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Bosporus Strait: transits and disruption history

Bosporus Strait averaged 47.5 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026), compared with 50.1 in the previous 28 days (-5.1%). The archive records 0 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Wikidata
Q35958
Type
strait
Bordering countries
Türkiye
Recorded events
0
Curated lanes passing
3
Data through
2026-11-08 (8 November 2026)
  • Bosporus Strait averaged 47.5 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08.

Disruption history

0 recorded events, newest first.

No events are recorded here yet.

History since 2019

Monthly mean of transits, all vessel types at Bosporus Strait. Shaded bands are the disruptions in the archive. A band shows when an event ran, and the line does not prove the event caused any change.

Bosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly meanBosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 49.4 transits per day, monthly mean on 2026-10-01 to 115.0 transits per day, monthly mean on 2019-10-01, with a mean of 94.8 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 49.4 transits per day, monthly mean.02550751001252019-01-012022-12-012026-10-01
Bosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 49.4 transits per day, monthly mean on 2026-10-01 to 115.0 transits per day, monthly mean on 2019-10-01, with a mean of 94.8 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 49.4 transits per day, monthly mean.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Bosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean (transits per day, monthly mean).
Datetransits per day, monthly mean
2019-01-01100.2
2019-02-01100.3
2019-03-01107.4
2019-04-01101.0
2019-05-01100.2
2019-06-0198.2
2019-07-01105.7
2019-08-01106.4
2019-09-01106.7
2019-10-01115.0
2019-11-01101.8
2019-12-01110.5
2020-01-01105.1
2020-02-01102.1
2020-03-0197.4
2020-04-01109.2
2020-05-0197.4
2020-06-0186.8
2020-07-0193.7
2020-08-0196.0
2020-09-0198.4
2020-10-01101.7
2020-11-01102.2
2020-12-0198.1
2021-01-0193.5
2021-02-0199.0
2021-03-01101.4
2021-04-01103.7
2021-05-0199.1
2021-06-0199.1
2021-07-0193.1
2021-08-01102.6
2021-09-01102.0
2021-10-0199.9
2021-11-01102.8
2021-12-01100.4
2022-01-0195.6
2022-02-01105.0
2022-03-0178.3
2022-04-0182.5
2022-05-0185.0
2022-06-0187.4
2022-07-0186.1
2022-08-0186.7
2022-09-0195.6
2022-10-0194.4
2022-11-0196.9
2022-12-0193.3
2023-01-0192.7
2023-02-0191.8
2023-03-01106.4
2023-04-01104.5
2023-05-01104.8
2023-06-01102.6
2023-07-0195.4
2023-08-0191.2
2023-09-0190.5
2023-10-0193.3
2023-11-0188.4
2023-12-0198.1
2024-01-0191.9
2024-02-0198.8
2024-03-01105.9
2024-04-01106.7
2024-05-0199.2
2024-06-01100.1
2024-07-0195.5
2024-08-0198.5
2024-09-0192.3
2024-10-0198.9
2024-11-0196.4
2024-12-0188.9
2025-01-0192.5
2025-02-0183.7
2025-03-0189.6
2025-04-0193.3
2025-05-0193.8
2025-06-0191.4
2025-07-0191.8
2025-08-0192.1
2025-09-0194.1
2025-10-0198.4
2025-11-01101.0
2025-12-0186.5
2026-01-0181.7
2026-02-0178.7
2026-03-0190.7
2026-04-0192.0
2026-05-0187.8
2026-06-0181.7
2026-07-0172.1
2026-08-0162.1
2026-09-0150.8
2026-10-0149.4

Months with fewer than 20 days of data are left out. Latest complete month in this chart: 2026-10-31.

Transits, all vessel types

Bosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 daysBosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 16 transits per day on 2026-10-14 to 96 transits per day on 2026-07-12, with a mean of 55.9 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 58 transits per day.0204060801002026-07-122026-09-102026-11-08
Bosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 16 transits per day on 2026-10-14 to 96 transits per day on 2026-07-12, with a mean of 55.9 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 58 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Bosporus Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Datetransits per day
2026-07-1296
2026-07-1394
2026-07-1445
2026-07-1556
2026-07-1673
2026-07-1793
2026-07-1884
2026-07-1963
2026-07-2066
2026-07-2165
2026-07-2274
2026-07-2360
2026-07-2470
2026-07-2558
2026-07-2657
2026-07-2781
2026-07-2851
2026-07-2958
2026-07-3061
2026-07-3161
2026-08-0182
2026-08-0265
2026-08-0358
2026-08-0456
2026-08-0567
2026-08-0658
2026-08-0780
2026-08-0857
2026-08-0965
2026-08-1063
2026-08-1166
2026-08-1276
2026-08-1348
2026-08-1451
2026-08-1543
2026-08-1638
2026-08-1781
2026-08-1868
2026-08-1967
2026-08-2055
2026-08-2173
2026-08-2272
2026-08-2367
2026-08-2469
2026-08-2547
2026-08-2672
2026-08-2767
2026-08-2857
2026-08-2960
2026-08-3047
2026-08-3149
2026-09-0139
2026-09-0257
2026-09-0349
2026-09-0463
2026-09-0552
2026-09-0663
2026-09-0740
2026-09-0843
2026-09-0956
2026-09-1051
2026-09-1169
2026-09-1256
2026-09-1351
2026-09-1460
2026-09-1536
2026-09-1649
2026-09-1761
2026-09-1858
2026-09-1954
2026-09-2062
2026-09-2145
2026-09-2249
2026-09-2350
2026-09-2445
2026-09-2560
2026-09-2652
2026-09-2746
2026-09-2836
2026-09-2932
2026-09-3041
2026-10-0138
2026-10-0226
2026-10-0325
2026-10-0472
2026-10-0568
2026-10-0654
2026-10-0759
2026-10-0850
2026-10-0966
2026-10-1055
2026-10-1154
2026-10-1265
2026-10-1348
2026-10-1416
2026-10-1520
2026-10-1668
2026-10-1751
2026-10-1858
2026-10-1953
2026-10-2056
2026-10-2157
2026-10-2251
2026-10-2348
2026-10-2449
2026-10-2562
2026-10-2648
2026-10-2749
2026-10-2841
2026-10-2946
2026-10-3044
2026-10-3133
2026-11-0150
2026-11-0256
2026-11-0339
2026-11-0430
2026-11-0543
2026-11-0647
2026-11-0745
2026-11-0858

Transits, container ships

Bosporus Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 daysBosporus Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 1 transits per day on 2026-10-15 to 15 transits per day on 2026-08-01, with a mean of 6.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 5 transits per day.0510152026-07-122026-09-102026-11-08
Bosporus Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 1 transits per day on 2026-10-15 to 15 transits per day on 2026-08-01, with a mean of 6.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 5 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Bosporus Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days (transits per day).
Datetransits per day
2026-07-128
2026-07-139
2026-07-147
2026-07-157
2026-07-169
2026-07-1711
2026-07-1810
2026-07-199
2026-07-208
2026-07-2111
2026-07-229
2026-07-238
2026-07-2413
2026-07-257
2026-07-266
2026-07-2713
2026-07-288
2026-07-2913
2026-07-3011
2026-07-315
2026-08-0115
2026-08-029
2026-08-037
2026-08-048
2026-08-056
2026-08-064
2026-08-078
2026-08-086
2026-08-0913
2026-08-108
2026-08-114
2026-08-127
2026-08-134
2026-08-148
2026-08-157
2026-08-165
2026-08-1712
2026-08-184
2026-08-198
2026-08-203
2026-08-219
2026-08-228
2026-08-237
2026-08-249
2026-08-253
2026-08-269
2026-08-279
2026-08-284
2026-08-299
2026-08-304
2026-08-318
2026-09-014
2026-09-023
2026-09-035
2026-09-0410
2026-09-056
2026-09-068
2026-09-076
2026-09-088
2026-09-0910
2026-09-102
2026-09-1111
2026-09-125
2026-09-138
2026-09-147
2026-09-154
2026-09-165
2026-09-178
2026-09-1810
2026-09-195
2026-09-207
2026-09-217
2026-09-224
2026-09-237
2026-09-245
2026-09-257
2026-09-268
2026-09-274
2026-09-286
2026-09-294
2026-09-308
2026-10-014
2026-10-026
2026-10-034
2026-10-049
2026-10-055
2026-10-065
2026-10-074
2026-10-085
2026-10-094
2026-10-107
2026-10-118
2026-10-127
2026-10-136
2026-10-143
2026-10-151
2026-10-167
2026-10-1711
2026-10-187
2026-10-193
2026-10-207
2026-10-215
2026-10-224
2026-10-235
2026-10-248
2026-10-255
2026-10-267
2026-10-275
2026-10-286
2026-10-296
2026-10-306
2026-10-314
2026-11-018
2026-11-025
2026-11-031
2026-11-044
2026-11-052
2026-11-066
2026-11-075
2026-11-085

Transits, tankers

Bosporus Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 daysBosporus Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 7 transits per day on 2026-11-06 to 28 transits per day on 2026-07-12, with a mean of 15.3 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 15 transits per day.01020302026-07-122026-09-102026-11-08
Bosporus Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 7 transits per day on 2026-11-06 to 28 transits per day on 2026-07-12, with a mean of 15.3 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 15 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Bosporus Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Datetransits per day
2026-07-1228
2026-07-1327
2026-07-1414
2026-07-1511
2026-07-1619
2026-07-1721
2026-07-1818
2026-07-1914
2026-07-2018
2026-07-2125
2026-07-2224
2026-07-2313
2026-07-2412
2026-07-2511
2026-07-2610
2026-07-2718
2026-07-2813
2026-07-2913
2026-07-3014
2026-07-3117
2026-08-0123
2026-08-0217
2026-08-0315
2026-08-0418
2026-08-0515
2026-08-0613
2026-08-0715
2026-08-0815
2026-08-0914
2026-08-1017
2026-08-1123
2026-08-1223
2026-08-1312
2026-08-1411
2026-08-1511
2026-08-169
2026-08-1723
2026-08-1813
2026-08-1923
2026-08-2018
2026-08-2123
2026-08-2221
2026-08-2316
2026-08-2416
2026-08-2511
2026-08-2621
2026-08-2716
2026-08-2824
2026-08-2915
2026-08-3010
2026-08-3119
2026-09-018
2026-09-0219
2026-09-0320
2026-09-0420
2026-09-0513
2026-09-0624
2026-09-0715
2026-09-0811
2026-09-0920
2026-09-1013
2026-09-1115
2026-09-1216
2026-09-1312
2026-09-1424
2026-09-1513
2026-09-1613
2026-09-1713
2026-09-1813
2026-09-1917
2026-09-2016
2026-09-219
2026-09-2212
2026-09-2314
2026-09-2413
2026-09-2512
2026-09-268
2026-09-2714
2026-09-2814
2026-09-2910
2026-09-3010
2026-10-0113
2026-10-0210
2026-10-039
2026-10-0419
2026-10-0523
2026-10-0611
2026-10-0716
2026-10-0813
2026-10-0913
2026-10-1011
2026-10-1115
2026-10-1213
2026-10-1318
2026-10-148
2026-10-158
2026-10-1620
2026-10-1720
2026-10-1814
2026-10-199
2026-10-2025
2026-10-2120
2026-10-2215
2026-10-2313
2026-10-2413
2026-10-2516
2026-10-2612
2026-10-2711
2026-10-2810
2026-10-2914
2026-10-3016
2026-10-3110
2026-11-0116
2026-11-0216
2026-11-0313
2026-11-0412
2026-11-0513
2026-11-067
2026-11-0713
2026-11-0815

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Bosporus Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 daysBosporus Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 1 transits per day on 2026-10-14 to 27 transits per day on 2026-07-12, with a mean of 10.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 8 transits per day.01020302026-07-122026-09-102026-11-08
Bosporus Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 1 transits per day on 2026-10-14 to 27 transits per day on 2026-07-12, with a mean of 10.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 8 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Bosporus Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Datetransits per day
2026-07-1227
2026-07-1320
2026-07-145
2026-07-159
2026-07-1614
2026-07-1720
2026-07-1827
2026-07-1916
2026-07-2011
2026-07-2112
2026-07-2215
2026-07-2319
2026-07-2420
2026-07-259
2026-07-2615
2026-07-2721
2026-07-289
2026-07-2913
2026-07-3013
2026-07-3116
2026-08-0121
2026-08-0213
2026-08-038
2026-08-0416
2026-08-0520
2026-08-0616
2026-08-0712
2026-08-0811
2026-08-0918
2026-08-107
2026-08-1116
2026-08-1221
2026-08-1313
2026-08-1412
2026-08-157
2026-08-169
2026-08-178
2026-08-1815
2026-08-197
2026-08-2011
2026-08-2115
2026-08-2211
2026-08-2310
2026-08-2414
2026-08-256
2026-08-2616
2026-08-2710
2026-08-2810
2026-08-2914
2026-08-3010
2026-08-317
2026-09-0110
2026-09-0211
2026-09-034
2026-09-049
2026-09-0512
2026-09-068
2026-09-078
2026-09-088
2026-09-0910
2026-09-109
2026-09-1110
2026-09-1210
2026-09-1311
2026-09-146
2026-09-158
2026-09-169
2026-09-179
2026-09-1815
2026-09-199
2026-09-2010
2026-09-217
2026-09-2210
2026-09-2313
2026-09-248
2026-09-2514
2026-09-2614
2026-09-2711
2026-09-289
2026-09-2913
2026-09-3010
2026-10-016
2026-10-024
2026-10-033
2026-10-044
2026-10-059
2026-10-0611
2026-10-073
2026-10-0813
2026-10-0912
2026-10-108
2026-10-116
2026-10-1215
2026-10-1312
2026-10-141
2026-10-157
2026-10-1618
2026-10-177
2026-10-1811
2026-10-196
2026-10-203
2026-10-217
2026-10-2210
2026-10-238
2026-10-247
2026-10-259
2026-10-265
2026-10-2710
2026-10-282
2026-10-2910
2026-10-305
2026-10-315
2026-11-016
2026-11-0210
2026-11-037
2026-11-046
2026-11-056
2026-11-0611
2026-11-077
2026-11-088

Transit trade volume

Bosporus Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 daysBosporus Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 136,340 metric tons per day on 2026-10-31 to 1,584,095 metric tons per day on 2026-07-13, with a mean of 666,049.0 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 591,431 metric tons per day.0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002026-07-122026-09-102026-11-08
Bosporus Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 136,340 metric tons per day on 2026-10-31 to 1,584,095 metric tons per day on 2026-07-13, with a mean of 666,049.0 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 591,431 metric tons per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-11-10 (10 November 2026).

Bosporus Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Datemetric tons per day
2026-07-121,210,183
2026-07-131,584,095
2026-07-14527,706
2026-07-15685,443
2026-07-161,353,885
2026-07-17893,361
2026-07-181,211,751
2026-07-191,244,935
2026-07-20487,567
2026-07-21581,246
2026-07-22589,807
2026-07-231,330,250
2026-07-24693,209
2026-07-25350,754
2026-07-26426,010
2026-07-27774,222
2026-07-28503,334
2026-07-29779,658
2026-07-30753,577
2026-07-31872,354
2026-08-01818,899
2026-08-02907,360
2026-08-03377,552
2026-08-041,043,111
2026-08-05877,028
2026-08-06402,675
2026-08-07663,840
2026-08-08719,535
2026-08-09544,903
2026-08-10646,495
2026-08-11897,594
2026-08-121,100,597
2026-08-13632,560
2026-08-14781,788
2026-08-15537,929
2026-08-16556,834
2026-08-17425,563
2026-08-18455,162
2026-08-19539,910
2026-08-20423,864
2026-08-211,211,289
2026-08-22788,655
2026-08-23773,099
2026-08-241,314,458
2026-08-25372,371
2026-08-26832,113
2026-08-27755,171
2026-08-28724,557
2026-08-29695,525
2026-08-30434,631
2026-08-311,027,111
2026-09-01349,337
2026-09-02782,076
2026-09-03477,777
2026-09-04788,260
2026-09-05318,710
2026-09-06751,747
2026-09-07523,900
2026-09-08409,301
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Oil and gas carried

Crude oil and petroleum liquids through Turkish Straits (Dardanelles), million barrels per day, and its share of world maritime oil trade
PeriodMillion barrels a dayShare of world maritime oil trade
20203.24%
20213.34%
20223.24%
20233.54%
20243.65%
1H253.75%

EIA reports the Bosporus and the Dardanelles together as the Turkish Straits.

Source: US Energy Information Administration, World Oil Transit Chokepoints, last updated 3 March 2026. Terms.

Shares are computed by World Freight Monitor as each flow divided by EIA's world maritime oil trade for the same period. All chokepoints compared.

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