Week ending 27 September 2026: Oresund Strait transits down 12% on the prior four weeks
Weekly edition for the week ending 2026-09-27 (27 September 2026): chokepoint transit counts, new archive entries, ongoing events, headlines. Generated from data and edited by a person.
Week ending 2026-09-27 (27 September 2026). Approved by editor-1 on 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026).
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The week in numbers
Average daily transits of all vessel types in the seven days from 2026-09-21 (21 September 2026) to 2026-09-27 (27 September 2026), for the five chokepoints with the most transits, compared with the average over the 28 days from 2026-08-24 (24 August 2026) to 2026-09-20 (20 September 2026).
- Taiwan Strait: 232.3 a day, against 225.9 a day before (+2.8%)
- Malacca Strait: 217.9 a day, against 215.9 a day before (+0.9%)
- Korea Strait: 209.1 a day, against 220.5 a day before (-5.1%)
- Dover Strait: 172.3 a day, against 161.2 a day before (+6.8%)
- Bohai Strait: 156.7 a day, against 154.1 a day before (+1.7%)
Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.
The largest rise was at Sunda Strait, from 31.2 to 34.1 a day (+9.3%). The largest fall was at Oresund Strait, from 40.0 to 35.1 a day (-12.2%).
Only chokepoints averaging at least 20 transits a day in the earlier period are compared. The figures describe counts; they do not explain them.
Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.
New in the archive
Added from 2026-09-21 (21 September 2026) to 2026-09-27 (27 September 2026).
- Cyclone Biparjoy suspends operations at Gujarat ports: weather stoppage, 2023-06-12 (12 June 2023) to 2023-06-17 (17 June 2023), severity 2
- Hurricane Ida closes New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi River: weather stoppage, 2021-08-28 (28 August 2021) to 2021-09-03 (3 September 2021), severity 2
- Iberian power blackout halts container terminals at Spanish ports: infrastructure failure, 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025) to 2025-04-29 (29 April 2025), severity 1
- Typhoon Saola halts port work in Hong Kong and Shenzhen: weather stoppage, 2023-08-31 (31 August 2023) to 2023-09-02 (2 September 2023), severity 2
Ongoing
- Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea divert traffic around Africa: security incident, 2023-11-19 (19 November 2023), ongoing, severity 5
- Earthquake suspends container terminals at Colombia’s Buenaventura port: terminal closure, 2026-08-10 (10 August 2026), ongoing, severity 2
- Durban Gateway Terminal backlog follows terminal operating system cutover: congestion episode, 2026-08-15 (15 August 2026), ongoing, severity 2
- EU ban on seaborne Russian crude and the G7 price cap take effect: sanctions action, 2022-12-05 (5 December 2022), ongoing, severity 2
- Ver.di warning strikes halt container handling at German seaports: labour action, 2026-08-17 (17 August 2026), ongoing, severity 2
- Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb: security incident, 2026-07-20 (20 July 2026), ongoing, severity 3
- Russia halts commercial shipping through the Kerch Strait: security incident, 2026-07-10 (10 July 2026), ongoing, severity 5
- Panama Canal cuts Neopanamax draft and daily transit slots: drought restriction, 2026-07-01 (1 July 2026), ongoing, severity 3
- Record low water at Kaub restricts Rhine barge shipping: drought restriction, 2026-08-01 (1 August 2026), ongoing, severity 3
- Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping during the Iran war: security incident, 2026-03-01 (1 March 2026), ongoing, severity 5
Headlines
Headlines from curated trade and general press feeds, linked to the publisher. Not our analysis.
- Aurora plans 30,000 driverless trucks as carriers weigh cost, FreightWaves (2026-09-27)
- Amazon offers one inbound shipment to reach eight countries, FreightWaves (2026-09-27)
- Feds charge semi-truck business owner in $105M investment fraud scheme, FreightWaves (2026-09-27)
- Borderlands Mexico: Customs proposal raises concerns over border delays, cargo seizures, FreightWaves (2026-09-27)
- Per diem: one approach is stable, other is higher, FreightWaves (2026-09-27)
- Arkas and EMES add Valencia to SMS service, Container News (2026-09-27)
- Mariana Express adds Xiamen and Nansha to MXS service, Container News (2026-09-27)
- Low Rhine Levels Force Companies To Adapt To New Normal, gCaptain (2026-09-27)
About this edition
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