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Chokepoint Monitor
The world’s maritime chokepoints ranked by ship transits · last 7 days (31 Aug – 6 Sep 2026)
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Chokepoint
Transits
7-day change
1
Taiwan Strait
615 container · 351 tanker · 476 bulk
1,709
▲ 17.8%
2
Malacca Strait
415 container · 439 tanker · 429 bulk
1,442
▲ 1.3%
3
Korea Strait
422 container · 338 tanker · 264 bulk
1,397
▼ 10.6%
4
Dover Strait
271 container · 359 tanker · 156 bulk
1,114
▲ 2.0%
5
Bohai Strait
148 container · 222 tanker · 578 bulk
1,081
▲ 3.6%
6
Gibraltar Strait
213 container · 289 tanker · 228 bulk
975
▲ 10.0%
7
Luzon Strait
71 container · 177 tanker · 281 bulk
579
▼ 11.9%
8
Cape of Good Hope
119 container · 110 tanker · 269 bulk
550
▼ 14.5%
9
Tsugaru Strait
102 container · 103 tanker · 91 bulk
375
0%
10
Yucatan Channel
64 container · 214 tanker · 61 bulk
375
▲ 4.5%
11
Bosporus Strait
44 container · 123 tanker · 61 bulk
372
▼ 11.2%
12
Mindoro Strait
13 container · 23 tanker · 302 bulk
364
▲ 0.8%
13
Makassar Strait
16 container · 43 tanker · 257 bulk
343
▼ 7.3%
14
Suez Canal
77 container · 107 tanker · 69 bulk
291
▼ 3.3%
15
Oresund Strait
21 container · 61 tanker · 48 bulk
250
▼ 18.6%
16
Lombok Strait
1 container · 49 tanker · 177 bulk
244
▼ 6.9%
17
Panama Canal
56 container · 98 tanker · 37 bulk
210
▲ 2.9%
18
Sunda Strait
27 container · 73 tanker · 77 bulk
206
▼ 1.4%
19
Bab el-Mandeb Strait
35 container · 49 tanker · 57 bulk
178
▼ 3.3%
20
Windward Passage
59 container · 9 tanker · 8 bulk
107
▼ 7.8%
21
Mona Passage
21 container · 17 tanker · 24 bulk
77
▼ 2.5%
22
Balabac Strait
8 container · 24 tanker · 25 bulk
69
▼ 14.8%
23
Ombai Strait
8 container · 24 tanker · 25 bulk
63
▼ 7.4%
24
Torres Strait
10 container · 7 tanker · 33 bulk
53
▲ 6.0%
25
Magellan Strait
4 container · 14 tanker · 19 bulk
40
▲ 25.0%
26
Strait of Hormuz
3 container · 6 tanker · 12 bulk
22
▼ 26.7%
27
Bering Strait
1 container · 9 tanker · 7 bulk
21
▼ 19.2%
28
Kerch Strait
1
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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: 2026-09-06. A transit counts cargo ships and tankers passing through the chokepoint.
