Suez Canal: transits and disruption history

Name: Suez Canal daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Suez Canal averaged 43.3 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026), compared with 41.7 in the previous 28 days (+3.8%). The archive records 2 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Wikidata: Q899
Type: canal
Bordering countries: Egypt
Recorded events: 2
Curated lanes passing: 11
Data through: 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026)

Suez Canal averaged 43.3 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08.

Disruption history

2 recorded events, newest first.

Events at Suez Canal
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2023-11-19	Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea divert traffic around Africa	Security incident	ongoing	5 Critical
2021-03-23	Container ship Ever Given grounds and blocks the Suez Canal	Vessel grounding	ended	4 Severe

Full event history for Suez Canal

History since 2019

Monthly mean of transits, all vessel types at Suez Canal. 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.

Suez Canal, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 34.1 transits per day, monthly mean on 2025-02-01 to 77.4 transits per day, monthly mean on 2023-05-01, with a mean of 53.1 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 43.1 transits per day, monthly mean. Shaded bands mark 2 recorded events: Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea divert traffic around Africa (2023-11-19 to 2026-11-08); Container ship Ever Given grounds and blocks the Suez Canal (2021-03-23 to 2021-03-29).

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).

Suez Canal, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean (transits per day, monthly mean).
Date	transits per day, monthly mean
2019-01-01	49.8
2019-02-01	50.6
2019-03-01	49.8
2019-04-01	52.4
2019-05-01	51.8
2019-06-01	49.8
2019-07-01	51.8
2019-08-01	55.3
2019-09-01	53.1
2019-10-01	56.9
2019-11-01	53.6
2019-12-01	54.5
2020-01-01	57.1
2020-02-01	54.7
2020-03-01	53.9
2020-04-01	57.7
2020-05-01	52.4
2020-06-01	46.6
2020-07-01	47.4
2020-08-01	50.9
2020-09-01	52.2
2020-10-01	53.6
2020-11-01	54.6
2020-12-01	52.2
2021-01-01	52.4
2021-02-01	56.3
2021-03-01	48.2
2021-04-01	60.4
2021-05-01	56.5
2021-06-01	55.3
2021-07-01	55.7
2021-08-01	62.1
2021-09-01	63.1
2021-10-01	61.2
2021-11-01	63.0
2021-12-01	58.7
2022-01-01	59.0
2022-02-01	62.9
2022-03-01	60.4
2022-04-01	64.8
2022-05-01	63.9
2022-06-01	67.7
2022-07-01	71.0
2022-08-01	71.4
2022-09-01	69.4
2022-10-01	70.8
2022-11-01	71.5
2022-12-01	72.4
2023-01-01	71.0
2023-02-01	70.1
2023-03-01	71.8
2023-04-01	77.3
2023-05-01	77.4
2023-06-01	75.3
2023-07-01	71.4
2023-08-01	71.6
2023-09-01	74.2
2023-10-01	76.2
2023-11-01	76.6
2023-12-01	71.4
2024-01-01	48.0
2024-02-01	42.4
2024-03-01	38.9
2024-04-01	40.9
2024-05-01	40.7
2024-06-01	39.0
2024-07-01	38.5
2024-08-01	40.3
2024-09-01	37.4
2024-10-01	37.6
2024-11-01	36.0
2024-12-01	35.7
2025-01-01	37.1
2025-02-01	34.1
2025-03-01	37.3
2025-04-01	37.0
2025-05-01	37.0
2025-06-01	36.7
2025-07-01	38.0
2025-08-01	38.7
2025-09-01	42.1
2025-10-01	41.3
2025-11-01	42.9
2025-12-01	40.1
2026-01-01	39.1
2026-02-01	41.4
2026-03-01	41.0
2026-04-01	42.1
2026-05-01	39.1
2026-06-01	40.4
2026-07-01	41.9
2026-08-01	41.0
2026-09-01	40.4
2026-10-01	43.1

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

Disruption calendar

Months in which the archive records a disruption at Suez Canal. The number is the highest severity recorded that month, from 1 minor to 5 critical. Months after 2026-11 are blank because they have not happened.

Recorded disruptions at Suez Canal by month, with the highest severity in each month
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021			4
2022
2023											5	5
2024	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
2025	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
2026	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Transits, all vessel types

Suez Canal, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 21 transits per day on 2026-09-13 to 57 transits per day on 2026-08-11, with a mean of 41.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 43 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).

Suez Canal, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	39
2026-07-13	43
2026-07-14	34
2026-07-15	42
2026-07-16	39
2026-07-17	44
2026-07-18	46
2026-07-19	43
2026-07-20	36
2026-07-21	40
2026-07-22	44
2026-07-23	46
2026-07-24	46
2026-07-25	37
2026-07-26	37
2026-07-27	51
2026-07-28	43
2026-07-29	39
2026-07-30	47
2026-07-31	38
2026-08-01	42
2026-08-02	31
2026-08-03	44
2026-08-04	35
2026-08-05	43
2026-08-06	39
2026-08-07	43
2026-08-08	35
2026-08-09	48
2026-08-10	43
2026-08-11	57
2026-08-12	27
2026-08-13	40
2026-08-14	39
2026-08-15	39
2026-08-16	41
2026-08-17	46
2026-08-18	39
2026-08-19	45
2026-08-20	33
2026-08-21	55
2026-08-22	39
2026-08-23	37
2026-08-24	46
2026-08-25	51
2026-08-26	41
2026-08-27	33
2026-08-28	39
2026-08-29	38
2026-08-30	53
2026-08-31	30
2026-09-01	51
2026-09-02	41
2026-09-03	41
2026-09-04	56
2026-09-05	42
2026-09-06	30
2026-09-07	39
2026-09-08	43
2026-09-09	37
2026-09-10	37
2026-09-11	48
2026-09-12	40
2026-09-13	21
2026-09-14	51
2026-09-15	32
2026-09-16	37
2026-09-17	37
2026-09-18	51
2026-09-19	43
2026-09-20	42
2026-09-21	38
2026-09-22	47
2026-09-23	32
2026-09-24	41
2026-09-25	37
2026-09-26	48
2026-09-27	37
2026-09-28	28
2026-09-29	40
2026-09-30	45
2026-10-01	55
2026-10-02	42
2026-10-03	46
2026-10-04	46
2026-10-05	36
2026-10-06	48
2026-10-07	32
2026-10-08	37
2026-10-09	55
2026-10-10	41
2026-10-11	43
2026-10-12	50
2026-10-13	36
2026-10-14	54
2026-10-15	42
2026-10-16	43
2026-10-17	42
2026-10-18	43
2026-10-19	36
2026-10-20	39
2026-10-21	40
2026-10-22	43
2026-10-23	44
2026-10-24	41
2026-10-25	46
2026-10-26	40
2026-10-27	51
2026-10-28	45
2026-10-29	28
2026-10-30	47
2026-10-31	44
2026-11-01	46
2026-11-02	39
2026-11-03	39
2026-11-04	37
2026-11-05	52
2026-11-06	49
2026-11-07	52
2026-11-08	43

Transits, container ships

Suez Canal, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 4 transits per day on 2026-08-12 to 19 transits per day on 2026-10-25, with a mean of 11.1 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 16 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).

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

Transits, tankers

Suez Canal, 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 2026-09-13 to 29 transits per day on 2026-08-30, with a mean of 16.0 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 17 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).

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

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Suez Canal, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 2 transits per day on 2026-09-06 to 17 transits per day on 2026-09-04, with a mean of 9.6 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 7 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).

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

Transit trade volume

Suez Canal, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 828,942 metric tons per day on 2026-08-12 to 2,673,200 metric tons per day on 2026-11-05, with a mean of 1,607,763.2 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 2,163,702 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).

Suez Canal, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-07-12	1,325,078
2026-07-13	2,133,513
2026-07-14	2,108,558
2026-07-15	1,599,188
2026-07-16	1,503,404
2026-07-17	1,437,081
2026-07-18	1,545,567
2026-07-19	1,973,255
2026-07-20	1,025,936
2026-07-21	1,064,198
2026-07-22	1,810,632
2026-07-23	1,595,346
2026-07-24	1,570,826
2026-07-25	859,389
2026-07-26	1,406,914
2026-07-27	2,078,535
2026-07-28	1,711,440
2026-07-29	1,394,958
2026-07-30	1,490,722
2026-07-31	1,702,919
2026-08-01	1,054,183
2026-08-02	1,245,322
2026-08-03	1,629,747
2026-08-04	1,725,936
2026-08-05	1,122,360
2026-08-06	1,223,896
2026-08-07	1,092,368
2026-08-08	1,291,308
2026-08-09	1,948,912
2026-08-10	1,526,277
2026-08-11	2,025,377
2026-08-12	828,942
2026-08-13	1,099,325
2026-08-14	1,545,753
2026-08-15	1,205,996
2026-08-16	1,156,924
2026-08-17	1,644,490
2026-08-18	1,400,889
2026-08-19	1,474,879
2026-08-20	1,163,366
2026-08-21	1,747,986
2026-08-22	1,362,057
2026-08-23	1,057,863
2026-08-24	1,546,509
2026-08-25	1,607,129
2026-08-26	1,797,218
2026-08-27	990,230
2026-08-28	1,407,614
2026-08-29	1,096,394
2026-08-30	1,691,917
2026-08-31	1,195,282
2026-09-01	2,179,281
2026-09-02	1,371,952
2026-09-03	2,092,328
2026-09-04	2,224,519
2026-09-05	1,216,694
2026-09-06	1,081,066
2026-09-07	991,418
2026-09-08	1,650,448
2026-09-09	1,640,210
2026-09-10	1,724,793
2026-09-11	1,561,840
2026-09-12	1,254,502
2026-09-13	1,003,061
2026-09-14	2,354,715
2026-09-15	1,304,361
2026-09-16	1,696,929
2026-09-17	1,544,385
2026-09-18	1,593,117
2026-09-19	1,245,657
2026-09-20	1,713,133
2026-09-21	1,530,074
2026-09-22	2,112,667
2026-09-23	1,567,894
2026-09-24	1,094,081
2026-09-25	1,206,751
2026-09-26	1,886,870
2026-09-27	1,277,754
2026-09-28	1,152,731
2026-09-29	1,534,120
2026-09-30	2,145,344
2026-10-01	2,561,497
2026-10-02	2,372,439
2026-10-03	2,019,755
2026-10-04	1,413,336
2026-10-05	1,339,861
2026-10-06	1,798,283
2026-10-07	1,640,112
2026-10-08	1,710,275
2026-10-09	1,773,726
2026-10-10	2,094,816
2026-10-11	1,300,421
2026-10-12	2,194,694
2026-10-13	1,449,755
2026-10-14	2,648,709
2026-10-15	1,716,065
2026-10-16	1,542,020
2026-10-17	2,180,846
2026-10-18	1,554,286
2026-10-19	1,284,126
2026-10-20	1,852,568
2026-10-21	1,373,546
2026-10-22	1,769,903
2026-10-23	1,805,704
2026-10-24	2,077,496
2026-10-25	1,705,711
2026-10-26	1,833,211
2026-10-27	1,636,386
2026-10-28	2,138,194
2026-10-29	1,351,271
2026-10-30	1,801,730
2026-10-31	1,760,478
2026-11-01	2,080,955
2026-11-02	1,726,730
2026-11-03	1,918,291
2026-11-04	1,736,814
2026-11-05	2,673,200
2026-11-06	1,779,745
2026-11-07	1,954,319
2026-11-08	2,163,702

Oil and gas carried

Crude oil and petroleum liquids through Suez Canal and SUMED Pipeline, million barrels per day, and its share of world maritime oil trade
Period	Million barrels a day	Share of world maritime oil trade
2020	5.4	7%
2021	5.2	7%
2022	7.3	9%
2023	8.8	11%
2024	4.8	6%
1H25	4.9	6%

EIA reports the Suez Canal and the SUMED pipeline together.

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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Suez Canal: transits and disruption history

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Disruption history

History since 2019

Disruption calendar

Transits, all vessel types

Transits, container ships

Transits, tankers

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Transit trade volume

Oil and gas carried

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