Yucatan Channel: transits and disruption history

Name: Yucatan Channel daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Yucatan Channel averaged 53.0 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026), compared with 52.7 in the previous 28 days (+0.6%). The archive records 0 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Type: strait
Bordering countries: Mexico, Cuba
Recorded events: 0
Curated lanes passing: 3
Data through: 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026)

Yucatan Channel averaged 53.0 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13.

Disruption history

0 recorded events, newest first.

No events are recorded here yet.

Transits, all vessel types

Yucatan Channel, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 40 transits per day on 2026-08-10 to 71 transits per day on 2026-05-31, with a mean of 53.9 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 61 transits per day.

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).

Yucatan Channel, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	42
2026-05-18	60
2026-05-19	52
2026-05-20	52
2026-05-21	57
2026-05-22	56
2026-05-23	51
2026-05-24	57
2026-05-25	55
2026-05-26	57
2026-05-27	46
2026-05-28	54
2026-05-29	67
2026-05-30	50
2026-05-31	71
2026-06-01	64
2026-06-02	52
2026-06-03	56
2026-06-04	58
2026-06-05	44
2026-06-06	63
2026-06-07	59
2026-06-08	48
2026-06-09	51
2026-06-10	65
2026-06-11	49
2026-06-12	46
2026-06-13	58
2026-06-14	45
2026-06-15	54
2026-06-16	46
2026-06-17	49
2026-06-18	48
2026-06-19	47
2026-06-20	50
2026-06-21	67
2026-06-22	58
2026-06-23	47
2026-06-24	57
2026-06-25	53
2026-06-26	60
2026-06-27	53
2026-06-28	54
2026-06-29	56
2026-06-30	65
2026-07-01	51
2026-07-02	64
2026-07-03	46
2026-07-04	68
2026-07-05	58
2026-07-06	53
2026-07-07	48
2026-07-08	51
2026-07-09	49
2026-07-10	59
2026-07-11	63
2026-07-12	54
2026-07-13	49
2026-07-14	52
2026-07-15	60
2026-07-16	55
2026-07-17	58
2026-07-18	48
2026-07-19	67
2026-07-20	58
2026-07-21	56
2026-07-22	50
2026-07-23	49
2026-07-24	54
2026-07-25	47
2026-07-26	71
2026-07-27	50
2026-07-28	48
2026-07-29	54
2026-07-30	57
2026-07-31	51
2026-08-01	51
2026-08-02	55
2026-08-03	48
2026-08-04	57
2026-08-05	43
2026-08-06	56
2026-08-07	41
2026-08-08	64
2026-08-09	57
2026-08-10	40
2026-08-11	55
2026-08-12	47
2026-08-13	62
2026-08-14	57
2026-08-15	49
2026-08-16	49
2026-08-17	41
2026-08-18	69
2026-08-19	54
2026-08-20	47
2026-08-21	57
2026-08-22	58
2026-08-23	60
2026-08-24	49
2026-08-25	55
2026-08-26	50
2026-08-27	51
2026-08-28	46
2026-08-29	46
2026-08-30	62
2026-08-31	49
2026-09-01	60
2026-09-02	57
2026-09-03	52
2026-09-04	55
2026-09-05	47
2026-09-06	55
2026-09-07	51
2026-09-08	45
2026-09-09	58
2026-09-10	52
2026-09-11	44
2026-09-12	54
2026-09-13	61

Transits, container ships

Yucatan Channel, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 4 transits per day on 2026-06-02 to 18 transits per day on 2026-08-23, with a mean of 10.1 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 13 transits per day.

Yucatan Channel, transits, container ships, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	11
2026-05-18	12
2026-05-19	7
2026-05-20	12
2026-05-21	9
2026-05-22	13
2026-05-23	10
2026-05-24	12
2026-05-25	8
2026-05-26	10
2026-05-27	9
2026-05-28	8
2026-05-29	13
2026-05-30	14
2026-05-31	12
2026-06-01	13
2026-06-02	4
2026-06-03	12
2026-06-04	6
2026-06-05	11
2026-06-06	14
2026-06-07	13
2026-06-08	8
2026-06-09	7
2026-06-10	9
2026-06-11	12
2026-06-12	10
2026-06-13	15
2026-06-14	10
2026-06-15	7
2026-06-16	9
2026-06-17	13
2026-06-18	10
2026-06-19	12
2026-06-20	11
2026-06-21	9
2026-06-22	8
2026-06-23	11
2026-06-24	8
2026-06-25	9
2026-06-26	9
2026-06-27	10
2026-06-28	10
2026-06-29	12
2026-06-30	13
2026-07-01	10
2026-07-02	10
2026-07-03	9
2026-07-04	13
2026-07-05	12
2026-07-06	7
2026-07-07	10
2026-07-08	14
2026-07-09	8
2026-07-10	8
2026-07-11	11
2026-07-12	14
2026-07-13	13
2026-07-14	8
2026-07-15	8
2026-07-16	6
2026-07-17	11
2026-07-18	10
2026-07-19	12
2026-07-20	10
2026-07-21	8
2026-07-22	10
2026-07-23	7
2026-07-24	11
2026-07-25	14
2026-07-26	16
2026-07-27	7
2026-07-28	6
2026-07-29	10
2026-07-30	13
2026-07-31	7
2026-08-01	8
2026-08-02	12
2026-08-03	9
2026-08-04	10
2026-08-05	7
2026-08-06	11
2026-08-07	8
2026-08-08	11
2026-08-09	12
2026-08-10	10
2026-08-11	5
2026-08-12	10
2026-08-13	11
2026-08-14	11
2026-08-15	9
2026-08-16	12
2026-08-17	10
2026-08-18	13
2026-08-19	6
2026-08-20	8
2026-08-21	6
2026-08-22	13
2026-08-23	18
2026-08-24	6
2026-08-25	11
2026-08-26	12
2026-08-27	7
2026-08-28	6
2026-08-29	9
2026-08-30	15
2026-08-31	12
2026-09-01	8
2026-09-02	10
2026-09-03	9
2026-09-04	7
2026-09-05	5
2026-09-06	13
2026-09-07	9
2026-09-08	8
2026-09-09	8
2026-09-10	10
2026-09-11	11
2026-09-12	9
2026-09-13	13

Transits, tankers

Yucatan Channel, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 19 transits per day on 2026-08-10 to 42 transits per day on 2026-06-21, with a mean of 30.9 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 35 transits per day.

Yucatan Channel, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	20
2026-05-18	33
2026-05-19	34
2026-05-20	28
2026-05-21	35
2026-05-22	27
2026-05-23	37
2026-05-24	32
2026-05-25	39
2026-05-26	29
2026-05-27	20
2026-05-28	35
2026-05-29	41
2026-05-30	20
2026-05-31	40
2026-06-01	37
2026-06-02	34
2026-06-03	32
2026-06-04	37
2026-06-05	23
2026-06-06	37
2026-06-07	35
2026-06-08	29
2026-06-09	34
2026-06-10	41
2026-06-11	22
2026-06-12	29
2026-06-13	35
2026-06-14	23
2026-06-15	39
2026-06-16	24
2026-06-17	23
2026-06-18	27
2026-06-19	25
2026-06-20	30
2026-06-21	42
2026-06-22	35
2026-06-23	29
2026-06-24	36
2026-06-25	36
2026-06-26	38
2026-06-27	28
2026-06-28	31
2026-06-29	31
2026-06-30	35
2026-07-01	29
2026-07-02	39
2026-07-03	28
2026-07-04	39
2026-07-05	27
2026-07-06	34
2026-07-07	26
2026-07-08	27
2026-07-09	33
2026-07-10	32
2026-07-11	35
2026-07-12	27
2026-07-13	24
2026-07-14	30
2026-07-15	37
2026-07-16	35
2026-07-17	33
2026-07-18	27
2026-07-19	35
2026-07-20	30
2026-07-21	26
2026-07-22	27
2026-07-23	29
2026-07-24	31
2026-07-25	25
2026-07-26	39
2026-07-27	35
2026-07-28	28
2026-07-29	30
2026-07-30	25
2026-07-31	32
2026-08-01	31
2026-08-02	31
2026-08-03	30
2026-08-04	30
2026-08-05	29
2026-08-06	30
2026-08-07	27
2026-08-08	37
2026-08-09	34
2026-08-10	19
2026-08-11	31
2026-08-12	26
2026-08-13	34
2026-08-14	30
2026-08-15	24
2026-08-16	29
2026-08-17	21
2026-08-18	41
2026-08-19	37
2026-08-20	22
2026-08-21	34
2026-08-22	31
2026-08-23	26
2026-08-24	36
2026-08-25	37
2026-08-26	22
2026-08-27	28
2026-08-28	30
2026-08-29	24
2026-08-30	36
2026-08-31	21
2026-09-01	32
2026-09-02	33
2026-09-03	32
2026-09-04	35
2026-09-05	33
2026-09-06	28
2026-09-07	33
2026-09-08	29
2026-09-09	31
2026-09-10	30
2026-09-11	25
2026-09-12	33
2026-09-13	35

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Yucatan Channel, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 1 transits per day on 2026-05-23 to 13 transits per day on 2026-07-19, with a mean of 7.5 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 7 transits per day.

Yucatan Channel, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	6
2026-05-18	6
2026-05-19	7
2026-05-20	8
2026-05-21	8
2026-05-22	10
2026-05-23	1
2026-05-24	4
2026-05-25	5
2026-05-26	11
2026-05-27	10
2026-05-28	8
2026-05-29	5
2026-05-30	11
2026-05-31	11
2026-06-01	10
2026-06-02	9
2026-06-03	8
2026-06-04	12
2026-06-05	5
2026-06-06	11
2026-06-07	6
2026-06-08	5
2026-06-09	6
2026-06-10	11
2026-06-11	8
2026-06-12	6
2026-06-13	7
2026-06-14	7
2026-06-15	7
2026-06-16	5
2026-06-17	7
2026-06-18	3
2026-06-19	6
2026-06-20	3
2026-06-21	10
2026-06-22	10
2026-06-23	6
2026-06-24	8
2026-06-25	4
2026-06-26	9
2026-06-27	10
2026-06-28	7
2026-06-29	8
2026-06-30	11
2026-07-01	7
2026-07-02	7
2026-07-03	8
2026-07-04	8
2026-07-05	12
2026-07-06	8
2026-07-07	5
2026-07-08	5
2026-07-09	4
2026-07-10	11
2026-07-11	10
2026-07-12	6
2026-07-13	7
2026-07-14	11
2026-07-15	5
2026-07-16	7
2026-07-17	9
2026-07-18	6
2026-07-19	13
2026-07-20	11
2026-07-21	11
2026-07-22	7
2026-07-23	10
2026-07-24	7
2026-07-25	5
2026-07-26	12
2026-07-27	3
2026-07-28	11
2026-07-29	8
2026-07-30	12
2026-07-31	7
2026-08-01	4
2026-08-02	6
2026-08-03	5
2026-08-04	11
2026-08-05	5
2026-08-06	7
2026-08-07	3
2026-08-08	10
2026-08-09	3
2026-08-10	3
2026-08-11	10
2026-08-12	7
2026-08-13	11
2026-08-14	7
2026-08-15	11
2026-08-16	4
2026-08-17	5
2026-08-18	7
2026-08-19	4
2026-08-20	10
2026-08-21	9
2026-08-22	11
2026-08-23	10
2026-08-24	4
2026-08-25	5
2026-08-26	11
2026-08-27	6
2026-08-28	6
2026-08-29	10
2026-08-30	8
2026-08-31	10
2026-09-01	12
2026-09-02	10
2026-09-03	9
2026-09-04	8
2026-09-05	7
2026-09-06	5
2026-09-07	7
2026-09-08	3
2026-09-09	11
2026-09-10	7
2026-09-11	4
2026-09-12	2
2026-09-13	7

Transit trade volume

Yucatan Channel, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 693,271 metric tons per day on 2026-06-14 to 2,207,162 metric tons per day on 2026-06-24, with a mean of 1,370,274.3 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 1,441,386 metric tons per day.

Yucatan Channel, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	891,185
2026-05-18	1,817,744
2026-05-19	1,830,645
2026-05-20	1,060,018
2026-05-21	1,052,047
2026-05-22	1,044,219
2026-05-23	893,230
2026-05-24	1,635,228
2026-05-25	1,823,109
2026-05-26	1,733,334
2026-05-27	1,377,548
2026-05-28	1,804,210
2026-05-29	2,134,017
2026-05-30	1,333,933
2026-05-31	1,957,595
2026-06-01	1,716,147
2026-06-02	1,144,678
2026-06-03	1,352,531
2026-06-04	1,590,307
2026-06-05	1,675,511
2026-06-06	1,517,226
2026-06-07	1,149,578
2026-06-08	1,247,694
2026-06-09	1,546,572
2026-06-10	1,580,774
2026-06-11	982,199
2026-06-12	1,693,255
2026-06-13	2,080,372
2026-06-14	693,271
2026-06-15	1,320,349
2026-06-16	1,230,010
2026-06-17	1,232,774
2026-06-18	1,669,145
2026-06-19	940,099
2026-06-20	775,812
2026-06-21	1,381,001
2026-06-22	1,265,250
2026-06-23	1,507,117
2026-06-24	2,207,162
2026-06-25	1,234,805
2026-06-26	2,142,695
2026-06-27	1,632,244
2026-06-28	1,910,051
2026-06-29	1,787,675
2026-06-30	1,420,423
2026-07-01	1,305,640
2026-07-02	1,341,603
2026-07-03	1,565,669
2026-07-04	1,531,385
2026-07-05	1,150,454
2026-07-06	2,045,292
2026-07-07	1,369,608
2026-07-08	929,592
2026-07-09	953,220
2026-07-10	1,467,100
2026-07-11	1,747,609
2026-07-12	1,111,149
2026-07-13	782,532
2026-07-14	1,030,661
2026-07-15	971,464
2026-07-16	1,244,031
2026-07-17	1,309,639
2026-07-18	1,450,937
2026-07-19	1,468,658
2026-07-20	1,438,118
2026-07-21	1,167,449
2026-07-22	2,053,094
2026-07-23	1,865,683
2026-07-24	1,167,512
2026-07-25	1,329,531
2026-07-26	1,832,889
2026-07-27	1,359,403
2026-07-28	1,436,186
2026-07-29	1,343,295
2026-07-30	1,948,899
2026-07-31	1,315,011
2026-08-01	1,333,567
2026-08-02	1,237,269
2026-08-03	1,032,862
2026-08-04	1,267,519
2026-08-05	873,715
2026-08-06	1,149,527
2026-08-07	1,202,672
2026-08-08	1,362,313
2026-08-09	912,357
2026-08-10	956,785
2026-08-11	1,512,000
2026-08-12	1,177,678
2026-08-13	2,024,471
2026-08-14	1,372,554
2026-08-15	1,142,106
2026-08-16	1,268,782
2026-08-17	831,115
2026-08-18	1,782,594
2026-08-19	1,240,982
2026-08-20	1,140,148
2026-08-21	1,882,009
2026-08-22	1,167,185
2026-08-23	1,469,933
2026-08-24	882,222
2026-08-25	1,392,934
2026-08-26	1,609,048
2026-08-27	1,391,850
2026-08-28	1,661,928
2026-08-29	902,907
2026-08-30	1,401,555
2026-08-31	996,696
2026-09-01	1,199,007
2026-09-02	1,512,814
2026-09-03	1,339,287
2026-09-04	1,246,211
2026-09-05	925,734
2026-09-06	1,052,723
2026-09-07	1,159,449
2026-09-08	796,374
2026-09-09	1,705,697
2026-09-10	1,212,008
2026-09-11	900,037
2026-09-12	1,314,801
2026-09-13	1,441,386

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