Oresund Strait: transits and disruption history

Name: Oresund Strait daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Oresund Strait averaged 41.7 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026), compared with 37.9 in the previous 28 days (+9.9%). The archive records 0 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Wikidata: Q104662
Type: strait
Bordering countries: Denmark, Sweden
Recorded events: 0
Curated lanes passing: 1
Data through: 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026)

Oresund Strait averaged 41.7 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 Oresund 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.

Oresund Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 37.9 transits per day, monthly mean on 2026-09-01 to 61.8 transits per day, monthly mean on 2020-04-01, with a mean of 48.7 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 40.7 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).

Oresund Strait, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean (transits per day, monthly mean).
Date	transits per day, monthly mean
2019-01-01	50.6
2019-02-01	54.6
2019-03-01	52.0
2019-04-01	55.9
2019-05-01	55.5
2019-06-01	56.9
2019-07-01	53.8
2019-08-01	54.9
2019-09-01	53.4
2019-10-01	52.7
2019-11-01	52.6
2019-12-01	50.3
2020-01-01	49.9
2020-02-01	45.9
2020-03-01	54.9
2020-04-01	61.8
2020-05-01	61.8
2020-06-01	58.5
2020-07-01	56.7
2020-08-01	56.4
2020-09-01	56.9
2020-10-01	56.6
2020-11-01	55.6
2020-12-01	56.6
2021-01-01	56.0
2021-02-01	53.9
2021-03-01	55.0
2021-04-01	56.0
2021-05-01	56.3
2021-06-01	54.8
2021-07-01	54.4
2021-08-01	53.7
2021-09-01	52.8
2021-10-01	49.4
2021-11-01	52.5
2021-12-01	49.2
2022-01-01	45.6
2022-02-01	44.0
2022-03-01	51.6
2022-04-01	49.6
2022-05-01	44.9
2022-06-01	44.9
2022-07-01	44.3
2022-08-01	43.9
2022-09-01	43.4
2022-10-01	44.7
2022-11-01	44.6
2022-12-01	50.8
2023-01-01	44.9
2023-02-01	44.8
2023-03-01	45.1
2023-04-01	46.4
2023-05-01	46.8
2023-06-01	46.8
2023-07-01	45.7
2023-08-01	45.7
2023-09-01	45.4
2023-10-01	44.4
2023-11-01	44.0
2023-12-01	44.0
2024-01-01	44.1
2024-02-01	42.9
2024-03-01	48.3
2024-04-01	43.3
2024-05-01	46.6
2024-06-01	46.2
2024-07-01	43.1
2024-08-01	45.5
2024-09-01	45.4
2024-10-01	46.9
2024-11-01	47.5
2024-12-01	43.4
2025-01-01	45.4
2025-02-01	45.7
2025-03-01	50.4
2025-04-01	46.0
2025-05-01	47.6
2025-06-01	46.0
2025-07-01	47.3
2025-08-01	48.2
2025-09-01	47.7
2025-10-01	45.4
2025-11-01	48.1
2025-12-01	47.0
2026-01-01	43.5
2026-02-01	41.6
2026-03-01	42.9
2026-04-01	41.6
2026-05-01	43.0
2026-06-01	40.8
2026-07-01	39.5
2026-08-01	40.9
2026-09-01	37.9
2026-10-01	40.7

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

Transits, all vessel types

Oresund Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 23 transits per day on 2026-09-25 to 60 transits per day on 2026-11-04, with a mean of 39.9 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 44 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).

Oresund Strait, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	40
2026-07-13	36
2026-07-14	37
2026-07-15	45
2026-07-16	45
2026-07-17	41
2026-07-18	40
2026-07-19	32
2026-07-20	42
2026-07-21	38
2026-07-22	34
2026-07-23	37
2026-07-24	48
2026-07-25	45
2026-07-26	39
2026-07-27	32
2026-07-28	29
2026-07-29	31
2026-07-30	34
2026-07-31	44
2026-08-01	38
2026-08-02	37
2026-08-03	34
2026-08-04	37
2026-08-05	33
2026-08-06	42
2026-08-07	29
2026-08-08	57
2026-08-09	40
2026-08-10	36
2026-08-11	37
2026-08-12	46
2026-08-13	42
2026-08-14	31
2026-08-15	43
2026-08-16	57
2026-08-17	43
2026-08-18	40
2026-08-19	32
2026-08-20	42
2026-08-21	46
2026-08-22	46
2026-08-23	45
2026-08-24	42
2026-08-25	41
2026-08-26	42
2026-08-27	41
2026-08-28	40
2026-08-29	47
2026-08-30	54
2026-08-31	29
2026-09-01	32
2026-09-02	48
2026-09-03	47
2026-09-04	33
2026-09-05	32
2026-09-06	29
2026-09-07	33
2026-09-08	52
2026-09-09	41
2026-09-10	37
2026-09-11	34
2026-09-12	50
2026-09-13	48
2026-09-14	42
2026-09-15	37
2026-09-16	36
2026-09-17	33
2026-09-18	44
2026-09-19	46
2026-09-20	31
2026-09-21	29
2026-09-22	31
2026-09-23	46
2026-09-24	38
2026-09-25	23
2026-09-26	38
2026-09-27	41
2026-09-28	45
2026-09-29	30
2026-09-30	32
2026-10-01	46
2026-10-02	43
2026-10-03	33
2026-10-04	43
2026-10-05	46
2026-10-06	41
2026-10-07	38
2026-10-08	35
2026-10-09	35
2026-10-10	42
2026-10-11	38
2026-10-12	39
2026-10-13	39
2026-10-14	46
2026-10-15	48
2026-10-16	41
2026-10-17	35
2026-10-18	42
2026-10-19	40
2026-10-20	47
2026-10-21	41
2026-10-22	39
2026-10-23	53
2026-10-24	49
2026-10-25	31
2026-10-26	27
2026-10-27	34
2026-10-28	49
2026-10-29	45
2026-10-30	39
2026-10-31	37
2026-11-01	40
2026-11-02	30
2026-11-03	49
2026-11-04	60
2026-11-05	42
2026-11-06	41
2026-11-07	40
2026-11-08	44

Transits, container ships

Oresund 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 2026-07-22 to 11 transits per day on 2026-08-21, with a mean of 4.8 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 6 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).

Oresund Strait, transits, container ships, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	6
2026-07-13	4
2026-07-14	3
2026-07-15	5
2026-07-16	8
2026-07-17	5
2026-07-18	6
2026-07-19	6
2026-07-20	3
2026-07-21	8
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	3
2026-07-24	10
2026-07-25	8
2026-07-26	4
2026-07-27	7
2026-07-28	6
2026-07-29	2
2026-07-30	3
2026-07-31	5
2026-08-01	6
2026-08-02	5
2026-08-03	6
2026-08-04	5
2026-08-05	2
2026-08-06	4
2026-08-07	6
2026-08-08	8
2026-08-09	4
2026-08-10	5
2026-08-11	4
2026-08-12	6
2026-08-13	4
2026-08-14	3
2026-08-15	9
2026-08-16	7
2026-08-17	5
2026-08-18	7
2026-08-19	4
2026-08-20	2
2026-08-21	11
2026-08-22	5
2026-08-23	3
2026-08-24	4
2026-08-25	7
2026-08-26	2
2026-08-27	6
2026-08-28	5
2026-08-29	3
2026-08-30	7
2026-08-31	2
2026-09-01	2
2026-09-02	4
2026-09-03	3
2026-09-04	4
2026-09-05	3
2026-09-06	3
2026-09-07	3
2026-09-08	3
2026-09-09	5
2026-09-10	3
2026-09-11	7
2026-09-12	3
2026-09-13	7
2026-09-14	2
2026-09-15	10
2026-09-16	7
2026-09-17	4
2026-09-18	11
2026-09-19	4
2026-09-20	3
2026-09-21	2
2026-09-22	3
2026-09-23	5
2026-09-24	4
2026-09-25	1
2026-09-26	5
2026-09-27	9
2026-09-28	3
2026-09-29	4
2026-09-30	3
2026-10-01	4
2026-10-02	4
2026-10-03	2
2026-10-04	5
2026-10-05	8
2026-10-06	6
2026-10-07	5
2026-10-08	4
2026-10-09	5
2026-10-10	7
2026-10-11	3
2026-10-12	6
2026-10-13	5
2026-10-14	4
2026-10-15	8
2026-10-16	6
2026-10-17	4
2026-10-18	10
2026-10-19	2
2026-10-20	2
2026-10-21	5
2026-10-22	3
2026-10-23	6
2026-10-24	6
2026-10-25	3
2026-10-26	1
2026-10-27	4
2026-10-28	8
2026-10-29	3
2026-10-30	5
2026-10-31	1
2026-11-01	7
2026-11-02	2
2026-11-03	5
2026-11-04	4
2026-11-05	5
2026-11-06	5
2026-11-07	9
2026-11-08	6

Transits, tankers

Oresund Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 3 transits per day on 2026-07-28 to 17 transits per day on 2026-09-03, with a mean of 8.6 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 10 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).

Oresund Strait, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	9
2026-07-13	10
2026-07-14	10
2026-07-15	10
2026-07-16	8
2026-07-17	9
2026-07-18	5
2026-07-19	7
2026-07-20	7
2026-07-21	9
2026-07-22	7
2026-07-23	10
2026-07-24	6
2026-07-25	6
2026-07-26	12
2026-07-27	8
2026-07-28	3
2026-07-29	8
2026-07-30	5
2026-07-31	7
2026-08-01	11
2026-08-02	6
2026-08-03	7
2026-08-04	6
2026-08-05	7
2026-08-06	10
2026-08-07	6
2026-08-08	12
2026-08-09	9
2026-08-10	6
2026-08-11	5
2026-08-12	8
2026-08-13	13
2026-08-14	13
2026-08-15	7
2026-08-16	7
2026-08-17	8
2026-08-18	9
2026-08-19	9
2026-08-20	12
2026-08-21	8
2026-08-22	8
2026-08-23	8
2026-08-24	8
2026-08-25	7
2026-08-26	13
2026-08-27	4
2026-08-28	9
2026-08-29	15
2026-08-30	14
2026-08-31	5
2026-09-01	5
2026-09-02	13
2026-09-03	17
2026-09-04	7
2026-09-05	7
2026-09-06	7
2026-09-07	13
2026-09-08	10
2026-09-09	10
2026-09-10	10
2026-09-11	8
2026-09-12	9
2026-09-13	9
2026-09-14	6
2026-09-15	4
2026-09-16	7
2026-09-17	6
2026-09-18	12
2026-09-19	11
2026-09-20	7
2026-09-21	8
2026-09-22	6
2026-09-23	8
2026-09-24	6
2026-09-25	5
2026-09-26	11
2026-09-27	8
2026-09-28	14
2026-09-29	7
2026-09-30	4
2026-10-01	7
2026-10-02	13
2026-10-03	6
2026-10-04	9
2026-10-05	10
2026-10-06	7
2026-10-07	6
2026-10-08	9
2026-10-09	9
2026-10-10	7
2026-10-11	6
2026-10-12	8
2026-10-13	12
2026-10-14	10
2026-10-15	7
2026-10-16	8
2026-10-17	9
2026-10-18	6
2026-10-19	10
2026-10-20	10
2026-10-21	11
2026-10-22	10
2026-10-23	12
2026-10-24	7
2026-10-25	7
2026-10-26	7
2026-10-27	8
2026-10-28	11
2026-10-29	13
2026-10-30	6
2026-10-31	5
2026-11-01	13
2026-11-02	9
2026-11-03	10
2026-11-04	14
2026-11-05	11
2026-11-06	8
2026-11-07	9
2026-11-08	10

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Oresund Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-10-26 to 15 transits per day on 2026-10-15, with a mean of 6.4 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 10 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).

Oresund Strait, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	6
2026-07-13	5
2026-07-14	4
2026-07-15	10
2026-07-16	6
2026-07-17	3
2026-07-18	6
2026-07-19	4
2026-07-20	8
2026-07-21	5
2026-07-22	2
2026-07-23	5
2026-07-24	5
2026-07-25	6
2026-07-26	7
2026-07-27	7
2026-07-28	3
2026-07-29	3
2026-07-30	2
2026-07-31	3
2026-08-01	4
2026-08-02	3
2026-08-03	3
2026-08-04	2
2026-08-05	5
2026-08-06	6
2026-08-07	7
2026-08-08	9
2026-08-09	4
2026-08-10	5
2026-08-11	7
2026-08-12	9
2026-08-13	9
2026-08-14	2
2026-08-15	5
2026-08-16	10
2026-08-17	9
2026-08-18	5
2026-08-19	5
2026-08-20	9
2026-08-21	8
2026-08-22	5
2026-08-23	8
2026-08-24	11
2026-08-25	8
2026-08-26	5
2026-08-27	9
2026-08-28	5
2026-08-29	5
2026-08-30	9
2026-08-31	8
2026-09-01	6
2026-09-02	7
2026-09-03	7
2026-09-04	8
2026-09-05	7
2026-09-06	5
2026-09-07	8
2026-09-08	13
2026-09-09	6
2026-09-10	5
2026-09-11	6
2026-09-12	11
2026-09-13	8
2026-09-14	10
2026-09-15	11
2026-09-16	7
2026-09-17	9
2026-09-18	5
2026-09-19	9
2026-09-20	4
2026-09-21	6
2026-09-22	5
2026-09-23	7
2026-09-24	13
2026-09-25	6
2026-09-26	5
2026-09-27	6
2026-09-28	5
2026-09-29	5
2026-09-30	9
2026-10-01	9
2026-10-02	6
2026-10-03	7
2026-10-04	9
2026-10-05	12
2026-10-06	3
2026-10-07	2
2026-10-08	7
2026-10-09	9
2026-10-10	7
2026-10-11	9
2026-10-12	6
2026-10-13	3
2026-10-14	6
2026-10-15	15
2026-10-16	7
2026-10-17	3
2026-10-18	4
2026-10-19	6
2026-10-20	6
2026-10-21	8
2026-10-22	8
2026-10-23	4
2026-10-24	8
2026-10-25	7
2026-10-26	0
2026-10-27	3
2026-10-28	9
2026-10-29	5
2026-10-30	9
2026-10-31	6
2026-11-01	9
2026-11-02	1
2026-11-03	8
2026-11-04	9
2026-11-05	1
2026-11-06	2
2026-11-07	5
2026-11-08	10

Transit trade volume

Oresund Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 33,811 metric tons per day on 2026-09-01 to 350,835 metric tons per day on 2026-10-01, with a mean of 99,374.5 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 65,048 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).

Oresund Strait, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-07-12	92,922
2026-07-13	108,265
2026-07-14	60,564
2026-07-15	112,348
2026-07-16	114,581
2026-07-17	154,490
2026-07-18	72,485
2026-07-19	81,104
2026-07-20	60,628
2026-07-21	178,895
2026-07-22	53,163
2026-07-23	204,862
2026-07-24	142,879
2026-07-25	79,410
2026-07-26	58,668
2026-07-27	168,062
2026-07-28	44,630
2026-07-29	40,326
2026-07-30	78,552
2026-07-31	73,722
2026-08-01	100,928
2026-08-02	81,666
2026-08-03	63,612
2026-08-04	56,385
2026-08-05	93,858
2026-08-06	106,610
2026-08-07	117,817
2026-08-08	89,059
2026-08-09	66,503
2026-08-10	63,608
2026-08-11	86,481
2026-08-12	62,630
2026-08-13	72,351
2026-08-14	119,255
2026-08-15	102,185
2026-08-16	128,777
2026-08-17	105,063
2026-08-18	93,414
2026-08-19	204,955
2026-08-20	91,727
2026-08-21	214,161
2026-08-22	115,138
2026-08-23	78,831
2026-08-24	83,093
2026-08-25	73,712
2026-08-26	49,271
2026-08-27	49,790
2026-08-28	155,014
2026-08-29	138,269
2026-08-30	112,720
2026-08-31	44,186
2026-09-01	33,811
2026-09-02	117,587
2026-09-03	109,246
2026-09-04	150,406
2026-09-05	74,289
2026-09-06	38,418
2026-09-07	61,111
2026-09-08	182,448
2026-09-09	110,379
2026-09-10	72,564
2026-09-11	54,927
2026-09-12	77,346
2026-09-13	69,909
2026-09-14	43,479
2026-09-15	94,534
2026-09-16	99,544
2026-09-17	117,146
2026-09-18	116,070
2026-09-19	88,716
2026-09-20	62,048
2026-09-21	38,713
2026-09-22	124,605
2026-09-23	71,354
2026-09-24	198,307
2026-09-25	153,081
2026-09-26	67,710
2026-09-27	207,627
2026-09-28	224,353
2026-09-29	34,121
2026-09-30	77,560
2026-10-01	350,835
2026-10-02	61,816
2026-10-03	96,926
2026-10-04	102,360
2026-10-05	154,945
2026-10-06	85,542
2026-10-07	50,609
2026-10-08	65,678
2026-10-09	48,722
2026-10-10	217,044
2026-10-11	64,648
2026-10-12	133,445
2026-10-13	121,738
2026-10-14	90,569
2026-10-15	129,088
2026-10-16	88,360
2026-10-17	61,196
2026-10-18	62,092
2026-10-19	115,537
2026-10-20	112,755
2026-10-21	109,967
2026-10-22	58,667
2026-10-23	135,960
2026-10-24	97,632
2026-10-25	52,822
2026-10-26	42,149
2026-10-27	101,749
2026-10-28	124,391
2026-10-29	65,128
2026-10-30	165,475
2026-10-31	48,669
2026-11-01	125,400
2026-11-02	61,077
2026-11-03	165,066
2026-11-04	101,189
2026-11-05	71,226
2026-11-06	80,891
2026-11-07	65,499
2026-11-08	65,048

Oil and gas carried

Crude oil and petroleum liquids through Danish Straits, million barrels per day, and its share of world maritime oil trade
Period	Million barrels a day	Share of world maritime oil trade
2020	3.1	4%
2021	3.1	4%
2022	4.2	5%
2023	5.0	6%
2024	4.9	6%
1H25	4.9	6%

EIA reports the Danish Straits as a group, of which the Oresund is one; flows through the Kiel Canal are not included.

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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Oresund 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

Oil and gas carried

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