Yucatan Channel vessel activity

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

21.8153°-85.6473°

Current activity

Daily traffic pulse

Latest available publication · Oct 18, 2026

47Vessel passagesOct 18, 2026

-1Versus prior day48 prior-day passages

47report end-day vessels2026-10-18

5030-day averagevessels per day

1,50330-day total2026-09-19 to 2026-10-18

67peak day2026-10-12

30-day movement

Yucatan Channel activity

-11 fewer vessels than the prior day

2026-09-19Average 502026-10-18

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	1,041,054	477,429	67,883	397,228	8,129	4,187	563,625	23	8	10	3	2	23	46
2026-09-20	1,517,109	337,863	174,174	155,021	8,667	0	1,179,245	23	15	4	4	0	29	52
2026-09-21	1,708,614	547,921	136,175	410,841	903	0	1,160,693	21	8	11	2	0	37	58
2026-09-22	1,394,389	313,489	99,377	209,647	4,463	0	1,080,900	18	9	6	3	0	22	40
2026-09-23	1,429,126	396,177	213,386	170,936	11,854	0	1,032,948	21	12	5	4	0	27	48
2026-09-24	1,001,772	292,306	89,312	179,147	23,847	0	709,465	18	6	6	5	1	28	46
2026-09-25	1,483,639	350,173	190,224	121,851	31,340	6,756	1,133,465	22	8	5	8	1	31	53
2026-09-26	476,209	241,046	207,671	12,232	21,143	0	235,162	21	14	5	2	0	17	38
2026-09-27	1,565,646	509,636	146,178	332,053	20,066	11,338	1,056,009	31	14	10	4	3	32	63
2026-09-28	1,072,197	343,492	112,891	218,553	12,047	0	728,705	16	7	3	5	1	22	38
2026-09-29	743,638	347,087	59,855	275,255	11,976	0	396,550	24	9	8	6	1	23	47
2026-09-30	1,107,694	261,311	84,123	166,764	5,529	4,893	846,382	18	10	5	2	1	33	51
2026-10-01	1,114,832	487,915	239,396	225,873	4,933	17,711	626,916	24	12	7	4	1	33	57
2026-10-02	1,334,567	353,730	154,870	164,506	34,354	0	980,836	19	11	4	4	0	25	44
2026-10-03	1,597,414	352,341	150,259	185,694	16,387	0	1,245,072	25	12	8	5	0	21	46
2026-10-04	1,329,236	556,801	134,821	418,930	3,049	0	772,435	26	11	11	4	0	27	53
2026-10-05	997,909	366,663	162,565	157,231	46,866	0	631,246	22	9	6	6	1	33	55
2026-10-06	1,285,948	386,850	80,345	240,850	53,876	11,778	899,097	24	7	7	8	2	35	59
2026-10-07	1,208,665	280,222	144,633	124,622	10,966	0	928,442	22	14	3	5	0	28	50
2026-10-08	999,375	469,765	120,197	337,024	12,542	0	529,610	28	11	10	7	0	23	51
2026-10-09	684,875	125,210	83,190	20,580	17,039	4,400	559,664	14	7	2	4	1	23	37
2026-10-10	1,350,714	315,695	54,859	254,772	6,064	0	1,035,018	19	7	7	4	1	30	49
2026-10-11	1,391,063	638,752	206,189	414,364	13,055	5,143	752,310	33	14	10	6	3	33	66
2026-10-12	1,964,113	678,402	125,157	513,495	39,749	0	1,285,710	29	10	11	7	1	38	67
2026-10-13	1,116,018	417,672	105,866	291,015	20,789	0	698,346	19	9	6	4	0	32	51
2026-10-14	1,159,916	304,122	168,339	108,046	27,736	0	855,793	21	13	3	5	0	27	48
2026-10-15	1,518,747	432,911	164,071	225,177	38,154	5,508	1,085,835	19	9	6	3	1	26	45
2026-10-16	1,068,196	414,708	115,073	288,223	11,412	0	653,487	21	9	7	5	0	29	50
2026-10-17	1,400,308	485,047	207,725	270,228	7,092	0	915,260	21	14	5	2	0	27	48
2026-10-18	1,175,950	386,415	223,409	131,993	27,712	3,299	789,535	21	12	3	5	1	26	47