Russia halts commercial shipping through the Kerch Strait

Day
66
Severity
5 Critical
Transits, all vessel types, Kerch Strait, last 28 days
0.1 transits per day (-99%)
Transits, all vessel types, Kerch StraitTransits, all vessel types, Kerch Strait, 2026-05-01 (1 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-07-17 to 50 transits per day on 2026-05-18, with a mean of 5.6 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 0 transits per day. The shaded band marks the event so far, 2026-07-10 to 2026-09-13.010203040502026-05-012026-07-082026-09-13
Transits, all vessel types, Kerch Strait, 2026-05-01 (1 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-07-17 to 50 transits per day on 2026-05-18, with a mean of 5.6 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 0 transits per day. The shaded band marks the event so far, 2026-07-10 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, Kerch Strait (transits per day).
Datetransits per day
2026-05-015
2026-05-023
2026-05-034
2026-05-044
2026-05-055
2026-05-066
2026-05-071
2026-05-0816
2026-05-0917
2026-05-1011
2026-05-118
2026-05-122
2026-05-131
2026-05-1416
2026-05-158
2026-05-1611
2026-05-1712
2026-05-1850
2026-05-1922
2026-05-2016
2026-05-2116
2026-05-2213
2026-05-237
2026-05-2410
2026-05-2519
2026-05-2617
2026-05-279
2026-05-288
2026-05-293
2026-05-304
2026-05-316
2026-06-018
2026-06-023
2026-06-0318
2026-06-0425
2026-06-0520
2026-06-0612
2026-06-0712
2026-06-087
2026-06-0913
2026-06-1010
2026-06-115
2026-06-126
2026-06-137
2026-06-1411
2026-06-156
2026-06-169
2026-06-1712
2026-06-185
2026-06-1923
2026-06-2014
2026-06-2111
2026-06-2211
2026-06-2314
2026-06-2411
2026-06-2514
2026-06-2612
2026-06-276
2026-06-289
2026-06-2911
2026-06-3013
2026-07-018
2026-07-027
2026-07-036
2026-07-043
2026-07-0510
2026-07-061
2026-07-074
2026-07-085
2026-07-098
2026-07-102
2026-07-112
2026-07-126
2026-07-134
2026-07-143
2026-07-151
2026-07-161
2026-07-170
2026-07-180
2026-07-192
2026-07-202
2026-07-212
2026-07-220
2026-07-230
2026-07-243
2026-07-251
2026-07-260
2026-07-271
2026-07-283
2026-07-290
2026-07-300
2026-07-311
2026-08-011
2026-08-020
2026-08-030
2026-08-040
2026-08-051
2026-08-060
2026-08-070
2026-08-080
2026-08-090
2026-08-101
2026-08-110
2026-08-120
2026-08-130
2026-08-141
2026-08-150
2026-08-160
2026-08-170
2026-08-180
2026-08-190
2026-08-200
2026-08-210
2026-08-221
2026-08-230
2026-08-240
2026-08-250
2026-08-260
2026-08-270
2026-08-280
2026-08-290
2026-08-300
2026-08-310
2026-09-010
2026-09-021
2026-09-030
2026-09-040
2026-09-050
2026-09-060
2026-09-070
2026-09-080
2026-09-090
2026-09-100
2026-09-110
2026-09-120
2026-09-130

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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