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Chokepoint Monitor
The world’s maritime chokepoints ranked by ship transits · last 7 days (21 Sep – 27 Sep 2026)
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Chokepoint
Transits
7-day change
1
Taiwan Strait
607 container · 322 tanker · 498 bulk
1,626
▲ 4.3%
2
Malacca Strait
425 container · 490 tanker · 422 bulk
1,525
▼ 5.2%
3
Korea Strait
398 container · 397 tanker · 259 bulk
1,464
▼ 7.5%
4
Dover Strait
248 container · 402 tanker · 181 bulk
1,206
▲ 6.0%
5
Bohai Strait
119 container · 240 tanker · 606 bulk
1,097
▼ 2.1%
6
Gibraltar Strait
231 container · 296 tanker · 210 bulk
931
▲ 4.3%
7
Cape of Good Hope
92 container · 139 tanker · 316 bulk
617
▼ 0.5%
8
Luzon Strait
79 container · 193 tanker · 273 bulk
610
▼ 12.0%
9
Makassar Strait
17 container · 48 tanker · 300 bulk
392
▼ 5.1%
10
Mindoro Strait
18 container · 31 tanker · 286 bulk
367
▲ 0.8%
11
Tsugaru Strait
98 container · 86 tanker · 101 bulk
356
▼ 13.6%
12
Bosporus Strait
42 container · 82 tanker · 77 bulk
347
▼ 8.7%
13
Yucatan Channel
71 container · 194 tanker · 48 bulk
346
▼ 1.7%
14
Suez Canal
69 container · 105 tanker · 72 bulk
280
▼ 4.4%
15
Lombok Strait
2 container · 47 tanker · 187 bulk
252
▼ 13.1%
16
Oresund Strait
29 container · 52 tanker · 48 bulk
246
▼ 8.6%
17
Sunda Strait
26 container · 95 tanker · 84 bulk
239
▲ 0.8%
18
Bab el-Mandeb Strait
34 container · 66 tanker · 58 bulk
190
▲ 9.8%
19
Panama Canal
57 container · 82 tanker · 22 bulk
189
▲ 3.3%
20
Windward Passage
59 container · 13 tanker · 5 bulk
97
▼ 6.7%
21
Mona Passage
22 container · 24 tanker · 26 bulk
93
▲ 6.9%
22
Ombai Strait
9 container · 21 tanker · 46 bulk
83
▲ 43.1%
23
Torres Strait
10 container · 13 tanker · 35 bulk
64
▲ 18.5%
24
Balabac Strait
5 container · 22 tanker · 29 bulk
62
▼ 3.1%
25
Magellan Strait
3 container · 14 tanker · 14 bulk
38
▼ 2.6%
26
Bering Strait
1 container · 12 tanker · 3 bulk
25
▼ 10.7%
27
Strait of Hormuz
9 tanker · 7 bulk
22
0%
28
Kerch Strait
0
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Source: IMF PortWatch (International Monetary Fund & University of Oxford) · satellite AIS data, updated daily with a few days’ delay · latest data: 2026-09-27. A transit counts cargo ships and tankers passing through the chokepoint.
