Taiwan Strait vessel activity

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

24.7235°119.8314°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

230Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

+26Versus prior day204 prior-day passages

230report end-day vessels2026-10-18

23030-day averagevessels per day

6,90830-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

261peak day2026-10-12

30-day movement

Taiwan Strait activity

+2626 more vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 2302026-10-18

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: Sep 24, 2026, 2:15 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	5,607,946	4,844,155	1,603,715	3,069,229	134,443	36,766	763,790	166	62	70	26	8	55	221
2026-09-20	5,800,748	5,350,627	2,064,106	3,151,394	116,161	18,964	450,121	182	92	59	22	9	48	230
2026-09-21	5,457,871	5,124,746	2,001,922	2,983,939	124,667	14,216	333,125	187	90	64	29	4	38	225
2026-09-22	6,129,263	5,307,271	1,715,666	3,489,730	94,566	7,307	821,991	172	81	68	22	1	51	223
2026-09-23	5,522,229	4,894,258	2,074,435	2,700,838	94,037	24,947	627,971	170	85	61	18	6	47	217
2026-09-24	7,424,427	6,993,935	2,382,935	4,436,974	145,180	28,844	430,491	210	95	84	23	8	43	253
2026-09-25	6,705,339	5,768,349	2,200,050	3,432,311	125,493	10,493	936,990	187	83	74	21	9	47	234
2026-09-26	6,499,988	5,676,466	2,034,455	3,450,578	172,366	19,065	823,522	195	92	72	25	6	54	249
2026-09-27	7,129,579	6,406,906	1,902,896	4,343,075	159,055	1,879	722,672	183	81	75	22	5	42	225
2026-09-28	5,680,239	4,923,818	2,010,072	2,688,725	208,767	16,252	756,421	190	87	67	30	6	44	234
2026-09-29	6,763,396	5,304,316	2,328,565	2,827,994	124,467	23,289	1,459,080	177	85	60	26	6	66	243
2026-09-30	6,327,302	5,694,932	2,227,188	3,291,291	167,080	9,371	632,369	180	94	55	25	6	57	237
2026-10-01	6,481,294	5,066,051	2,082,906	2,870,483	104,485	8,175	1,415,242	197	100	66	26	5	50	247
2026-10-02	4,986,618	4,420,701	2,291,350	2,021,651	92,243	15,455	565,916	169	83	52	27	7	52	221
2026-10-03	5,863,022	4,939,577	1,979,578	2,877,157	65,462	17,379	923,444	172	83	66	17	6	44	216
2026-10-04	5,145,223	4,673,240	1,962,665	2,502,870	197,069	10,635	471,983	184	91	63	25	5	49	233
2026-10-05	4,772,661	4,394,609	2,063,785	2,243,207	78,652	8,963	378,052	155	87	47	16	5	56	211
2026-10-06	5,321,070	4,329,837	2,040,217	2,098,835	189,037	1,746	991,233	178	88	57	30	3	55	233
2026-10-07	5,267,400	4,703,343	2,449,390	2,100,490	140,095	13,367	564,057	167	89	53	21	4	55	222
2026-10-08	5,867,284	4,886,186	2,068,277	2,585,975	212,604	19,328	981,097	179	85	60	29	5	52	231
2026-10-09	6,629,583	6,063,240	2,448,821	3,423,293	176,089	15,036	566,342	196	94	71	24	7	46	242
2026-10-10	6,033,448	5,484,619	1,639,037	3,700,153	119,275	26,152	548,829	175	85	67	18	5	49	224
2026-10-11	4,971,248	4,393,980	1,616,705	2,643,450	114,953	18,870	577,267	188	81	70	29	8	58	246
2026-10-12	6,283,450	5,699,007	2,230,480	3,310,616	136,265	21,644	584,442	205	95	76	28	6	56	261
2026-10-13	5,818,209	5,474,190	2,060,475	3,211,828	185,346	16,539	344,019	181	81	63	31	6	41	222
2026-10-14	4,139,874	3,748,463	1,532,240	2,017,533	181,725	16,965	391,410	178	83	58	31	6	46	224
2026-10-15	6,688,741	5,680,293	2,166,925	3,372,390	126,973	14,003	1,008,448	181	84	70	21	6	51	232
2026-10-16	5,540,910	5,011,294	2,267,000	2,563,508	172,926	7,859	529,615	177	87	57	28	5	41	218
2026-10-17	4,755,090	3,956,398	1,834,449	1,929,123	181,651	11,173	798,691	163	83	42	33	5	41	204
2026-10-18	4,944,077	4,177,415	2,113,017	1,908,207	124,982	31,207	766,662	183	95	56	26	6	47	230