Cape of Good Hope traffic
Atlantic Ocean ↔ Indian Ocean
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Daily transit counts from IMF PortWatch appear here after the first synchronisation.
Vessels right now and our own transit count
Positions received in the last 30 minutes from shore-based AIS receivers, and transits counted by StraitTraffic from those signals. Independent of the official statistics above.
Shore receivers do not reach this area, so there is no live map here. The official statistics above are based on satellite AIS and are unaffected.
About Cape of Good Hope traffic
The Cape of Good Hope is not a strait but the alternative to one: when the Red Sea and the Suez Canal are considered unsafe, ships between Asia and Europe add ten to fourteen days and sail around the southern tip of Africa. Transit counts here mirror the disruptions in Bab el-Mandeb.
How transits are counted
This page shows the official daily count of ships rounding the Cape from IMF PortWatch, based on satellite AIS. There is no terrestrial AIS coverage offshore, so no live map is shown.