Korea Strait: transits and disruption history

Name: Korea Strait daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Korea Strait averaged 202.0 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026), compared with 215.5 in the previous 28 days (-6.3%). The archive records 0 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Wikidata: Q52052
Type: strait
Bordering countries: South Korea, Japan
Recorded events: 0
Curated lanes passing: 0
Data through: 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026)

Korea Strait averaged 202.0 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 Korea 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.

Korea Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 184.6 transits per day, monthly mean on 2026-01-01 to 250.9 transits per day, monthly mean on 2023-04-01, with a mean of 227.8 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 206.5 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).

Korea Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean (transits per day, monthly mean).
Date	transits per day, monthly mean
2019-01-01	227.3
2019-02-01	225.4
2019-03-01	226.4
2019-04-01	218.4
2019-05-01	228.1
2019-06-01	229.9
2019-07-01	235.9
2019-08-01	234.4
2019-09-01	235.4
2019-10-01	235.9
2019-11-01	230.3
2019-12-01	232.3
2020-01-01	236.5
2020-02-01	218.5
2020-03-01	224.2
2020-04-01	231.1
2020-05-01	223.8
2020-06-01	226.1
2020-07-01	235.1
2020-08-01	238.2
2020-09-01	230.8
2020-10-01	235.4
2020-11-01	228.9
2020-12-01	213.9
2021-01-01	216.6
2021-02-01	224.6
2021-03-01	232.9
2021-04-01	236.6
2021-05-01	230.0
2021-06-01	232.5
2021-07-01	233.6
2021-08-01	231.6
2021-09-01	234.2
2021-10-01	235.1
2021-11-01	230.7
2021-12-01	223.2
2022-01-01	225.3
2022-02-01	223.6
2022-03-01	233.2
2022-04-01	235.6
2022-05-01	230.9
2022-06-01	236.2
2022-07-01	239.9
2022-08-01	239.4
2022-09-01	241.1
2022-10-01	243.2
2022-11-01	236.9
2022-12-01	230.8
2023-01-01	230.8
2023-02-01	212.7
2023-03-01	241.8
2023-04-01	250.9
2023-05-01	247.5
2023-06-01	247.1
2023-07-01	240.8
2023-08-01	240.1
2023-09-01	247.3
2023-10-01	209.0
2023-11-01	212.2
2023-12-01	227.7
2024-01-01	227.2
2024-02-01	225.8
2024-03-01	241.3
2024-04-01	242.9
2024-05-01	242.7
2024-06-01	240.0
2024-07-01	234.5
2024-08-01	238.2
2024-09-01	240.3
2024-10-01	238.4
2024-11-01	225.8
2024-12-01	220.5
2025-01-01	217.1
2025-02-01	211.2
2025-03-01	226.9
2025-04-01	226.9
2025-05-01	227.1
2025-06-01	228.1
2025-07-01	225.7
2025-08-01	215.5
2025-09-01	225.1
2025-10-01	214.7
2025-11-01	210.3
2025-12-01	203.6
2026-01-01	184.6
2026-02-01	192.3
2026-03-01	204.3
2026-04-01	201.9
2026-05-01	214.0
2026-06-01	224.8
2026-07-01	217.8
2026-08-01	211.7
2026-09-01	218.3
2026-10-01	206.5

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

Transits, all vessel types

Korea Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 135 transits per day on 2026-10-25 to 282 transits per day on 2026-08-04, with a mean of 211.5 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 191 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).

Korea Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	183
2026-07-13	209
2026-07-14	169
2026-07-15	211
2026-07-16	238
2026-07-17	224
2026-07-18	233
2026-07-19	202
2026-07-20	230
2026-07-21	198
2026-07-22	211
2026-07-23	225
2026-07-24	221
2026-07-25	215
2026-07-26	209
2026-07-27	238
2026-07-28	210
2026-07-29	212
2026-07-30	217
2026-07-31	236
2026-08-01	232
2026-08-02	204
2026-08-03	221
2026-08-04	282
2026-08-05	214
2026-08-06	228
2026-08-07	193
2026-08-08	195
2026-08-09	193
2026-08-10	202
2026-08-11	182
2026-08-12	210
2026-08-13	217
2026-08-14	191
2026-08-15	205
2026-08-16	179
2026-08-17	190
2026-08-18	236
2026-08-19	213
2026-08-20	216
2026-08-21	197
2026-08-22	204
2026-08-23	201
2026-08-24	223
2026-08-25	248
2026-08-26	232
2026-08-27	216
2026-08-28	207
2026-08-29	216
2026-08-30	221
2026-08-31	193
2026-09-01	247
2026-09-02	233
2026-09-03	215
2026-09-04	152
2026-09-05	169
2026-09-06	188
2026-09-07	270
2026-09-08	218
2026-09-09	151
2026-09-10	278
2026-09-11	242
2026-09-12	233
2026-09-13	238
2026-09-14	199
2026-09-15	239
2026-09-16	213
2026-09-17	228
2026-09-18	234
2026-09-19	244
2026-09-20	226
2026-09-21	182
2026-09-22	225
2026-09-23	237
2026-09-24	201
2026-09-25	204
2026-09-26	187
2026-09-27	228
2026-09-28	239
2026-09-29	216
2026-09-30	213
2026-10-01	204
2026-10-02	218
2026-10-03	200
2026-10-04	220
2026-10-05	201
2026-10-06	209
2026-10-07	240
2026-10-08	225
2026-10-09	196
2026-10-10	215
2026-10-11	192
2026-10-12	183
2026-10-13	203
2026-10-14	185
2026-10-15	209
2026-10-16	224
2026-10-17	193
2026-10-18	174
2026-10-19	199
2026-10-20	212
2026-10-21	236
2026-10-22	226
2026-10-23	203
2026-10-24	178
2026-10-25	135
2026-10-26	215
2026-10-27	227
2026-10-28	237
2026-10-29	212
2026-10-30	232
2026-10-31	198
2026-11-01	187
2026-11-02	202
2026-11-03	181
2026-11-04	219
2026-11-05	213
2026-11-06	179
2026-11-07	203
2026-11-08	191

Transits, container ships

Korea Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 37 transits per day on 2026-11-03 to 78 transits per day on 2026-08-04, with a mean of 56.5 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 56 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).

Korea Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	59
2026-07-13	51
2026-07-14	39
2026-07-15	58
2026-07-16	58
2026-07-17	62
2026-07-18	65
2026-07-19	53
2026-07-20	63
2026-07-21	54
2026-07-22	42
2026-07-23	63
2026-07-24	68
2026-07-25	58
2026-07-26	46
2026-07-27	63
2026-07-28	45
2026-07-29	46
2026-07-30	60
2026-07-31	67
2026-08-01	60
2026-08-02	56
2026-08-03	59
2026-08-04	78
2026-08-05	63
2026-08-06	70
2026-08-07	54
2026-08-08	65
2026-08-09	64
2026-08-10	78
2026-08-11	53
2026-08-12	59
2026-08-13	44
2026-08-14	54
2026-08-15	57
2026-08-16	56
2026-08-17	53
2026-08-18	60
2026-08-19	51
2026-08-20	58
2026-08-21	52
2026-08-22	46
2026-08-23	47
2026-08-24	58
2026-08-25	69
2026-08-26	68
2026-08-27	57
2026-08-28	45
2026-08-29	62
2026-08-30	59
2026-08-31	53
2026-09-01	67
2026-09-02	59
2026-09-03	63
2026-09-04	59
2026-09-05	56
2026-09-06	65
2026-09-07	69
2026-09-08	58
2026-09-09	58
2026-09-10	59
2026-09-11	50
2026-09-12	55
2026-09-13	70
2026-09-14	48
2026-09-15	57
2026-09-16	54
2026-09-17	51
2026-09-18	74
2026-09-19	65
2026-09-20	68
2026-09-21	52
2026-09-22	57
2026-09-23	67
2026-09-24	49
2026-09-25	48
2026-09-26	65
2026-09-27	60
2026-09-28	61
2026-09-29	56
2026-09-30	62
2026-10-01	49
2026-10-02	54
2026-10-03	63
2026-10-04	66
2026-10-05	54
2026-10-06	58
2026-10-07	68
2026-10-08	59
2026-10-09	46
2026-10-10	53
2026-10-11	55
2026-10-12	56
2026-10-13	46
2026-10-14	49
2026-10-15	54
2026-10-16	51
2026-10-17	53
2026-10-18	50
2026-10-19	43
2026-10-20	54
2026-10-21	67
2026-10-22	72
2026-10-23	58
2026-10-24	47
2026-10-25	41
2026-10-26	57
2026-10-27	52
2026-10-28	52
2026-10-29	54
2026-10-30	58
2026-10-31	47
2026-11-01	47
2026-11-02	47
2026-11-03	37
2026-11-04	50
2026-11-05	67
2026-11-06	42
2026-11-07	38
2026-11-08	56

Transits, tankers

Korea Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 32 transits per day on 2026-09-04 to 78 transits per day on 2026-09-10, with a mean of 56.0 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 41 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).

Korea Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	46
2026-07-13	51
2026-07-14	47
2026-07-15	54
2026-07-16	62
2026-07-17	60
2026-07-18	58
2026-07-19	65
2026-07-20	71
2026-07-21	54
2026-07-22	60
2026-07-23	67
2026-07-24	60
2026-07-25	65
2026-07-26	55
2026-07-27	66
2026-07-28	55
2026-07-29	61
2026-07-30	60
2026-07-31	57
2026-08-01	67
2026-08-02	51
2026-08-03	57
2026-08-04	77
2026-08-05	54
2026-08-06	59
2026-08-07	51
2026-08-08	61
2026-08-09	43
2026-08-10	46
2026-08-11	52
2026-08-12	58
2026-08-13	54
2026-08-14	50
2026-08-15	68
2026-08-16	45
2026-08-17	57
2026-08-18	62
2026-08-19	62
2026-08-20	60
2026-08-21	43
2026-08-22	62
2026-08-23	52
2026-08-24	68
2026-08-25	69
2026-08-26	55
2026-08-27	63
2026-08-28	57
2026-08-29	59
2026-08-30	60
2026-08-31	41
2026-09-01	63
2026-09-02	63
2026-09-03	48
2026-09-04	32
2026-09-05	48
2026-09-06	43
2026-09-07	63
2026-09-08	53
2026-09-09	44
2026-09-10	78
2026-09-11	62
2026-09-12	59
2026-09-13	54
2026-09-14	58
2026-09-15	76
2026-09-16	57
2026-09-17	65
2026-09-18	55
2026-09-19	52
2026-09-20	56
2026-09-21	47
2026-09-22	64
2026-09-23	62
2026-09-24	56
2026-09-25	58
2026-09-26	50
2026-09-27	60
2026-09-28	71
2026-09-29	58
2026-09-30	48
2026-10-01	43
2026-10-02	63
2026-10-03	41
2026-10-04	55
2026-10-05	50
2026-10-06	52
2026-10-07	56
2026-10-08	63
2026-10-09	48
2026-10-10	55
2026-10-11	61
2026-10-12	49
2026-10-13	60
2026-10-14	44
2026-10-15	50
2026-10-16	57
2026-10-17	46
2026-10-18	47
2026-10-19	59
2026-10-20	63
2026-10-21	58
2026-10-22	48
2026-10-23	49
2026-10-24	49
2026-10-25	43
2026-10-26	50
2026-10-27	56
2026-10-28	64
2026-10-29	50
2026-10-30	70
2026-10-31	55
2026-11-01	45
2026-11-02	61
2026-11-03	48
2026-11-04	68
2026-11-05	53
2026-11-06	56
2026-11-07	52
2026-11-08	41

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Korea Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 19 transits per day on 2026-10-12 to 52 transits per day on 2026-09-13, with a mean of 37.4 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 40 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).

Korea Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	29
2026-07-13	34
2026-07-14	37
2026-07-15	43
2026-07-16	46
2026-07-17	37
2026-07-18	45
2026-07-19	32
2026-07-20	33
2026-07-21	31
2026-07-22	41
2026-07-23	40
2026-07-24	37
2026-07-25	32
2026-07-26	38
2026-07-27	32
2026-07-28	48
2026-07-29	42
2026-07-30	40
2026-07-31	42
2026-08-01	42
2026-08-02	38
2026-08-03	34
2026-08-04	48
2026-08-05	41
2026-08-06	37
2026-08-07	32
2026-08-08	25
2026-08-09	34
2026-08-10	38
2026-08-11	25
2026-08-12	48
2026-08-13	40
2026-08-14	31
2026-08-15	33
2026-08-16	34
2026-08-17	31
2026-08-18	39
2026-08-19	40
2026-08-20	33
2026-08-21	41
2026-08-22	29
2026-08-23	42
2026-08-24	34
2026-08-25	34
2026-08-26	37
2026-08-27	40
2026-08-28	35
2026-08-29	28
2026-08-30	48
2026-08-31	43
2026-09-01	43
2026-09-02	32
2026-09-03	46
2026-09-04	32
2026-09-05	29
2026-09-06	39
2026-09-07	41
2026-09-08	39
2026-09-09	22
2026-09-10	42
2026-09-11	50
2026-09-12	47
2026-09-13	52
2026-09-14	30
2026-09-15	41
2026-09-16	45
2026-09-17	47
2026-09-18	32
2026-09-19	51
2026-09-20	52
2026-09-21	36
2026-09-22	46
2026-09-23	41
2026-09-24	37
2026-09-25	41
2026-09-26	23
2026-09-27	35
2026-09-28	30
2026-09-29	40
2026-09-30	41
2026-10-01	49
2026-10-02	33
2026-10-03	32
2026-10-04	35
2026-10-05	34
2026-10-06	35
2026-10-07	48
2026-10-08	38
2026-10-09	36
2026-10-10	40
2026-10-11	33
2026-10-12	19
2026-10-13	41
2026-10-14	29
2026-10-15	34
2026-10-16	41
2026-10-17	40
2026-10-18	28
2026-10-19	29
2026-10-20	28
2026-10-21	40
2026-10-22	38
2026-10-23	32
2026-10-24	29
2026-10-25	23
2026-10-26	41
2026-10-27	44
2026-10-28	50
2026-10-29	36
2026-10-30	45
2026-10-31	41
2026-11-01	33
2026-11-02	32
2026-11-03	29
2026-11-04	42
2026-11-05	38
2026-11-06	29
2026-11-07	46
2026-11-08	40

Transit trade volume

Korea Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 2,074,231 metric tons per day on 2026-11-03 to 4,836,316 metric tons per day on 2026-08-18, with a mean of 3,226,565.7 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 2,541,934 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).

Korea Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-07-12	2,514,487
2026-07-13	2,392,647
2026-07-14	2,430,383
2026-07-15	3,434,755
2026-07-16	4,209,389
2026-07-17	3,650,934
2026-07-18	3,443,250
2026-07-19	2,858,138
2026-07-20	2,634,141
2026-07-21	4,191,154
2026-07-22	2,820,713
2026-07-23	3,964,057
2026-07-24	3,277,868
2026-07-25	3,033,726
2026-07-26	3,784,968
2026-07-27	2,791,257
2026-07-28	3,209,092
2026-07-29	4,456,349
2026-07-30	3,568,933
2026-07-31	3,064,062
2026-08-01	3,578,760
2026-08-02	3,201,813
2026-08-03	3,115,000
2026-08-04	4,569,857
2026-08-05	4,374,184
2026-08-06	2,668,248
2026-08-07	2,806,098
2026-08-08	2,967,548
2026-08-09	3,224,304
2026-08-10	3,731,377
2026-08-11	2,628,123
2026-08-12	4,537,815
2026-08-13	3,268,378
2026-08-14	2,929,268
2026-08-15	3,089,750
2026-08-16	3,062,967
2026-08-17	2,502,803
2026-08-18	4,836,316
2026-08-19	3,478,160
2026-08-20	2,870,437
2026-08-21	2,485,564
2026-08-22	2,941,900
2026-08-23	2,672,970
2026-08-24	4,325,298
2026-08-25	3,411,616
2026-08-26	4,237,520
2026-08-27	2,940,150
2026-08-28	2,664,368
2026-08-29	3,780,169
2026-08-30	3,141,384
2026-08-31	3,956,048
2026-09-01	3,533,178
2026-09-02	3,191,270
2026-09-03	3,746,289
2026-09-04	3,375,429
2026-09-05	2,659,868
2026-09-06	3,060,315
2026-09-07	3,416,706
2026-09-08	3,725,593
2026-09-09	2,877,687
2026-09-10	3,298,203
2026-09-11	3,806,715
2026-09-12	3,710,257
2026-09-13	3,506,325
2026-09-14	2,259,855
2026-09-15	3,562,126
2026-09-16	3,435,670
2026-09-17	3,525,426
2026-09-18	3,206,873
2026-09-19	3,592,166
2026-09-20	4,132,633
2026-09-21	2,874,200
2026-09-22	4,497,727
2026-09-23	3,762,031
2026-09-24	2,931,530
2026-09-25	3,285,423
2026-09-26	2,518,409
2026-09-27	3,481,754
2026-09-28	3,243,129
2026-09-29	2,792,591
2026-09-30	3,704,295
2026-10-01	3,112,933
2026-10-02	2,608,155
2026-10-03	2,999,177
2026-10-04	2,988,985
2026-10-05	2,685,529
2026-10-06	2,366,204
2026-10-07	3,566,880
2026-10-08	3,651,909
2026-10-09	2,924,100
2026-10-10	4,006,245
2026-10-11	3,031,102
2026-10-12	3,362,281
2026-10-13	2,534,029
2026-10-14	2,544,908
2026-10-15	2,969,408
2026-10-16	4,003,210
2026-10-17	2,781,003
2026-10-18	3,344,458
2026-10-19	2,267,088
2026-10-20	3,127,076
2026-10-21	3,837,118
2026-10-22	3,672,218
2026-10-23	2,632,053
2026-10-24	2,500,866
2026-10-25	2,119,335
2026-10-26	3,415,431
2026-10-27	4,084,262
2026-10-28	3,654,928
2026-10-29	2,288,809
2026-10-30	3,075,992
2026-10-31	3,254,861
2026-11-01	3,133,136
2026-11-02	2,152,012
2026-11-03	2,074,231
2026-11-04	2,900,379
2026-11-05	2,888,103
2026-11-06	2,674,537
2026-11-07	2,970,831
2026-11-08	2,541,934

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Korea 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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