Closest calls

Some events sound severe and leave no mark on the one public series we measure; some sound minor and leave a large one. This gallery pulls out both, from 73 published records, 51 of which have a final computed effect. Data through 2026-11-08 (8 November 2026).

How records are selected

Each record contributes one figure: its lead measured effect, the current primary row with the largest absolute standardised score. This is the same figure the event comparison tool uses.
A record needs a real computed, final (not provisional) effect row. Records with no measurable effect, or whose effect is not yet computed, are left out.
Quiet data means the standardised score is under 2 in absolute value (not distinguishable from day-to-day variation) and any percentage change is under 10%.
Loud data means a standardised score of at least 3 in absolute value and, where a percentage exists, a move of at least 20%. A rise counts as well as a fall.
Loud record is severity 3 or more on the severity rubric; quiet record is severity 2 or lower.

Limits: the counts are small, so nothing here is a rate or a trend. The series are noisy and a single event can sit on a quiet day or a busy one. Each event is judged on one series only, so a quiet result for that series says nothing about other ports, routes or goods. Severity also weighs things a daily count cannot see, such as lives, damage and duration. The thresholds are a judgement call, set once and documented here.

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.

Loud in the record, quiet in the data

Rated severity 3 or more, yet the lead measured series barely moved. 9 of 51 measured records.

9 records qualify; the 6 most extreme are shown.

Drought cuts draft and daily transits at the Panama Canal

4 Severe · Drought restriction · started 2023-03-01 (1 March 2023)

Transit trade volume, Panama Canal, 2023-03-01 (1 March 2023) to 2023-06-28 (28 June 2023): 885,506.0 metric tons per day against 916,018.7 expected (-3.3%, standardised score -0.2).

Transit trade volume, Panama Canal, 2022-12-28 (28 December 2022) to 2023-07-12 (12 July 2023): values ranged from 614,295 metric tons per day on 2023-02-15 to 1,304,130 metric tons per day on 2023-03-27, with a mean of 894,378.0 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2023-07-12, was 743,726 metric tons per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2023-03-01 to 2023-06-28.

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

Transit trade volume, Panama Canal (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2022-12-28	1,080,513
2022-12-29	1,012,670
2022-12-30	973,591
2022-12-31	741,017
2023-01-01	1,088,424
2023-01-02	750,628
2023-01-03	1,068,990
2023-01-04	1,067,857
2023-01-05	924,962
2023-01-06	923,293
2023-01-07	886,948
2023-01-08	973,810
2023-01-09	910,545
2023-01-10	984,003
2023-01-11	940,324
2023-01-12	839,025
2023-01-13	971,288
2023-01-14	1,005,628
2023-01-15	801,003
2023-01-16	976,539
2023-01-17	817,651
2023-01-18	868,606
2023-01-19	1,165,549
2023-01-20	944,690
2023-01-21	721,955
2023-01-22	875,688
2023-01-23	1,055,073
2023-01-24	842,409
2023-01-25	920,097
2023-01-26	1,026,583
2023-01-27	715,175
2023-01-28	889,515
2023-01-29	996,886
2023-01-30	1,241,052
2023-01-31	756,922
2023-02-01	1,119,530
2023-02-02	799,228
2023-02-03	981,308
2023-02-04	1,033,228
2023-02-05	742,644
2023-02-06	1,225,652
2023-02-07	756,649
2023-02-08	832,328
2023-02-09	914,548
2023-02-10	804,759
2023-02-11	753,179
2023-02-12	833,008
2023-02-13	1,037,921
2023-02-14	1,237,231
2023-02-15	614,295
2023-02-16	971,948
2023-02-17	972,718
2023-02-18	879,119
2023-02-19	705,656
2023-02-20	823,924
2023-02-21	720,739
2023-02-22	888,891
2023-02-23	895,240
2023-02-24	873,086
2023-02-25	844,788
2023-02-26	757,802
2023-02-27	1,032,498
2023-02-28	953,454
2023-03-01	967,467
2023-03-02	833,762
2023-03-03	885,821
2023-03-04	848,747
2023-03-05	802,884
2023-03-06	726,801
2023-03-07	694,878
2023-03-08	1,120,279
2023-03-09	858,413
2023-03-10	882,485
2023-03-11	844,712
2023-03-12	974,507
2023-03-13	1,099,033
2023-03-14	941,152
2023-03-15	667,175
2023-03-16	1,114,565
2023-03-17	811,454
2023-03-18	779,697
2023-03-19	720,581
2023-03-20	928,758
2023-03-21	1,140,046
2023-03-22	780,778
2023-03-23	780,635
2023-03-24	1,059,255
2023-03-25	992,844
2023-03-26	831,361
2023-03-27	1,304,130
2023-03-28	932,483
2023-03-29	851,189
2023-03-30	826,378
2023-03-31	1,060,551
2023-04-01	1,089,464
2023-04-02	708,057
2023-04-03	1,237,578
2023-04-04	794,389
2023-04-05	670,198
2023-04-06	913,570
2023-04-07	943,047
2023-04-08	831,754
2023-04-09	1,005,360
2023-04-10	880,292
2023-04-11	1,185,131
2023-04-12	1,013,794
2023-04-13	875,030
2023-04-14	852,260
2023-04-15	734,779
2023-04-16	1,038,136
2023-04-17	1,223,232
2023-04-18	1,173,282
2023-04-19	951,326
2023-04-20	1,106,436
2023-04-21	1,089,177
2023-04-22	907,504
2023-04-23	1,090,853
2023-04-24	927,600
2023-04-25	763,888
2023-04-26	663,459
2023-04-27	677,433
2023-04-28	982,765
2023-04-29	975,058
2023-04-30	945,224
2023-05-01	949,850
2023-05-02	762,434
2023-05-03	923,098
2023-05-04	905,686
2023-05-05	780,182
2023-05-06	959,116
2023-05-07	895,172
2023-05-08	835,836
2023-05-09	779,854
2023-05-10	730,865
2023-05-11	990,364
2023-05-12	971,388
2023-05-13	733,102
2023-05-14	899,944
2023-05-15	872,525
2023-05-16	718,074
2023-05-17	733,507
2023-05-18	749,695
2023-05-19	649,522
2023-05-20	782,422
2023-05-21	1,091,902
2023-05-22	961,655
2023-05-23	971,545
2023-05-24	897,781
2023-05-25	864,666
2023-05-26	858,824
2023-05-27	797,884
2023-05-28	790,142
2023-05-29	1,089,009
2023-05-30	820,733
2023-05-31	761,416
2023-06-01	902,279
2023-06-02	714,054
2023-06-03	954,438
2023-06-04	880,295
2023-06-05	800,747
2023-06-06	670,594
2023-06-07	1,006,712
2023-06-08	839,440
2023-06-09	849,400
2023-06-10	742,494
2023-06-11	849,086
2023-06-12	1,031,128
2023-06-13	749,094
2023-06-14	680,789
2023-06-15	967,727
2023-06-16	828,057
2023-06-17	1,008,347
2023-06-18	713,766
2023-06-19	879,148
2023-06-20	753,213
2023-06-21	845,338
2023-06-22	868,690
2023-06-23	747,932
2023-06-24	862,877
2023-06-25	761,376
2023-06-26	722,500
2023-06-27	878,570
2023-06-28	911,539
2023-06-29	1,024,293
2023-06-30	794,970
2023-07-01	847,735
2023-07-02	795,961
2023-07-03	797,222
2023-07-04	900,140
2023-07-05	879,971
2023-07-06	948,580
2023-07-07	832,597
2023-07-08	891,600
2023-07-09	757,675
2023-07-10	1,131,224
2023-07-11	821,770
2023-07-12	743,726

Live fire exercise zones around Taiwan divert shipping

3 Significant · Security incident · started 2022-08-04 (4 August 2022)

Port calls, Kaohsiung, 2022-08-04 (4 August 2022) to 2022-08-10 (10 August 2022): 36.6 calls per day against 35.8 expected (+2.2%, standardised score +0.1).

Port calls, Kaohsiung, 2022-06-02 (2 June 2022) to 2022-08-24 (24 August 2022): values ranged from 23 calls per day on 2022-07-28 to 46 calls per day on 2022-07-11, with a mean of 35.8 calls per day. The latest value, for 2022-08-24, was 31 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2022-08-04 to 2022-08-10.

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

Port calls, Kaohsiung (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2022-06-02	43
2022-06-03	38
2022-06-04	33
2022-06-05	37
2022-06-06	40
2022-06-07	44
2022-06-08	37
2022-06-09	34
2022-06-10	36
2022-06-11	33
2022-06-12	39
2022-06-13	41
2022-06-14	31
2022-06-15	33
2022-06-16	28
2022-06-17	37
2022-06-18	31
2022-06-19	43
2022-06-20	38
2022-06-21	36
2022-06-22	29
2022-06-23	35
2022-06-24	40
2022-06-25	41
2022-06-26	33
2022-06-27	38
2022-06-28	32
2022-06-29	43
2022-06-30	33
2022-07-01	39
2022-07-02	27
2022-07-03	28
2022-07-04	41
2022-07-05	42
2022-07-06	39
2022-07-07	33
2022-07-08	35
2022-07-09	37
2022-07-10	36
2022-07-11	46
2022-07-12	34
2022-07-13	33
2022-07-14	38
2022-07-15	39
2022-07-16	31
2022-07-17	36
2022-07-18	35
2022-07-19	33
2022-07-20	31
2022-07-21	30
2022-07-22	39
2022-07-23	41
2022-07-24	44
2022-07-25	36
2022-07-26	36
2022-07-27	40
2022-07-28	23
2022-07-29	44
2022-07-30	27
2022-07-31	42
2022-08-01	32
2022-08-02	37
2022-08-03	24
2022-08-04	30
2022-08-05	37
2022-08-06	41
2022-08-07	37
2022-08-08	37
2022-08-09	43
2022-08-10	31
2022-08-11	32
2022-08-12	31
2022-08-13	36
2022-08-14	30
2022-08-15	46
2022-08-16	30
2022-08-17	36
2022-08-18	35
2022-08-19	35
2022-08-20	34
2022-08-21	41
2022-08-22	38
2022-08-23	32
2022-08-24	31

Gang violence halts container and oil terminals at Port-au-Prince

3 Significant · Terminal closure · started 2024-03-04 (week of 4 March 2024)

Tanker port calls, Port Au Prince, 2024-03-04 (4 March 2024) to 2024-05-03 (3 May 2024): 0.1 calls per day against 0.0 expected (+0.1, standardised score +0.1).

Tanker port calls, Port Au Prince, 2024-01-01 (1 January 2024) to 2024-05-17 (17 May 2024): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2024-01-01 to 2 calls per day on 2024-01-05, with a mean of 0.2 calls per day. The latest value, for 2024-05-17, was 0 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2024-03-04 to 2024-05-03.

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

Tanker port calls, Port Au Prince (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2024-01-01	0
2024-01-02	0
2024-01-03	0
2024-01-04	1
2024-01-05	2
2024-01-06	0
2024-01-07	0
2024-01-08	1
2024-01-09	0
2024-01-10	1
2024-01-11	0
2024-01-12	1
2024-01-13	0
2024-01-14	0
2024-01-15	0
2024-01-16	0
2024-01-17	0
2024-01-18	0
2024-01-19	0
2024-01-20	1
2024-01-21	0
2024-01-22	1
2024-01-23	0
2024-01-24	0
2024-01-25	0
2024-01-26	0
2024-01-27	2
2024-01-28	0
2024-01-29	0
2024-01-30	0
2024-01-31	0
2024-02-01	0
2024-02-02	0
2024-02-03	0
2024-02-04	0
2024-02-05	0
2024-02-06	0
2024-02-07	0
2024-02-08	0
2024-02-09	0
2024-02-10	0
2024-02-11	1
2024-02-12	1
2024-02-13	0
2024-02-14	0
2024-02-15	0
2024-02-16	1
2024-02-17	0
2024-02-18	1
2024-02-19	0
2024-02-20	0
2024-02-21	0
2024-02-22	2
2024-02-23	0
2024-02-24	0
2024-02-25	0
2024-02-26	0
2024-02-27	0
2024-02-28	1
2024-02-29	0
2024-03-01	0
2024-03-02	1
2024-03-03	0
2024-03-04	1
2024-03-05	1
2024-03-06	1
2024-03-07	0
2024-03-08	0
2024-03-09	0
2024-03-10	0
2024-03-11	0
2024-03-12	0
2024-03-13	0
2024-03-14	0
2024-03-15	0
2024-03-16	0
2024-03-17	0
2024-03-18	0
2024-03-19	0
2024-03-20	0
2024-03-21	0
2024-03-22	1
2024-03-23	0
2024-03-24	0
2024-03-25	0
2024-03-26	0
2024-03-27	0
2024-03-28	0
2024-03-29	0
2024-03-30	0
2024-03-31	0
2024-04-01	0
2024-04-02	0
2024-04-03	0
2024-04-04	0
2024-04-05	0
2024-04-06	0
2024-04-07	0
2024-04-08	0
2024-04-09	0
2024-04-10	0
2024-04-11	0
2024-04-12	0
2024-04-13	0
2024-04-14	0
2024-04-15	1
2024-04-16	0
2024-04-17	1
2024-04-18	0
2024-04-19	0
2024-04-20	0
2024-04-21	1
2024-04-22	0
2024-04-23	0
2024-04-24	0
2024-04-25	0
2024-04-26	0
2024-04-27	0
2024-04-28	0
2024-04-29	0
2024-04-30	0
2024-05-01	0
2024-05-02	1
2024-05-03	1
2024-05-04	0
2024-05-05	0
2024-05-06	1
2024-05-07	2
2024-05-08	0
2024-05-09	1
2024-05-10	0
2024-05-11	0
2024-05-12	0
2024-05-13	0
2024-05-14	0
2024-05-15	0
2024-05-16	0
2024-05-17	0

Iran seizes the tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz

3 Significant · Security incident · started 2019-07-19 (19 July 2019)

Transits, all vessel types, Strait of Hormuz, 2019-07-19 (19 July 2019) to 2019-09-27 (27 September 2019): 77.9 transits per day against 81.2 expected (-4.1%, standardised score -0.4).

Transits, all vessel types, Strait of Hormuz, 2019-05-17 (17 May 2019) to 2019-10-11 (11 October 2019): values ranged from 49 transits per day on 2019-10-04 to 103 transits per day on 2019-07-06, with a mean of 78.8 transits per day. The latest value, for 2019-10-11, was 66 transits per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2019-07-19 to 2019-09-27.

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

Transits, all vessel types, Strait of Hormuz (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2019-05-17	88
2019-05-18	84
2019-05-19	64
2019-05-20	77
2019-05-21	55
2019-05-22	59
2019-05-23	66
2019-05-24	75
2019-05-25	86
2019-05-26	80
2019-05-27	85
2019-05-28	75
2019-05-29	89
2019-05-30	90
2019-05-31	82
2019-06-01	56
2019-06-02	79
2019-06-03	84
2019-06-04	93
2019-06-05	85
2019-06-06	73
2019-06-07	77
2019-06-08	84
2019-06-09	75
2019-06-10	97
2019-06-11	81
2019-06-12	67
2019-06-13	65
2019-06-14	80
2019-06-15	85
2019-06-16	97
2019-06-17	74
2019-06-18	75
2019-06-19	81
2019-06-20	77
2019-06-21	77
2019-06-22	86
2019-06-23	70
2019-06-24	102
2019-06-25	93
2019-06-26	81
2019-06-27	86
2019-06-28	79
2019-06-29	84
2019-06-30	99
2019-07-01	90
2019-07-02	73
2019-07-03	102
2019-07-04	99
2019-07-05	102
2019-07-06	103
2019-07-07	86
2019-07-08	79
2019-07-09	91
2019-07-10	75
2019-07-11	86
2019-07-12	96
2019-07-13	91
2019-07-14	77
2019-07-15	87
2019-07-16	77
2019-07-17	76
2019-07-18	69
2019-07-19	70
2019-07-20	80
2019-07-21	87
2019-07-22	83
2019-07-23	71
2019-07-24	67
2019-07-25	90
2019-07-26	73
2019-07-27	61
2019-07-28	74
2019-07-29	82
2019-07-30	76
2019-07-31	74
2019-08-01	84
2019-08-02	84
2019-08-03	89
2019-08-04	93
2019-08-05	65
2019-08-06	86
2019-08-07	93
2019-08-08	84
2019-08-09	79
2019-08-10	88
2019-08-11	76
2019-08-12	78
2019-08-13	75
2019-08-14	79
2019-08-15	73
2019-08-16	68
2019-08-17	80
2019-08-18	86
2019-08-19	80
2019-08-20	59
2019-08-21	87
2019-08-22	64
2019-08-23	75
2019-08-24	83
2019-08-25	80
2019-08-26	85
2019-08-27	77
2019-08-28	68
2019-08-29	88
2019-08-30	82
2019-08-31	64
2019-09-01	76
2019-09-02	81
2019-09-03	63
2019-09-04	81
2019-09-05	81
2019-09-06	84
2019-09-07	78
2019-09-08	72
2019-09-09	74
2019-09-10	78
2019-09-11	72
2019-09-12	81
2019-09-13	81
2019-09-14	97
2019-09-15	67
2019-09-16	89
2019-09-17	75
2019-09-18	85
2019-09-19	73
2019-09-20	81
2019-09-21	82
2019-09-22	71
2019-09-23	78
2019-09-24	76
2019-09-25	58
2019-09-26	80
2019-09-27	74
2019-09-28	85
2019-09-29	97
2019-09-30	74
2019-10-01	79
2019-10-02	69
2019-10-03	56
2019-10-04	49
2019-10-05	75
2019-10-06	61
2019-10-07	64
2019-10-08	60
2019-10-09	68
2019-10-10	69
2019-10-11	66

Russia ends Black Sea Grain Initiative participation and strikes Ukrainian ports

3 Significant · Security incident · started 2023-07-17 (17 July 2023)

Port calls, Chornomorsk, 2023-07-17 (17 July 2023) to 2023-08-16 (16 August 2023): 0.0 calls per day against 0.4 expected (-0.4, standardised score -0.4).

Port calls, Chornomorsk, 2023-05-15 (15 May 2023) to 2023-08-30 (30 August 2023): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2023-05-15 to 2 calls per day on 2023-05-22, with a mean of 0.3 calls per day. The latest value, for 2023-08-30, was 0 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2023-07-17 to 2023-08-16.

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

Port calls, Chornomorsk (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2023-05-15	0
2023-05-16	0
2023-05-17	0
2023-05-18	0
2023-05-19	0
2023-05-20	0
2023-05-21	0
2023-05-22	2
2023-05-23	1
2023-05-24	1
2023-05-25	2
2023-05-26	0
2023-05-27	1
2023-05-28	0
2023-05-29	2
2023-05-30	1
2023-05-31	2
2023-06-01	1
2023-06-02	1
2023-06-03	1
2023-06-04	0
2023-06-05	0
2023-06-06	0
2023-06-07	1
2023-06-08	0
2023-06-09	0
2023-06-10	1
2023-06-11	2
2023-06-12	0
2023-06-13	1
2023-06-14	1
2023-06-15	0
2023-06-16	0
2023-06-17	2
2023-06-18	1
2023-06-19	1
2023-06-20	0
2023-06-21	0
2023-06-22	1
2023-06-23	1
2023-06-24	0
2023-06-25	0
2023-06-26	2
2023-06-27	0
2023-06-28	2
2023-06-29	1
2023-06-30	0
2023-07-01	0
2023-07-02	0
2023-07-03	0
2023-07-04	0
2023-07-05	0
2023-07-06	1
2023-07-07	0
2023-07-08	0
2023-07-09	0
2023-07-10	0
2023-07-11	0
2023-07-12	0
2023-07-13	0
2023-07-14	0
2023-07-15	0
2023-07-16	0
2023-07-17	0
2023-07-18	0
2023-07-19	0
2023-07-20	0
2023-07-21	0
2023-07-22	0
2023-07-23	0
2023-07-24	0
2023-07-25	0
2023-07-26	0
2023-07-27	0
2023-07-28	0
2023-07-29	0
2023-07-30	0
2023-07-31	0
2023-08-01	0
2023-08-02	0
2023-08-03	0
2023-08-04	0
2023-08-05	0
2023-08-06	0
2023-08-07	0
2023-08-08	0
2023-08-09	0
2023-08-10	0
2023-08-11	0
2023-08-12	0
2023-08-13	0
2023-08-14	0
2023-08-15	0
2023-08-16	0
2023-08-17	0
2023-08-18	0
2023-08-19	0
2023-08-20	0
2023-08-21	0
2023-08-22	0
2023-08-23	0
2023-08-24	0
2023-08-25	0
2023-08-26	0
2023-08-27	0
2023-08-28	0
2023-08-29	0
2023-08-30	0

Lockout of ship and dock foremen stops British Columbia ports

3 Significant · Labour action · started 2024-11-04 (4 November 2024)

Container ship port calls, Vancouver (CA), 2024-11-04 (4 November 2024) to 2024-11-14 (14 November 2024): 0.1 calls per day against 1.0 expected (-0.9, standardised score -0.9).

Container ship port calls, Vancouver (CA), 2024-09-02 (2 September 2024) to 2024-11-28 (28 November 2024): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2024-09-02 to 2 calls per day on 2024-09-04, with a mean of 0.7 calls per day. The latest value, for 2024-11-28, was 1 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2024-11-04 to 2024-11-14.

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

Container ship port calls, Vancouver (CA) (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2024-09-02	0
2024-09-03	0
2024-09-04	2
2024-09-05	0
2024-09-06	2
2024-09-07	1
2024-09-08	0
2024-09-09	1
2024-09-10	2
2024-09-11	0
2024-09-12	1
2024-09-13	1
2024-09-14	1
2024-09-15	1
2024-09-16	1
2024-09-17	1
2024-09-18	1
2024-09-19	1
2024-09-20	1
2024-09-21	0
2024-09-22	1
2024-09-23	2
2024-09-24	1
2024-09-25	1
2024-09-26	1
2024-09-27	0
2024-09-28	1
2024-09-29	1
2024-09-30	0
2024-10-01	0
2024-10-02	0
2024-10-03	1
2024-10-04	1
2024-10-05	0
2024-10-06	0
2024-10-07	2
2024-10-08	1
2024-10-09	1
2024-10-10	1
2024-10-11	0
2024-10-12	2
2024-10-13	0
2024-10-14	1
2024-10-15	0
2024-10-16	0
2024-10-17	0
2024-10-18	1
2024-10-19	1
2024-10-20	0
2024-10-21	1
2024-10-22	1
2024-10-23	1
2024-10-24	0
2024-10-25	0
2024-10-26	0
2024-10-27	2
2024-10-28	2
2024-10-29	0
2024-10-30	1
2024-10-31	1
2024-11-01	1
2024-11-02	0
2024-11-03	1
2024-11-04	0
2024-11-05	0
2024-11-06	0
2024-11-07	0
2024-11-08	0
2024-11-09	0
2024-11-10	0
2024-11-11	0
2024-11-12	1
2024-11-13	0
2024-11-14	0
2024-11-15	2
2024-11-16	0
2024-11-17	1
2024-11-18	1
2024-11-19	0
2024-11-20	1
2024-11-21	2
2024-11-22	1
2024-11-23	1
2024-11-24	1
2024-11-25	1
2024-11-26	2
2024-11-27	2
2024-11-28	1

Quiet in the record, loud in the data

Rated severity 2 or lower, yet the lead measured series moved a lot. 4 of 51 measured records.

Typhoon In-fa halts container handling at Shanghai and Ningbo ports

2 Moderate · Weather stoppage · started 2021-07-24 (24 July 2021)

Port calls, Shanghai, 2021-07-24 (24 July 2021) to 2021-07-27 (27 July 2021): 15.0 calls per day against 113.4 expected (-86.8%, standardised score -9.1).

Port calls, Shanghai, 2021-05-22 (22 May 2021) to 2021-08-10 (10 August 2021): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2021-07-24 to 156 calls per day on 2021-07-28, with a mean of 108.8 calls per day. The latest value, for 2021-08-10, was 117 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2021-07-24 to 2021-07-27.

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

Port calls, Shanghai (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2021-05-22	124
2021-05-23	93
2021-05-24	114
2021-05-25	112
2021-05-26	116
2021-05-27	130
2021-05-28	117
2021-05-29	118
2021-05-30	107
2021-05-31	119
2021-06-01	105
2021-06-02	72
2021-06-03	129
2021-06-04	123
2021-06-05	119
2021-06-06	107
2021-06-07	116
2021-06-08	108
2021-06-09	127
2021-06-10	118
2021-06-11	104
2021-06-12	130
2021-06-13	86
2021-06-14	110
2021-06-15	125
2021-06-16	99
2021-06-17	106
2021-06-18	130
2021-06-19	114
2021-06-20	123
2021-06-21	112
2021-06-22	109
2021-06-23	118
2021-06-24	120
2021-06-25	125
2021-06-26	124
2021-06-27	109
2021-06-28	111
2021-06-29	121
2021-06-30	119
2021-07-01	142
2021-07-02	106
2021-07-03	108
2021-07-04	102
2021-07-05	103
2021-07-06	121
2021-07-07	120
2021-07-08	116
2021-07-09	103
2021-07-10	119
2021-07-11	109
2021-07-12	108
2021-07-13	120
2021-07-14	117
2021-07-15	111
2021-07-16	116
2021-07-17	103
2021-07-18	113
2021-07-19	111
2021-07-20	123
2021-07-21	99
2021-07-22	78
2021-07-23	57
2021-07-24	0
2021-07-25	1
2021-07-26	1
2021-07-27	58
2021-07-28	156
2021-07-29	118
2021-07-30	115
2021-07-31	120
2021-08-01	125
2021-08-02	107
2021-08-03	111
2021-08-04	110
2021-08-05	120
2021-08-06	123
2021-08-07	124
2021-08-08	102
2021-08-09	133
2021-08-10	117

Typhoon Muifa halts port operations at Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan

2 Moderate · Weather stoppage · started 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022)

Port calls, Shanghai, 2022-09-13 (13 September 2022) to 2022-09-15 (15 September 2022): 49.7 calls per day against 105.3 expected (-52.8%, standardised score -5.5).

Port calls, Shanghai, 2022-07-12 (12 July 2022) to 2022-09-29 (29 September 2022): values ranged from 2 calls per day on 2022-09-04 to 149 calls per day on 2022-09-06, with a mean of 100.4 calls per day. The latest value, for 2022-09-29, was 117 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15.

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

Port calls, Shanghai (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2022-07-12	108
2022-07-13	97
2022-07-14	112
2022-07-15	96
2022-07-16	100
2022-07-17	97
2022-07-18	93
2022-07-19	111
2022-07-20	107
2022-07-21	107
2022-07-22	97
2022-07-23	82
2022-07-24	83
2022-07-25	113
2022-07-26	109
2022-07-27	112
2022-07-28	95
2022-07-29	102
2022-07-30	95
2022-07-31	95
2022-08-01	123
2022-08-02	93
2022-08-03	109
2022-08-04	102
2022-08-05	104
2022-08-06	91
2022-08-07	91
2022-08-08	97
2022-08-09	95
2022-08-10	103
2022-08-11	117
2022-08-12	103
2022-08-13	105
2022-08-14	86
2022-08-15	114
2022-08-16	100
2022-08-17	106
2022-08-18	104
2022-08-19	89
2022-08-20	102
2022-08-21	101
2022-08-22	121
2022-08-23	113
2022-08-24	103
2022-08-25	101
2022-08-26	109
2022-08-27	101
2022-08-28	99
2022-08-29	121
2022-08-30	110
2022-08-31	96
2022-09-01	86
2022-09-02	79
2022-09-03	35
2022-09-04	2
2022-09-05	6
2022-09-06	149
2022-09-07	132
2022-09-08	106
2022-09-09	135
2022-09-10	114
2022-09-11	113
2022-09-12	119
2022-09-13	35
2022-09-14	2
2022-09-15	112
2022-09-16	147
2022-09-17	127
2022-09-18	92
2022-09-19	83
2022-09-20	114
2022-09-21	113
2022-09-22	112
2022-09-23	105
2022-09-24	120
2022-09-25	107
2022-09-26	116
2022-09-27	122
2022-09-28	108
2022-09-29	117

Typhoon Saola halts port work in Hong Kong and Shenzhen

2 Moderate · Weather stoppage · started 2023-08-31 (31 August 2023)

Port calls, Hong Kong, 2023-08-31 (31 August 2023) to 2023-09-02 (2 September 2023): 22.0 calls per day against 45.2 expected (-51.3%, standardised score -3.4).

Port calls, Hong Kong, 2023-06-29 (29 June 2023) to 2023-09-16 (16 September 2023): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2023-09-01 to 70 calls per day on 2023-07-18, with a mean of 45.3 calls per day. The latest value, for 2023-09-16, was 43 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2023-08-31 to 2023-09-02.

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

Port calls, Hong Kong (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2023-06-29	53
2023-06-30	45
2023-07-01	43
2023-07-02	39
2023-07-03	42
2023-07-04	48
2023-07-05	48
2023-07-06	43
2023-07-07	40
2023-07-08	47
2023-07-09	42
2023-07-10	50
2023-07-11	51
2023-07-12	55
2023-07-13	50
2023-07-14	41
2023-07-15	50
2023-07-16	4
2023-07-17	25
2023-07-18	70
2023-07-19	64
2023-07-20	50
2023-07-21	57
2023-07-22	44
2023-07-23	55
2023-07-24	58
2023-07-25	50
2023-07-26	42
2023-07-27	36
2023-07-28	25
2023-07-29	34
2023-07-30	54
2023-07-31	53
2023-08-01	54
2023-08-02	39
2023-08-03	46
2023-08-04	44
2023-08-05	31
2023-08-06	35
2023-08-07	47
2023-08-08	49
2023-08-09	48
2023-08-10	51
2023-08-11	39
2023-08-12	44
2023-08-13	41
2023-08-14	46
2023-08-15	54
2023-08-16	45
2023-08-17	51
2023-08-18	42
2023-08-19	47
2023-08-20	37
2023-08-21	48
2023-08-22	41
2023-08-23	50
2023-08-24	39
2023-08-25	53
2023-08-26	57
2023-08-27	39
2023-08-28	44
2023-08-29	50
2023-08-30	50
2023-08-31	14
2023-09-01	0
2023-09-02	52
2023-09-03	66
2023-09-04	60
2023-09-05	47
2023-09-06	50
2023-09-07	47
2023-09-08	45
2023-09-09	50
2023-09-10	43
2023-09-11	44
2023-09-12	54
2023-09-13	44
2023-09-14	49
2023-09-15	48
2023-09-16	43

Typhoon Yagi halts container handling at Hong Kong and Shenzhen terminals

2 Moderate · Weather stoppage · started 2024-09-04 (4 September 2024)

Port calls, Hong Kong, 2024-09-04 (4 September 2024) to 2024-09-06 (6 September 2024): 18.0 calls per day against 38.8 expected (-53.6%, standardised score -3.3).

Port calls, Hong Kong, 2024-07-03 (3 July 2024) to 2024-09-20 (20 September 2024): values ranged from 4 calls per day on 2024-09-05 to 56 calls per day on 2024-07-29, with a mean of 38.5 calls per day. The latest value, for 2024-09-20, was 33 calls per day. The shaded band marks the measured event window, 2024-09-04 to 2024-09-06.

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

Port calls, Hong Kong (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2024-07-03	33
2024-07-04	28
2024-07-05	44
2024-07-06	49
2024-07-07	29
2024-07-08	48
2024-07-09	36
2024-07-10	55
2024-07-11	33
2024-07-12	33
2024-07-13	35
2024-07-14	49
2024-07-15	48
2024-07-16	42
2024-07-17	40
2024-07-18	42
2024-07-19	33
2024-07-20	32
2024-07-21	31
2024-07-22	43
2024-07-23	40
2024-07-24	47
2024-07-25	31
2024-07-26	18
2024-07-27	22
2024-07-28	41
2024-07-29	56
2024-07-30	49
2024-07-31	47
2024-08-01	35
2024-08-02	39
2024-08-03	36
2024-08-04	43
2024-08-05	38
2024-08-06	46
2024-08-07	36
2024-08-08	26
2024-08-09	45
2024-08-10	40
2024-08-11	37
2024-08-12	45
2024-08-13	34
2024-08-14	51
2024-08-15	36
2024-08-16	32
2024-08-17	44
2024-08-18	26
2024-08-19	43
2024-08-20	40
2024-08-21	47
2024-08-22	34
2024-08-23	40
2024-08-24	40
2024-08-25	32
2024-08-26	49
2024-08-27	34
2024-08-28	41
2024-08-29	42
2024-08-30	31
2024-08-31	32
2024-09-01	37
2024-09-02	42
2024-09-03	35
2024-09-04	27
2024-09-05	4
2024-09-06	23
2024-09-07	56
2024-09-08	32
2024-09-09	50
2024-09-10	41
2024-09-11	52
2024-09-12	50
2024-09-13	44
2024-09-14	41
2024-09-15	39
2024-09-16	45
2024-09-17	36
2024-09-18	37
2024-09-19	30
2024-09-20	33

See also confidence audit, recovery time and the effect method.