What is disrupting the movement of goods
World Freight Monitor records 53 disruptions to the movement of goods, 10 of them ongoing, across 327 ports and 28 chokepoints in this build. Daily port and chokepoint data runs through 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026).
What changed, 2026-09-07 (7 September 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026)
New events
None this week.
Corrections
None this week.
Ongoing disruptions, biggest 28 day moves
- Ver.di warning strikes halt container handling at German seaports
- Durban Gateway Terminal backlog follows terminal operating system cutover
- Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb
- Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping during the Iran war
- Ver.di warning strikes halt container handling at German seaports
- Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb
New events and corrections are those dated in the last 7 days of data. Moves compare the last 28 days with the 28 before, a plain average, not a measured effect.All ongoing disruptions. Full corrections log.
Disruptions on the map
- 1 Minor
- 2 Moderate
- 3 Significant
- 4 Severe
- 5 Critical
- Ongoing
Map of 53 recorded disruptions. Every event is also listed in the table below.
53 of 53 recorded events are on this map; the slider picks a year. Pins are coloured and sized by severity. Each pin marks the first port, chokepoint or lane routing the event lists, not an exact position. All events. How severity is assigned.
Taiwan Strait averaged 229.4 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13, the most of any chokepoint in this build.
Fact of the day
All facts2026-09-27 (27 September 2026)
Typhoon Saudel closes Ningbo and Shanghai container terminals. PortWatch counted 12.3 calls per day at Ningbo from 2026-08-26 (26 August 2026) to 2026-08-28 (28 August 2026), against an expected 49.7, a change of -75.2%. Series: port calls.
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.
Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).
Chokepoint transits, last 28 days
| Chokepoint | Last 28 days | Previous 28 days | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Strait | 229.4 | 237.6 | -3.5% |
| Korea Strait | 216.0 | 213.2 | +1.3% |
| Malacca Strait | 209.4 | 221.0 | -5.2% |
| Dover Strait | 157.9 | 156.3 | +1.0% |
| Bohai Strait | 156.2 | 158.0 | -1.2% |
| Gibraltar Strait | 130.6 | 130.2 | +0.3% |
| Luzon Strait | 90.4 | 98.0 | -7.8% |
| Cape of Good Hope | 88.1 | 89.5 | -1.5% |
Transits a day, IMF PortWatch, all vessel types. The 8 busiest of 28 chokepoints are listed. All 28 chokepoints.
Recent events
Strait of Hormuz transits
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).
| Date | transits per day |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | 3 |
| 2026-05-18 | 4 |
| 2026-05-19 | 4 |
| 2026-05-20 | 8 |
| 2026-05-21 | 5 |
| 2026-05-22 | 2 |
| 2026-05-23 | 6 |
| 2026-05-24 | 5 |
| 2026-05-25 | 4 |
| 2026-05-26 | 4 |
| 2026-05-27 | 1 |
| 2026-05-28 | 2 |
| 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| 2026-05-30 | 4 |
| 2026-05-31 | 5 |
| 2026-06-01 | 2 |
| 2026-06-02 | 11 |
| 2026-06-03 | 9 |
| 2026-06-04 | 3 |
| 2026-06-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06-06 | 2 |
| 2026-06-07 | 2 |
| 2026-06-08 | 7 |
| 2026-06-09 | 4 |
| 2026-06-10 | 3 |
| 2026-06-11 | 2 |
| 2026-06-12 | 1 |
| 2026-06-13 | 0 |
| 2026-06-14 | 0 |
| 2026-06-15 | 7 |
| 2026-06-16 | 10 |
| 2026-06-17 | 8 |
| 2026-06-18 | 20 |
| 2026-06-19 | 9 |
| 2026-06-20 | 25 |
| 2026-06-21 | 6 |
| 2026-06-22 | 16 |
| 2026-06-23 | 29 |
| 2026-06-24 | 51 |
| 2026-06-25 | 46 |
| 2026-06-26 | 30 |
| 2026-06-27 | 25 |
| 2026-06-28 | 16 |
| 2026-06-29 | 26 |
| 2026-06-30 | 16 |
| 2026-07-01 | 29 |
| 2026-07-02 | 28 |
| 2026-07-03 | 24 |
| 2026-07-04 | 17 |
| 2026-07-05 | 22 |
| 2026-07-06 | 25 |
| 2026-07-07 | 26 |
| 2026-07-08 | 20 |
| 2026-07-09 | 10 |
| 2026-07-10 | 7 |
| 2026-07-11 | 6 |
| 2026-07-12 | 4 |
| 2026-07-13 | 10 |
| 2026-07-14 | 8 |
| 2026-07-15 | 9 |
| 2026-07-16 | 6 |
| 2026-07-17 | 1 |
| 2026-07-18 | 6 |
| 2026-07-19 | 4 |
| 2026-07-20 | 5 |
| 2026-07-21 | 6 |
| 2026-07-22 | 6 |
| 2026-07-23 | 0 |
| 2026-07-24 | 3 |
| 2026-07-25 | 2 |
| 2026-07-26 | 3 |
| 2026-07-27 | 5 |
| 2026-07-28 | 5 |
| 2026-07-29 | 7 |
| 2026-07-30 | 4 |
| 2026-07-31 | 8 |
| 2026-08-01 | 5 |
| 2026-08-02 | 3 |
| 2026-08-03 | 6 |
| 2026-08-04 | 7 |
| 2026-08-05 | 5 |
| 2026-08-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08-08 | 10 |
| 2026-08-09 | 3 |
| 2026-08-10 | 4 |
| 2026-08-11 | 9 |
| 2026-08-12 | 3 |
| 2026-08-13 | 6 |
| 2026-08-14 | 7 |
| 2026-08-15 | 1 |
| 2026-08-16 | 1 |
| 2026-08-17 | 4 |
| 2026-08-18 | 6 |
| 2026-08-19 | 6 |
| 2026-08-20 | 5 |
| 2026-08-21 | 4 |
| 2026-08-22 | 7 |
| 2026-08-23 | 3 |
| 2026-08-24 | 3 |
| 2026-08-25 | 4 |
| 2026-08-26 | 5 |
| 2026-08-27 | 2 |
| 2026-08-28 | 7 |
| 2026-08-29 | 3 |
| 2026-08-30 | 6 |
| 2026-08-31 | 3 |
| 2026-09-01 | 4 |
| 2026-09-02 | 3 |
| 2026-09-03 | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 | 6 |
| 2026-09-07 | 5 |
| 2026-09-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09-09 | 3 |
| 2026-09-10 | 5 |
| 2026-09-11 | 8 |
| 2026-09-12 | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 | 8 |
Strait of Hormuz history and events, featured here because it has a recorded disruption ongoing.
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