Dover Strait: transits and disruption history

Name: Dover Strait daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Dover Strait averaged 166.4 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026), compared with 167.0 in the previous 28 days (-0.3%). The archive records 0 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Wikidata: Q159898
Type: strait
Bordering countries: United Kingdom, France
Recorded events: 0
Curated lanes passing: 15
Data through: 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026)

Dover Strait averaged 166.4 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 Dover 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.

Dover Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 146.3 transits per day, monthly mean on 2020-07-01 to 187.3 transits per day, monthly mean on 2023-02-01, with a mean of 166.9 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 162.3 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).

Dover Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean (transits per day, monthly mean).
Date	transits per day, monthly mean
2019-01-01	157.5
2019-02-01	170.5
2019-03-01	165.4
2019-04-01	159.6
2019-05-01	157.0
2019-06-01	162.9
2019-07-01	155.3
2019-08-01	155.3
2019-09-01	155.9
2019-10-01	163.4
2019-11-01	159.8
2019-12-01	156.4
2020-01-01	157.7
2020-02-01	155.3
2020-03-01	168.5
2020-04-01	156.0
2020-05-01	150.9
2020-06-01	147.5
2020-07-01	146.3
2020-08-01	148.2
2020-09-01	152.5
2020-10-01	155.7
2020-11-01	167.6
2020-12-01	152.7
2021-01-01	159.5
2021-02-01	164.4
2021-03-01	171.9
2021-04-01	168.3
2021-05-01	161.7
2021-06-01	158.8
2021-07-01	159.1
2021-08-01	154.8
2021-09-01	161.4
2021-10-01	161.7
2021-11-01	159.8
2021-12-01	164.0
2022-01-01	167.7
2022-02-01	163.0
2022-03-01	170.8
2022-04-01	169.6
2022-05-01	169.9
2022-06-01	176.1
2022-07-01	171.7
2022-08-01	165.8
2022-09-01	173.7
2022-10-01	176.9
2022-11-01	170.4
2022-12-01	170.7
2023-01-01	173.5
2023-02-01	187.3
2023-03-01	178.1
2023-04-01	184.0
2023-05-01	177.7
2023-06-01	173.3
2023-07-01	172.9
2023-08-01	166.1
2023-09-01	174.0
2023-10-01	171.4
2023-11-01	170.6
2023-12-01	169.1
2024-01-01	171.8
2024-02-01	166.7
2024-03-01	178.1
2024-04-01	174.9
2024-05-01	173.4
2024-06-01	172.5
2024-07-01	169.3
2024-08-01	169.9
2024-09-01	167.3
2024-10-01	172.6
2024-11-01	176.6
2024-12-01	168.8
2025-01-01	162.7
2025-02-01	184.7
2025-03-01	179.3
2025-04-01	178.2
2025-05-01	178.1
2025-06-01	177.3
2025-07-01	170.5
2025-08-01	171.1
2025-09-01	174.5
2025-10-01	170.4
2025-11-01	178.6
2025-12-01	172.8
2026-01-01	161.5
2026-02-01	171.6
2026-03-01	181.6
2026-04-01	170.7
2026-05-01	170.4
2026-06-01	160.3
2026-07-01	157.7
2026-08-01	154.9
2026-09-01	167.6
2026-10-01	162.3

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

Transits, all vessel types

Dover Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 93 transits per day on 2026-10-24 to 215 transits per day on 2026-11-07, with a mean of 161.6 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 168 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).

Dover Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	154
2026-07-13	146
2026-07-14	163
2026-07-15	135
2026-07-16	149
2026-07-17	179
2026-07-18	165
2026-07-19	165
2026-07-20	162
2026-07-21	139
2026-07-22	151
2026-07-23	167
2026-07-24	150
2026-07-25	174
2026-07-26	140
2026-07-27	149
2026-07-28	148
2026-07-29	151
2026-07-30	150
2026-07-31	155
2026-08-01	186
2026-08-02	165
2026-08-03	126
2026-08-04	160
2026-08-05	157
2026-08-06	162
2026-08-07	168
2026-08-08	167
2026-08-09	168
2026-08-10	135
2026-08-11	155
2026-08-12	140
2026-08-13	157
2026-08-14	155
2026-08-15	181
2026-08-16	158
2026-08-17	144
2026-08-18	130
2026-08-19	160
2026-08-20	127
2026-08-21	150
2026-08-22	178
2026-08-23	154
2026-08-24	152
2026-08-25	147
2026-08-26	158
2026-08-27	171
2026-08-28	165
2026-08-29	152
2026-08-30	147
2026-08-31	126
2026-09-01	172
2026-09-02	146
2026-09-03	155
2026-09-04	142
2026-09-05	193
2026-09-06	180
2026-09-07	158
2026-09-08	162
2026-09-09	161
2026-09-10	169
2026-09-11	185
2026-09-12	186
2026-09-13	150
2026-09-14	166
2026-09-15	150
2026-09-16	147
2026-09-17	172
2026-09-18	163
2026-09-19	159
2026-09-20	181
2026-09-21	174
2026-09-22	148
2026-09-23	167
2026-09-24	177
2026-09-25	192
2026-09-26	186
2026-09-27	162
2026-09-28	181
2026-09-29	161
2026-09-30	182
2026-10-01	137
2026-10-02	165
2026-10-03	187
2026-10-04	170
2026-10-05	160
2026-10-06	150
2026-10-07	177
2026-10-08	163
2026-10-09	154
2026-10-10	159
2026-10-11	185
2026-10-12	185
2026-10-13	159
2026-10-14	169
2026-10-15	202
2026-10-16	146
2026-10-17	191
2026-10-18	173
2026-10-19	145
2026-10-20	148
2026-10-21	154
2026-10-22	117
2026-10-23	109
2026-10-24	93
2026-10-25	135
2026-10-26	187
2026-10-27	195
2026-10-28	158
2026-10-29	207
2026-10-30	167
2026-10-31	183
2026-11-01	195
2026-11-02	161
2026-11-03	157
2026-11-04	176
2026-11-05	171
2026-11-06	193
2026-11-07	215
2026-11-08	168

Transits, container ships

Dover Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 20 transits per day on 2026-10-24 to 49 transits per day on 2026-11-07, with a mean of 35.2 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 37 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).

Dover Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	43
2026-07-13	28
2026-07-14	42
2026-07-15	21
2026-07-16	32
2026-07-17	32
2026-07-18	37
2026-07-19	40
2026-07-20	42
2026-07-21	34
2026-07-22	39
2026-07-23	32
2026-07-24	29
2026-07-25	36
2026-07-26	36
2026-07-27	37
2026-07-28	32
2026-07-29	33
2026-07-30	29
2026-07-31	36
2026-08-01	40
2026-08-02	26
2026-08-03	31
2026-08-04	31
2026-08-05	39
2026-08-06	35
2026-08-07	38
2026-08-08	37
2026-08-09	45
2026-08-10	30
2026-08-11	34
2026-08-12	23
2026-08-13	36
2026-08-14	34
2026-08-15	41
2026-08-16	35
2026-08-17	34
2026-08-18	38
2026-08-19	38
2026-08-20	32
2026-08-21	23
2026-08-22	34
2026-08-23	37
2026-08-24	42
2026-08-25	36
2026-08-26	26
2026-08-27	45
2026-08-28	28
2026-08-29	42
2026-08-30	29
2026-08-31	30
2026-09-01	47
2026-09-02	42
2026-09-03	40
2026-09-04	36
2026-09-05	37
2026-09-06	39
2026-09-07	31
2026-09-08	33
2026-09-09	32
2026-09-10	29
2026-09-11	36
2026-09-12	41
2026-09-13	32
2026-09-14	44
2026-09-15	27
2026-09-16	29
2026-09-17	36
2026-09-18	28
2026-09-19	36
2026-09-20	46
2026-09-21	39
2026-09-22	26
2026-09-23	27
2026-09-24	34
2026-09-25	42
2026-09-26	40
2026-09-27	40
2026-09-28	38
2026-09-29	41
2026-09-30	41
2026-10-01	28
2026-10-02	43
2026-10-03	43
2026-10-04	41
2026-10-05	31
2026-10-06	37
2026-10-07	34
2026-10-08	33
2026-10-09	30
2026-10-10	34
2026-10-11	43
2026-10-12	31
2026-10-13	35
2026-10-14	43
2026-10-15	34
2026-10-16	26
2026-10-17	41
2026-10-18	42
2026-10-19	27
2026-10-20	34
2026-10-21	31
2026-10-22	29
2026-10-23	26
2026-10-24	20
2026-10-25	28
2026-10-26	39
2026-10-27	44
2026-10-28	26
2026-10-29	41
2026-10-30	21
2026-10-31	44
2026-11-01	42
2026-11-02	27
2026-11-03	36
2026-11-04	41
2026-11-05	42
2026-11-06	40
2026-11-07	49
2026-11-08	37

Transits, tankers

Dover Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 31 transits per day on 2026-10-24 to 74 transits per day on 2026-10-26, with a mean of 54.0 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 59 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).

Dover Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	52
2026-07-13	59
2026-07-14	45
2026-07-15	48
2026-07-16	44
2026-07-17	62
2026-07-18	48
2026-07-19	57
2026-07-20	54
2026-07-21	49
2026-07-22	57
2026-07-23	61
2026-07-24	45
2026-07-25	65
2026-07-26	55
2026-07-27	53
2026-07-28	47
2026-07-29	51
2026-07-30	63
2026-07-31	43
2026-08-01	62
2026-08-02	53
2026-08-03	39
2026-08-04	54
2026-08-05	48
2026-08-06	47
2026-08-07	65
2026-08-08	53
2026-08-09	51
2026-08-10	41
2026-08-11	49
2026-08-12	57
2026-08-13	49
2026-08-14	50
2026-08-15	58
2026-08-16	59
2026-08-17	49
2026-08-18	40
2026-08-19	60
2026-08-20	38
2026-08-21	56
2026-08-22	53
2026-08-23	49
2026-08-24	54
2026-08-25	45
2026-08-26	51
2026-08-27	59
2026-08-28	61
2026-08-29	44
2026-08-30	50
2026-08-31	46
2026-09-01	55
2026-09-02	47
2026-09-03	46
2026-09-04	43
2026-09-05	63
2026-09-06	59
2026-09-07	62
2026-09-08	60
2026-09-09	62
2026-09-10	51
2026-09-11	67
2026-09-12	66
2026-09-13	46
2026-09-14	54
2026-09-15	59
2026-09-16	55
2026-09-17	60
2026-09-18	57
2026-09-19	50
2026-09-20	61
2026-09-21	60
2026-09-22	56
2026-09-23	58
2026-09-24	64
2026-09-25	55
2026-09-26	59
2026-09-27	50
2026-09-28	58
2026-09-29	48
2026-09-30	60
2026-10-01	41
2026-10-02	46
2026-10-03	66
2026-10-04	48
2026-10-05	54
2026-10-06	50
2026-10-07	62
2026-10-08	52
2026-10-09	46
2026-10-10	51
2026-10-11	67
2026-10-12	65
2026-10-13	47
2026-10-14	56
2026-10-15	67
2026-10-16	46
2026-10-17	64
2026-10-18	72
2026-10-19	50
2026-10-20	45
2026-10-21	50
2026-10-22	42
2026-10-23	40
2026-10-24	31
2026-10-25	52
2026-10-26	74
2026-10-27	61
2026-10-28	54
2026-10-29	72
2026-10-30	60
2026-10-31	54
2026-11-01	68
2026-11-02	45
2026-11-03	50
2026-11-04	50
2026-11-05	54
2026-11-06	57
2026-11-07	69
2026-11-08	59

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Dover Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 12 transits per day on 2026-07-27 to 36 transits per day on 2026-10-15, with a mean of 23.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 25 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).

Dover Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	16
2026-07-13	19
2026-07-14	22
2026-07-15	20
2026-07-16	19
2026-07-17	26
2026-07-18	20
2026-07-19	25
2026-07-20	20
2026-07-21	16
2026-07-22	20
2026-07-23	24
2026-07-24	19
2026-07-25	18
2026-07-26	23
2026-07-27	12
2026-07-28	22
2026-07-29	23
2026-07-30	23
2026-07-31	21
2026-08-01	27
2026-08-02	32
2026-08-03	16
2026-08-04	21
2026-08-05	22
2026-08-06	26
2026-08-07	15
2026-08-08	15
2026-08-09	30
2026-08-10	20
2026-08-11	18
2026-08-12	21
2026-08-13	25
2026-08-14	20
2026-08-15	26
2026-08-16	21
2026-08-17	12
2026-08-18	20
2026-08-19	24
2026-08-20	21
2026-08-21	18
2026-08-22	30
2026-08-23	19
2026-08-24	15
2026-08-25	18
2026-08-26	27
2026-08-27	20
2026-08-28	25
2026-08-29	25
2026-08-30	17
2026-08-31	17
2026-09-01	24
2026-09-02	25
2026-09-03	25
2026-09-04	16
2026-09-05	30
2026-09-06	19
2026-09-07	24
2026-09-08	24
2026-09-09	17
2026-09-10	31
2026-09-11	24
2026-09-12	22
2026-09-13	25
2026-09-14	29
2026-09-15	21
2026-09-16	25
2026-09-17	26
2026-09-18	26
2026-09-19	21
2026-09-20	24
2026-09-21	21
2026-09-22	30
2026-09-23	28
2026-09-24	21
2026-09-25	30
2026-09-26	29
2026-09-27	22
2026-09-28	32
2026-09-29	29
2026-09-30	27
2026-10-01	21
2026-10-02	24
2026-10-03	21
2026-10-04	26
2026-10-05	32
2026-10-06	23
2026-10-07	34
2026-10-08	27
2026-10-09	27
2026-10-10	26
2026-10-11	24
2026-10-12	29
2026-10-13	25
2026-10-14	23
2026-10-15	36
2026-10-16	23
2026-10-17	26
2026-10-18	21
2026-10-19	26
2026-10-20	19
2026-10-21	23
2026-10-22	17
2026-10-23	19
2026-10-24	23
2026-10-25	22
2026-10-26	25
2026-10-27	28
2026-10-28	22
2026-10-29	33
2026-10-30	35
2026-10-31	33
2026-11-01	35
2026-11-02	36
2026-11-03	23
2026-11-04	25
2026-11-05	26
2026-11-06	28
2026-11-07	29
2026-11-08	25

Transit trade volume

Dover Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 2,066,640 metric tons per day on 2026-08-30 to 5,192,612 metric tons per day on 2026-11-06, with a mean of 3,280,960.3 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 3,957,173 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).

Dover Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-07-12	2,679,857
2026-07-13	2,958,116
2026-07-14	3,951,069
2026-07-15	2,977,883
2026-07-16	3,118,912
2026-07-17	4,097,625
2026-07-18	3,444,733
2026-07-19	3,593,448
2026-07-20	3,180,077
2026-07-21	2,370,581
2026-07-22	3,229,870
2026-07-23	2,925,207
2026-07-24	2,568,189
2026-07-25	3,246,349
2026-07-26	3,019,271
2026-07-27	2,881,448
2026-07-28	2,484,823
2026-07-29	3,717,631
2026-07-30	3,044,350
2026-07-31	3,109,809
2026-08-01	4,659,011
2026-08-02	3,528,824
2026-08-03	2,708,951
2026-08-04	3,898,068
2026-08-05	3,354,664
2026-08-06	3,243,786
2026-08-07	2,986,782
2026-08-08	3,096,517
2026-08-09	4,017,719
2026-08-10	2,458,131
2026-08-11	3,486,707
2026-08-12	2,367,474
2026-08-13	3,737,134
2026-08-14	3,925,805
2026-08-15	3,439,417
2026-08-16	3,925,485
2026-08-17	2,867,238
2026-08-18	3,061,865
2026-08-19	3,236,981
2026-08-20	2,394,718
2026-08-21	2,575,766
2026-08-22	3,011,803
2026-08-23	3,089,576
2026-08-24	3,170,735
2026-08-25	2,503,475
2026-08-26	2,945,352
2026-08-27	3,061,943
2026-08-28	3,382,612
2026-08-29	3,167,233
2026-08-30	2,066,640
2026-08-31	2,471,748
2026-09-01	3,296,094
2026-09-02	3,480,514
2026-09-03	2,422,947
2026-09-04	2,964,914
2026-09-05	4,077,414
2026-09-06	3,583,492
2026-09-07	3,823,160
2026-09-08	3,312,413
2026-09-09	3,178,544
2026-09-10	3,469,398
2026-09-11	3,641,895
2026-09-12	3,324,960
2026-09-13	2,991,674
2026-09-14	4,346,313
2026-09-15	2,595,573
2026-09-16	2,936,655
2026-09-17	3,537,398
2026-09-18	3,709,760
2026-09-19	3,410,022
2026-09-20	3,600,953
2026-09-21	3,086,603
2026-09-22	3,017,263
2026-09-23	2,927,919
2026-09-24	2,936,471
2026-09-25	3,697,297
2026-09-26	4,014,762
2026-09-27	3,370,078
2026-09-28	3,129,116
2026-09-29	3,540,854
2026-09-30	3,097,770
2026-10-01	2,324,853
2026-10-02	3,038,412
2026-10-03	3,686,312
2026-10-04	3,498,567
2026-10-05	3,425,985
2026-10-06	2,678,182
2026-10-07	3,471,342
2026-10-08	3,448,769
2026-10-09	3,354,905
2026-10-10	3,492,399
2026-10-11	4,183,785
2026-10-12	3,756,940
2026-10-13	2,703,913
2026-10-14	3,489,992
2026-10-15	3,945,106
2026-10-16	2,827,267
2026-10-17	3,673,056
2026-10-18	2,828,617
2026-10-19	3,378,874
2026-10-20	3,082,730
2026-10-21	2,928,013
2026-10-22	3,121,156
2026-10-23	2,551,842
2026-10-24	2,600,446
2026-10-25	3,121,331
2026-10-26	3,869,118
2026-10-27	3,959,027
2026-10-28	2,680,451
2026-10-29	3,003,875
2026-10-30	3,433,016
2026-10-31	4,265,300
2026-11-01	4,366,345
2026-11-02	2,882,398
2026-11-03	2,923,119
2026-11-04	3,733,086
2026-11-05	3,519,171
2026-11-06	5,192,612
2026-11-07	4,354,114
2026-11-08	3,957,173

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Dover Strait: transits and disruption history

Key facts

Disruption history

History since 2019

Transits, all vessel types

Transits, container ships

Transits, tankers

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Transit trade volume

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