Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea divert traffic around Africa

Day: 1,030
Severity: 5 Critical
Transits, all vessel types, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, last 28 days: 27.1 transits per day (-65%)

Transits, all vessel types, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, 2025-08-10 (10 August 2025) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 13 transits per day on 2025-12-09 to 55 transits per day on 2025-10-21, with a mean of 34.4 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 31 transits per day. The shaded band marks the event so far, 2023-11-19 to 2026-09-13.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Transits, all vessel types, Bab el-Mandeb Strait (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2025-08-10	39
2025-08-11	37
2025-08-12	40
2025-08-13	47
2025-08-14	42
2025-08-15	33
2025-08-16	25
2025-08-17	23
2025-08-18	27
2025-08-19	33
2025-08-20	34
2025-08-21	27
2025-08-22	27
2025-08-23	33
2025-08-24	35
2025-08-25	30
2025-08-26	34
2025-08-27	42
2025-08-28	34
2025-08-29	43
2025-08-30	48
2025-08-31	33
2025-09-01	29
2025-09-02	29
2025-09-03	38
2025-09-04	30
2025-09-05	46
2025-09-06	35
2025-09-07	32
2025-09-08	33
2025-09-09	35
2025-09-10	29
2025-09-11	31
2025-09-12	39
2025-09-13	43
2025-09-14	39
2025-09-15	35
2025-09-16	40
2025-09-17	29
2025-09-18	36
2025-09-19	36
2025-09-20	33
2025-09-21	31
2025-09-22	33
2025-09-23	29
2025-09-24	24
2025-09-25	44
2025-09-26	26
2025-09-27	43
2025-09-28	34
2025-09-29	30
2025-09-30	27
2025-10-01	23
2025-10-02	46
2025-10-03	33
2025-10-04	46
2025-10-05	31
2025-10-06	39
2025-10-07	31
2025-10-08	31
2025-10-09	41
2025-10-10	34
2025-10-11	34
2025-10-12	28
2025-10-13	32
2025-10-14	42
2025-10-15	29
2025-10-16	32
2025-10-17	41
2025-10-18	46
2025-10-19	41
2025-10-20	41
2025-10-21	55
2025-10-22	30
2025-10-23	35
2025-10-24	29
2025-10-25	42
2025-10-26	30
2025-10-27	24
2025-10-28	32
2025-10-29	41
2025-10-30	38
2025-10-31	42
2025-11-01	25
2025-11-02	43
2025-11-03	43
2025-11-04	33
2025-11-05	31
2025-11-06	50
2025-11-07	38
2025-11-08	42
2025-11-09	44
2025-11-10	32
2025-11-11	41
2025-11-12	27
2025-11-13	34
2025-11-14	28
2025-11-15	37
2025-11-16	38
2025-11-17	40
2025-11-18	41
2025-11-19	38
2025-11-20	47
2025-11-21	39
2025-11-22	33
2025-11-23	47
2025-11-24	30
2025-11-25	45
2025-11-26	38
2025-11-27	32
2025-11-28	37
2025-11-29	33
2025-11-30	47
2025-12-01	29
2025-12-02	42
2025-12-03	42
2025-12-04	26
2025-12-05	39
2025-12-06	40
2025-12-07	40
2025-12-08	19
2025-12-09	13
2025-12-10	26
2025-12-11	24
2025-12-12	31
2025-12-13	27
2025-12-14	37
2025-12-15	26
2025-12-16	35
2025-12-17	40
2025-12-18	35
2025-12-19	29
2025-12-20	23
2025-12-21	39
2025-12-22	24
2025-12-23	34
2025-12-24	30
2025-12-25	43
2025-12-26	30
2025-12-27	38
2025-12-28	43
2025-12-29	42
2025-12-30	34
2025-12-31	34
2026-01-01	29
2026-01-02	26
2026-01-03	37
2026-01-04	31
2026-01-05	28
2026-01-06	26
2026-01-07	42
2026-01-08	31
2026-01-09	36
2026-01-10	36
2026-01-11	38
2026-01-12	39
2026-01-13	32
2026-01-14	23
2026-01-15	39
2026-01-16	37
2026-01-17	27
2026-01-18	35
2026-01-19	33
2026-01-20	37
2026-01-21	30
2026-01-22	30
2026-01-23	34
2026-01-24	35
2026-01-25	40
2026-01-26	42
2026-01-27	33
2026-01-28	36
2026-01-29	32
2026-01-30	34
2026-01-31	31
2026-02-01	37
2026-02-02	22
2026-02-03	35
2026-02-04	45
2026-02-05	30
2026-02-06	32
2026-02-07	30
2026-02-08	44
2026-02-09	32
2026-02-10	32
2026-02-11	41
2026-02-12	34
2026-02-13	43
2026-02-14	31
2026-02-15	34
2026-02-16	30
2026-02-17	51
2026-02-18	41
2026-02-19	27
2026-02-20	49
2026-02-21	38
2026-02-22	47
2026-02-23	37
2026-02-24	43
2026-02-25	38
2026-02-26	46
2026-02-27	36
2026-02-28	25
2026-03-01	31
2026-03-02	29
2026-03-03	43
2026-03-04	28
2026-03-05	32
2026-03-06	34
2026-03-07	34
2026-03-08	47
2026-03-09	25
2026-03-10	21
2026-03-11	40
2026-03-12	32
2026-03-13	39
2026-03-14	29
2026-03-15	26
2026-03-16	49
2026-03-17	34
2026-03-18	42
2026-03-19	44
2026-03-20	32
2026-03-21	41
2026-03-22	38
2026-03-23	28
2026-03-24	29
2026-03-25	44
2026-03-26	38
2026-03-27	37
2026-03-28	36
2026-03-29	38
2026-03-30	47
2026-03-31	35
2026-04-01	42
2026-04-02	40
2026-04-03	28
2026-04-04	39
2026-04-05	36
2026-04-06	40
2026-04-07	38
2026-04-08	32
2026-04-09	39
2026-04-10	32
2026-04-11	39
2026-04-12	33
2026-04-13	34
2026-04-14	35
2026-04-15	41
2026-04-16	48
2026-04-17	27
2026-04-18	22
2026-04-19	43
2026-04-20	52
2026-04-21	36
2026-04-22	36
2026-04-23	29
2026-04-24	47
2026-04-25	39
2026-04-26	38
2026-04-27	33
2026-04-28	36
2026-04-29	27
2026-04-30	41
2026-05-01	42
2026-05-02	28
2026-05-03	36
2026-05-04	45
2026-05-05	32
2026-05-06	31
2026-05-07	25
2026-05-08	44
2026-05-09	29
2026-05-10	32
2026-05-11	30
2026-05-12	45
2026-05-13	38
2026-05-14	38
2026-05-15	24
2026-05-16	38
2026-05-17	34
2026-05-18	45
2026-05-19	45
2026-05-20	37
2026-05-21	35
2026-05-22	38
2026-05-23	42
2026-05-24	46
2026-05-25	37
2026-05-26	26
2026-05-27	40
2026-05-28	42
2026-05-29	30
2026-05-30	32
2026-05-31	33
2026-06-01	41
2026-06-02	38
2026-06-03	31
2026-06-04	47
2026-06-05	28
2026-06-06	41
2026-06-07	37
2026-06-08	31
2026-06-09	38
2026-06-10	32
2026-06-11	41
2026-06-12	41
2026-06-13	38
2026-06-14	33
2026-06-15	35
2026-06-16	25
2026-06-17	42
2026-06-18	41
2026-06-19	41
2026-06-20	39
2026-06-21	37
2026-06-22	30
2026-06-23	30
2026-06-24	37
2026-06-25	46
2026-06-26	36
2026-06-27	32
2026-06-28	37
2026-06-29	36
2026-06-30	38
2026-07-01	32
2026-07-02	39
2026-07-03	31
2026-07-04	31
2026-07-05	34
2026-07-06	29
2026-07-07	27
2026-07-08	32
2026-07-09	29
2026-07-10	27
2026-07-11	44
2026-07-12	41
2026-07-13	46
2026-07-14	46
2026-07-15	40
2026-07-16	33
2026-07-17	46
2026-07-18	40
2026-07-19	33
2026-07-20	35
2026-07-21	26
2026-07-22	31
2026-07-23	34
2026-07-24	30
2026-07-25	22
2026-07-26	20
2026-07-27	32
2026-07-28	33
2026-07-29	34
2026-07-30	38
2026-07-31	28
2026-08-01	20
2026-08-02	30
2026-08-03	17
2026-08-04	27
2026-08-05	14
2026-08-06	31
2026-08-07	30
2026-08-08	25
2026-08-09	34
2026-08-10	29
2026-08-11	25
2026-08-12	25
2026-08-13	20
2026-08-14	31
2026-08-15	40
2026-08-16	36
2026-08-17	29
2026-08-18	32
2026-08-19	33
2026-08-20	29
2026-08-21	21
2026-08-22	33
2026-08-23	29
2026-08-24	36
2026-08-25	25
2026-08-26	26
2026-08-27	21
2026-08-28	27
2026-08-29	20
2026-08-30	29
2026-08-31	24
2026-09-01	19
2026-09-02	38
2026-09-03	24
2026-09-04	32
2026-09-05	18
2026-09-06	23
2026-09-07	34
2026-09-08	22
2026-09-09	35
2026-09-10	27
2026-09-11	22
2026-09-12	20
2026-09-13	31

This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

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