344,458	2,276,701	998,564	1,162,280	97,517	18,339	1,067,757	127	50	28	41	8	47	174