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Shipping & Trade

Routes and chokepoints

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Chokepoint status — live

Suez / Red SeaDisrupted · 65 %

Bab el-MandebDisrupted · 58 %

Bosporus / DardanellesNormal · 22 %

Strait of HormuzNormal · 18 %

Panama CanalNormal · 8 %

Malacca / SingaporeNormal · 5 %

Cape of Good Hope (diversion)Normal · 0 %

Red Sea/Bab el-Mandeb disruption persisting; majority of Asia-Europe box traffic still diverting via Cape. Capesize firm on Atlantic tightness; clean tanker basin split. Hormuz war-risk premia sticky. Top mover: containers +2,26 % w/w.

live · shipping feed · 20 routes tracked · as of 2026-07-07 10:14 UTC

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