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Chokepoint Monitor
The world’s maritime chokepoints ranked by ship transits · last 7 days (10 Aug – 16 Aug 2026)
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Chokepoint
Transits
7-day change
1
Taiwan Strait
690 container · 404 tanker · 537 bulk
1,889
▲ 29.6%
2
Malacca Strait
383 container · 498 tanker · 422 bulk
1,494
▼ 1.3%
3
Korea Strait
400 container · 371 tanker · 249 bulk
1,371
▼ 9.0%
4
Dover Strait
233 container · 363 tanker · 151 bulk
1,080
▼ 2.4%
5
Bohai Strait
128 container · 197 tanker · 538 bulk
995
▼ 7.8%
6
Gibraltar Strait
225 container · 318 tanker · 183 bulk
915
▼ 1.0%
7
Luzon Strait
89 container · 233 tanker · 301 bulk
727
▲ 38.5%
8
Cape of Good Hope
117 container · 142 tanker · 337 bulk
643
▲ 5.2%
9
Bosporus Strait
43 container · 104 tanker · 84 bulk
381
▼ 13.4%
10
Makassar Strait
16 container · 46 tanker · 277 bulk
365
▼ 2.7%
11
Yucatan Channel
68 container · 192 tanker · 53 bulk
358
▼ 1.6%
12
Tsugaru Strait
95 container · 94 tanker · 76 bulk
331
▼ 22.1%
13
Mindoro Strait
15 container · 35 tanker · 264 bulk
331
▼ 8.3%
14
Oresund Strait
38 container · 59 tanker · 47 bulk
292
▲ 7.7%
15
Suez Canal
62 container · 118 tanker · 67 bulk
286
0%
16
Lombok Strait
2 container · 57 tanker · 173 bulk
247
▼ 5.4%
17
Panama Canal
55 container · 87 tanker · 30 bulk
208
▼ 1.0%
18
Bab el-Mandeb Strait
33 container · 62 tanker · 73 bulk
205
▲ 16.5%
19
Sunda Strait
26 container · 82 tanker · 65 bulk
204
▼ 18.7%
20
Windward Passage
63 container · 6 tanker · 12 bulk
111
▼ 5.1%
21
Balabac Strait
6 container · 26 tanker · 32 bulk
78
▼ 14.3%
22
Mona Passage
25 container · 15 tanker · 23 bulk
75
▼ 13.8%
23
Ombai Strait
8 container · 26 tanker · 31 bulk
71
▲ 16.4%
24
Torres Strait
7 container · 13 tanker · 35 bulk
64
▲ 18.5%
25
Magellan Strait
3 container · 10 tanker · 27 bulk
44
▲ 22.2%
26
Bering Strait
2 container · 12 tanker · 4 bulk
27
▲ 12.5%
27
Strait of Hormuz
8 tanker · 13 bulk
25
▼ 19.4%
28
Kerch Strait
1 tanker
2
▲ 100.0%
Source: IMF PortWatch (International Monetary Fund & University of Oxford) · satellite AIS data, updated daily with a few days’ delay · latest data: 2026-08-16. A transit counts cargo ships and tankers passing through the chokepoint.
