Yucatan Channel: transits and disruption history

Name: Yucatan Channel daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Yucatan Channel averaged 50.9 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026), compared with 50.0 in the previous 28 days (+1.8%). The archive records 0 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Wikidata: Q193260
Type: strait
Bordering countries: Mexico, Cuba
Recorded events: 0
Curated lanes passing: 3
Data through: 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026)

Yucatan Channel averaged 50.9 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 Yucatan Channel. 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.

Yucatan Channel, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean, 2019-01-01 (1 January 2019) to 2026-10-01 (1 October 2026): values ranged from 38.8 transits per day, monthly mean on 2020-06-01 to 55.8 transits per day, monthly mean on 2026-04-01, with a mean of 45.9 transits per day, monthly mean. The latest value, for 2026-10-01, was 51.2 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).

Yucatan Channel, transits, all vessel types, monthly mean (transits per day, monthly mean).
Date	transits per day, monthly mean
2019-01-01	43.5
2019-02-01	40.0
2019-03-01	41.8
2019-04-01	42.1
2019-05-01	41.7
2019-06-01	42.3
2019-07-01	39.7
2019-08-01	42.9
2019-09-01	45.6
2019-10-01	44.5
2019-11-01	44.0
2019-12-01	44.6
2020-01-01	45.1
2020-02-01	45.4
2020-03-01	46.5
2020-04-01	42.8
2020-05-01	38.9
2020-06-01	38.8
2020-07-01	39.4
2020-08-01	44.3
2020-09-01	43.1
2020-10-01	45.1
2020-11-01	47.3
2020-12-01	46.9
2021-01-01	46.5
2021-02-01	42.1
2021-03-01	43.6
2021-04-01	45.0
2021-05-01	43.7
2021-06-01	43.6
2021-07-01	44.1
2021-08-01	44.2
2021-09-01	40.7
2021-10-01	44.4
2021-11-01	47.1
2021-12-01	46.1
2022-01-01	44.7
2022-02-01	44.6
2022-03-01	46.0
2022-04-01	45.0
2022-05-01	45.0
2022-06-01	45.8
2022-07-01	44.1
2022-08-01	46.2
2022-09-01	42.8
2022-10-01	45.6
2022-11-01	43.6
2022-12-01	43.5
2023-01-01	43.6
2023-02-01	43.3
2023-03-01	46.0
2023-04-01	45.1
2023-05-01	44.8
2023-06-01	44.2
2023-07-01	47.4
2023-08-01	45.3
2023-09-01	46.1
2023-10-01	46.0
2023-11-01	42.2
2023-12-01	43.6
2024-01-01	43.3
2024-02-01	46.0
2024-03-01	49.0
2024-04-01	47.1
2024-05-01	48.1
2024-06-01	49.1
2024-07-01	47.0
2024-08-01	46.6
2024-09-01	48.3
2024-10-01	49.4
2024-11-01	52.0
2024-12-01	49.1
2025-01-01	46.3
2025-02-01	49.1
2025-03-01	48.8
2025-04-01	46.9
2025-05-01	46.8
2025-06-01	47.2
2025-07-01	46.2
2025-08-01	50.3
2025-09-01	50.7
2025-10-01	49.6
2025-11-01	49.9
2025-12-01	43.7
2026-01-01	47.8
2026-02-01	49.6
2026-03-01	51.5
2026-04-01	55.8
2026-05-01	52.5
2026-06-01	54.1
2026-07-01	54.8
2026-08-01	52.4
2026-09-01	50.8
2026-10-01	51.2

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

Transits, all vessel types

Yucatan Channel, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 37 transits per day on 2026-10-09 to 71 transits per day on 2026-07-26, with a mean of 51.9 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 52 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).

Yucatan Channel, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	54
2026-07-13	49
2026-07-14	52
2026-07-15	60
2026-07-16	55
2026-07-17	58
2026-07-18	48
2026-07-19	67
2026-07-20	58
2026-07-21	56
2026-07-22	50
2026-07-23	49
2026-07-24	54
2026-07-25	47
2026-07-26	71
2026-07-27	50
2026-07-28	48
2026-07-29	54
2026-07-30	57
2026-07-31	51
2026-08-01	51
2026-08-02	55
2026-08-03	48
2026-08-04	57
2026-08-05	43
2026-08-06	56
2026-08-07	41
2026-08-08	64
2026-08-09	57
2026-08-10	40
2026-08-11	55
2026-08-12	47
2026-08-13	62
2026-08-14	57
2026-08-15	49
2026-08-16	49
2026-08-17	41
2026-08-18	69
2026-08-19	54
2026-08-20	47
2026-08-21	57
2026-08-22	58
2026-08-23	60
2026-08-24	49
2026-08-25	55
2026-08-26	50
2026-08-27	51
2026-08-28	46
2026-08-29	46
2026-08-30	62
2026-08-31	49
2026-09-01	60
2026-09-02	57
2026-09-03	52
2026-09-04	55
2026-09-05	47
2026-09-06	55
2026-09-07	51
2026-09-08	45
2026-09-09	58
2026-09-10	52
2026-09-11	44
2026-09-12	54
2026-09-13	61
2026-09-14	46
2026-09-15	42
2026-09-16	59
2026-09-17	48
2026-09-18	59
2026-09-19	46
2026-09-20	52
2026-09-21	58
2026-09-22	40
2026-09-23	48
2026-09-24	46
2026-09-25	53
2026-09-26	38
2026-09-27	63
2026-09-28	38
2026-09-29	47
2026-09-30	51
2026-10-01	57
2026-10-02	44
2026-10-03	46
2026-10-04	53
2026-10-05	55
2026-10-06	59
2026-10-07	50
2026-10-08	51
2026-10-09	37
2026-10-10	49
2026-10-11	66
2026-10-12	67
2026-10-13	51
2026-10-14	48
2026-10-15	45
2026-10-16	50
2026-10-17	48
2026-10-18	47
2026-10-19	55
2026-10-20	55
2026-10-21	71
2026-10-22	48
2026-10-23	52
2026-10-24	50
2026-10-25	58
2026-10-26	38
2026-10-27	46
2026-10-28	42
2026-10-29	47
2026-10-30	56
2026-10-31	47
2026-11-01	48
2026-11-02	59
2026-11-03	38
2026-11-04	58
2026-11-05	50
2026-11-06	47
2026-11-07	53
2026-11-08	52

Transits, container ships

Yucatan Channel, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 5 transits per day on 2026-08-11 to 18 transits per day on 2026-08-23, with a mean of 9.9 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).

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

Transits, tankers

Yucatan Channel, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 17 transits per day on 2026-09-26 to 45 transits per day on 2026-10-21, with a mean of 29.2 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 29 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).

Yucatan Channel, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-07-12	27
2026-07-13	24
2026-07-14	30
2026-07-15	37
2026-07-16	35
2026-07-17	33
2026-07-18	27
2026-07-19	35
2026-07-20	30
2026-07-21	26
2026-07-22	27
2026-07-23	29
2026-07-24	31
2026-07-25	25
2026-07-26	39
2026-07-27	35
2026-07-28	28
2026-07-29	30
2026-07-30	25
2026-07-31	32
2026-08-01	31
2026-08-02	31
2026-08-03	30
2026-08-04	30
2026-08-05	29
2026-08-06	30
2026-08-07	27
2026-08-08	37
2026-08-09	34
2026-08-10	19
2026-08-11	31
2026-08-12	26
2026-08-13	34
2026-08-14	30
2026-08-15	24
2026-08-16	29
2026-08-17	21
2026-08-18	41
2026-08-19	37
2026-08-20	22
2026-08-21	34
2026-08-22	31
2026-08-23	26
2026-08-24	36
2026-08-25	37
2026-08-26	22
2026-08-27	28
2026-08-28	30
2026-08-29	24
2026-08-30	36
2026-08-31	21
2026-09-01	32
2026-09-02	33
2026-09-03	32
2026-09-04	35
2026-09-05	33
2026-09-06	28
2026-09-07	33
2026-09-08	29
2026-09-09	31
2026-09-10	30
2026-09-11	25
2026-09-12	33
2026-09-13	35
2026-09-14	28
2026-09-15	24
2026-09-16	31
2026-09-17	29
2026-09-18	33
2026-09-19	23
2026-09-20	29
2026-09-21	37
2026-09-22	22
2026-09-23	27
2026-09-24	28
2026-09-25	31
2026-09-26	17
2026-09-27	32
2026-09-28	22
2026-09-29	23
2026-09-30	33
2026-10-01	33
2026-10-02	25
2026-10-03	21
2026-10-04	27
2026-10-05	33
2026-10-06	35
2026-10-07	28
2026-10-08	23
2026-10-09	23
2026-10-10	30
2026-10-11	33
2026-10-12	38
2026-10-13	32
2026-10-14	27
2026-10-15	26
2026-10-16	29
2026-10-17	27
2026-10-18	26
2026-10-19	33
2026-10-20	27
2026-10-21	45
2026-10-22	29
2026-10-23	23
2026-10-24	26
2026-10-25	30
2026-10-26	19
2026-10-27	34
2026-10-28	20
2026-10-29	26
2026-10-30	32
2026-10-31	23
2026-11-01	29
2026-11-02	30
2026-11-03	21
2026-11-04	33
2026-11-05	30
2026-11-06	24
2026-11-07	27
2026-11-08	29

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Yucatan Channel, 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 2026-09-12 to 14 transits per day on 2026-09-16, with a mean of 7.2 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 9 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).

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

Transit trade volume

Yucatan Channel, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-07-12 (12 July 2026) to 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026): values ranged from 476,209 metric tons per day on 2026-09-26 to 2,053,094 metric tons per day on 2026-07-22, with a mean of 1,279,629.9 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-11-08, was 1,071,073 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).

Yucatan Channel, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-07-12	1,111,149
2026-07-13	782,532
2026-07-14	1,030,661
2026-07-15	971,464
2026-07-16	1,244,031
2026-07-17	1,309,639
2026-07-18	1,450,937
2026-07-19	1,468,658
2026-07-20	1,438,118
2026-07-21	1,167,449
2026-07-22	2,053,094
2026-07-23	1,865,683
2026-07-24	1,167,512
2026-07-25	1,329,531
2026-07-26	1,832,889
2026-07-27	1,359,403
2026-07-28	1,436,186
2026-07-29	1,343,295
2026-07-30	1,948,899
2026-07-31	1,315,011
2026-08-01	1,333,567
2026-08-02	1,237,269
2026-08-03	1,032,862
2026-08-04	1,267,519
2026-08-05	873,715
2026-08-06	1,149,527
2026-08-07	1,202,672
2026-08-08	1,362,313
2026-08-09	912,357
2026-08-10	956,785
2026-08-11	1,512,000
2026-08-12	1,177,678
2026-08-13	2,024,471
2026-08-14	1,372,554
2026-08-15	1,142,106
2026-08-16	1,268,782
2026-08-17	831,115
2026-08-18	1,782,594
2026-08-19	1,240,982
2026-08-20	1,140,148
2026-08-21	1,882,009
2026-08-22	1,167,185
2026-08-23	1,469,933
2026-08-24	882,222
2026-08-25	1,392,934
2026-08-26	1,609,048
2026-08-27	1,391,850
2026-08-28	1,661,928
2026-08-29	902,907
2026-08-30	1,401,555
2026-08-31	996,696
2026-09-01	1,199,007
2026-09-02	1,512,814
2026-09-03	1,339,287
2026-09-04	1,246,211
2026-09-05	925,734
2026-09-06	1,052,723
2026-09-07	1,159,449
2026-09-08	796,374
2026-09-09	1,705,697
2026-09-10	1,212,008
2026-09-11	900,037
2026-09-12	1,314,801
2026-09-13	1,441,386
2026-09-14	1,538,118
2026-09-15	1,061,991
2026-09-16	2,008,973
2026-09-17	1,065,763
2026-09-18	1,710,205
2026-09-19	1,041,054
2026-09-20	1,517,109
2026-09-21	1,708,614
2026-09-22	1,394,389
2026-09-23	1,429,126
2026-09-24	1,001,772
2026-09-25	1,483,639
2026-09-26	476,209
2026-09-27	1,565,646
2026-09-28	1,072,197
2026-09-29	743,638
2026-09-30	1,107,694
2026-10-01	1,114,832
2026-10-02	1,334,567
2026-10-03	1,597,414
2026-10-04	1,329,236
2026-10-05	997,909
2026-10-06	1,285,948
2026-10-07	1,208,665
2026-10-08	999,375
2026-10-09	684,875
2026-10-10	1,350,714
2026-10-11	1,391,063
2026-10-12	1,964,113
2026-10-13	1,116,018
2026-10-14	1,159,916
2026-10-15	1,518,747
2026-10-16	1,068,196
2026-10-17	1,400,308
2026-10-18	1,175,950
2026-10-19	1,042,599
2026-10-20	1,176,219
2026-10-21	1,601,136
2026-10-22	1,494,907
2026-10-23	1,220,765
2026-10-24	1,149,942
2026-10-25	1,710,555
2026-10-26	1,166,744
2026-10-27	893,272
2026-10-28	1,760,968
2026-10-29	1,172,171
2026-10-30	735,153
2026-10-31	1,365,901
2026-11-01	967,454
2026-11-02	1,821,114
2026-11-03	939,933
2026-11-04	1,244,406
2026-11-05	907,270
2026-11-06	1,113,937
2026-11-07	1,365,130
2026-11-08	1,071,073

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Yucatan Channel: transits and disruption history

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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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