Question / chokepoint activity
Where is vessel traffic moving most?
A ranked snapshot of daily passages through the world’s major shipping chokepoints.
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Daily passage activity
- Activity day
- Latest complete day
- Prior day
- Comparison baseline
- Current cargo
- Separate viewNot part of this daily series
Daily activity
Daily passage pulse
Daily passage activity, compared with the prior day.
- 1,809daily passages across the view28 chokepoints reported
Latest available day
Daily cadence - 1,744daily passages across the view28 chokepoints reported
Prior day
Comparison baseline
Change vs prior day+65reported passages
Daily observations
Chokepoints by daily passages
| Rank | Chokepoint | Latest day | Prior day | Change | Map handoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Taiwan Strait | 230 | 204 | +26 | Open in World |
| 02 | Malacca Strait | 227 | 205 | +22 | Open in World |
| 03 | Korea Strait | 174 | 193 | -19 | Open in World |
| 04 | Dover Strait | 173 | 191 | -18 | Open in World |
| 05 | Gibraltar Strait | 142 | 111 | +31 | Open in World |
| 06 | Bohai Strait | 135 | 115 | +20 | Open in World |
| 07 | Luzon Strait | 79 | 108 | -29 | Open in World |
| 08 | Cape of Good Hope | 78 | 69 | +9 | Open in World |
| 09 | Makassar Strait | 66 | 52 | +14 | Open in World |
| 10 | Bosporus Strait | 58 | 51 | +7 | Open in World |
| 11 | Tsugaru Strait | 53 | 51 | +2 | Open in World |
| 12 | Mindoro Strait | 52 | 67 | -15 | Open in World |