Panama Canal vessel activity

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

9.1205°-79.7672°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

29Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

-1Versus prior day30 prior-day passages

29report end-day vessels2026-10-18

2730-day averagevessels per day

80930-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

32peak day2026-09-22

30-day movement

Panama Canal activity

-11 fewer vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 272026-10-18

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	802,093	266,552	199,513	48,759	18,279	0	535,541	11	6	2	3	0	17	28
2026-09-20	865,617	599,005	406,079	183,009	0	9,916	266,612	17	8	5	0	4	10	27
2026-09-21	698,161	457,673	333,829	83,025	30,775	10,043	240,487	15	7	3	3	2	10	25
2026-09-22	857,102	441,237	288,786	125,683	10,452	16,315	415,865	18	8	4	3	3	14	32
2026-09-23	819,277	442,135	327,919	99,885	11,504	2,826	377,142	15	9	2	3	1	12	27
2026-09-24	788,866	477,466	307,288	153,555	6,903	9,719	311,400	16	7	4	3	2	10	26
2026-09-25	701,174	467,880	310,042	153,956	0	3,881	233,293	14	8	5	0	1	10	24
2026-09-26	760,052	591,453	516,221	48,728	22,240	4,262	168,599	15	11	1	2	1	10	25
2026-09-27	886,807	363,789	228,022	106,334	19,916	9,515	523,018	14	7	3	1	3	16	30
2026-09-28	813,464	439,160	309,952	119,591	5,646	3,969	374,303	14	7	3	2	2	16	30
2026-09-29	634,519	437,509	337,346	85,617	7,238	7,307	197,009	17	10	2	3	2	11	28
2026-09-30	637,718	419,117	299,857	89,357	17,885	12,016	218,600	17	9	3	2	3	8	25
2026-10-01	753,953	594,980	325,636	263,468	0	5,875	158,972	15	9	5	0	1	9	24
2026-10-02	883,046	517,825	345,032	172,793	0	0	365,221	15	9	5	1	0	13	28
2026-10-03	848,901	453,544	321,748	118,554	0	13,242	395,356	13	7	4	1	1	13	26
2026-10-04	1,016,896	457,381	258,209	192,715	0	6,456	559,515	12	7	4	0	1	17	29
2026-10-05	936,702	769,354	383,800	351,117	12,753	21,682	167,348	21	10	6	2	3	6	27
2026-10-06	637,183	414,630	272,423	132,670	0	9,536	222,553	16	7	4	1	4	10	26
2026-10-07	659,061	318,301	205,671	104,935	7,694	0	340,760	14	7	4	1	2	10	24
2026-10-08	456,561	291,472	165,053	104,669	9,010	12,737	165,089	17	6	3	3	5	8	25
2026-10-09	690,245	459,517	289,204	140,471	29,841	0	230,727	15	6	4	3	2	8	23
2026-10-10	719,779	429,609	322,913	87,850	18,845	0	290,170	15	8	2	5	0	9	24
2026-10-11	892,610	524,397	310,417	193,942	6,840	13,196	368,212	17	10	4	2	1	15	32
2026-10-12	617,392	478,575	390,360	56,684	21,977	9,551	138,817	16	8	1	3	4	7	23
2026-10-13	756,616	368,714	226,667	142,046	0	0	387,901	12	7	4	0	1	13	25
2026-10-14	867,736	542,560	341,419	158,746	35,072	7,322	325,175	18	8	4	4	2	13	31
2026-10-15	771,818	528,407	347,181	162,688	3,553	14,984	243,410	16	7	4	1	4	10	26
2026-10-16	877,188	270,378	138,327	107,578	17,666	6,806	606,809	10	4	2	3	1	20	30
2026-10-17	848,388	435,306	216,926	194,726	23,652	0	413,081	15	6	4	3	2	15	30
2026-10-18	887,764	496,752	320,994	150,506	0	25,251	391,012	16	9	5	0	2	13	29