Live ship traffic through the world’s key straits and canals
Official daily transit statistics for the world’s maritime chokepoints from IMF PortWatch, live AIS positions where shore receivers reach, and a clear answer to one question: is traffic normal?
- Hormuz 2transits 4% closed 7-day avg 3.3/day
- Bab el-Mandeb 36transits 86% Normal 7-day avg 28.9/day
- Suez 46transits 107% Normal 7-day avg 41.3/day
- Malacca 212transits 97% Normal 7-day avg 228.0/day
- Bosporus 62transits 58% Reduced 7-day avg 53.7/day
- Gibraltar 103transits 86% Normal 7-day avg 116.4/day
- Dover 135transits 74% Reduced 7-day avg 128.7/day
- Panama 28transits 92% Normal 7-day avg 28.7/day
- Taiwan 240transits 80% Normal 7-day avg 190.0/day
- Cape of Good Hope 100transits 97% Normal 7-day avg 87.1/day
Traffic overview
Completed transits on the latest published day and the 7-day average, compared with each chokepoint’s own normal level. Straits with a live dot also show real-time AIS positions.
Strait of Hormuz
LivePersian Gulf ↔ Gulf of Oman
Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Red Sea ↔ Gulf of Aden
Suez Canal
Mediterranean Sea ↔ Red Sea
Strait of Malacca
LiveAndaman Sea ↔ Singapore Strait
Bosporus Strait
LiveBlack Sea ↔ Sea of Marmara
Strait of Gibraltar
LiveAtlantic Ocean ↔ Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Dover
LiveEnglish Channel ↔ North Sea
Panama Canal
LivePacific Ocean ↔ Caribbean Sea
Taiwan Strait
LiveSouth China Sea ↔ East China Sea
Cape of Good Hope
Atlantic Ocean ↔ Indian Ocean
Two sources, clearly labelled
Official transits
Daily counts of ships completing a passage, from IMF PortWatch satellite AIS, back to 2019 and updated weekly.
Live vessels
Ships transmitting AIS inside the monitored zone in the last 30 minutes, from shore receivers, plus our own transit counter where coverage exists.
Traffic status
The 7-day average compared with the chokepoint’s normal level, with closures and other events on a timeline that explains the numbers.