{
 "generated_from_data_through": "2026-09-13",
 "mode": "live",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for World Freight Monitor records; upstream data keeps its own terms (see /sources/)",
 "caveat": "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.",
 "facts": [
  {
   "id": "busiest-port",
   "category": "ports",
   "text": "Singapore ranks first of 2,065 ports by average daily port calls, at 125.6 a day from 2025-09-01 (1 September 2025) to 2026-08-31 (31 August 2026).",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#busiest-port",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/singapore/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "cape-detour-arabian-gulf-europe-crude",
   "category": "lanes",
   "text": "Arabian Gulf to Northwest Europe crude: sailing around the Cape of Good Hope instead of through the Suez Canal adds 4,703 nautical miles, 72.7 percent more, on the printed table distances.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-arabian-gulf-europe-crude",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/arabian-gulf-europe-crude/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "nga-pub151",
     "text": "Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001).",
     "url": "https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/Dist"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "biggest-chokepoint-mover-28d",
   "category": "chokepoints",
   "text": "Sunda Strait had the largest change in daily transits of the 28 chokepoints with data: an average of 30.9 in the 28 days to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026), against 33.9 in the 28 days before (-8.8%).",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#biggest-chokepoint-mover-28d",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/sunda-strait/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "longest-recorded-disruption",
   "category": "archive",
   "text": "The longest disruption in the archive so far is \"Drought cuts draft and daily transits at the Panama Canal\", which ran 551 days from 2023-03-01 (1 March 2023) to 2024-09-01 (1 September 2024).",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#longest-recorded-disruption",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/drought-restrictions-panama-canal-2023/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "effect-covid-restrictions-yantian-port-2021",
   "category": "effects",
   "text": "COVID-19 controls cut container handling at Yantian in Shenzhen. PortWatch counted 1.6 calls per day at Yantian from 2021-05-25 (25 May 2021) to 2021-06-24 (24 June 2021), against an expected 8.9, a change of -81.9%. Series: container ship port calls.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-covid-restrictions-yantian-port-2021",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/covid-restrictions-yantian-port-2021/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": true
  },
  {
   "id": "most-top-ports-country",
   "category": "ports",
   "text": "Japan has the most of the 100 busiest ports by daily calls, as PortWatch lists ports: 23.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#most-top-ports-country",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/japan/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "cape-detour-asia-mediterranean",
   "category": "lanes",
   "text": "Asia to Mediterranean: sailing around the Cape of Good Hope instead of through the Suez Canal adds 6,535 nautical miles, 83.3 percent more, on the printed table distances.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-asia-mediterranean",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-mediterranean/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "nga-pub151",
     "text": "Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001).",
     "url": "https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/Dist"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "busiest-chokepoint-28d",
   "category": "chokepoints",
   "text": "Taiwan Strait averaged 229.4 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026), the most of the 28 chokepoints with data in this build.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#busiest-chokepoint-28d",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/taiwan-strait/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "most-common-event-type",
   "category": "archive",
   "text": "Labour action is the most common event type in the archive so far: 12 of 53 reviewed records.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#most-common-event-type",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "effect-cyclone-biparjoy-gujarat-ports-2023",
   "category": "effects",
   "text": "Cyclone Biparjoy suspends operations at Gujarat ports. PortWatch counted 0.7 calls per day at Mundra from 2023-06-12 (12 June 2023) to 2023-06-17 (17 June 2023), against an expected 7.7, a change of -91.3%. Series: container ship port calls.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-cyclone-biparjoy-gujarat-ports-2023",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/cyclone-biparjoy-gujarat-ports-2023/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": true
  },
  {
   "id": "top-three-ports",
   "category": "ports",
   "text": "Singapore, Shanghai and Rotterdam are the three busiest ports by daily calls, together averaging 312.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 (1 September 2025) to 2026-08-31 (31 August 2026).",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#top-three-ports",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "cape-detour-asia-north-europe",
   "category": "lanes",
   "text": "Asia to North Europe: sailing around the Cape of Good Hope instead of through the Suez Canal adds 3,429 nautical miles, 32.5 percent more, on the printed table distances.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-asia-north-europe",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-north-europe/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "nga-pub151",
     "text": "Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001).",
     "url": "https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/Dist"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "day-range-dover-strait",
   "category": "chokepoints",
   "text": "At the Dover Strait, the busiest of the last 120 days to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026) was 2026-05-23 (23 May 2026) with 210 transits, and the quietest was 2026-08-03 (3 August 2026) with 126.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#day-range-dover-strait",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/dover-strait/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "effect-dockworkers-strike-us-east-gulf-coast-ports-2024",
   "category": "effects",
   "text": "Dockworkers strike halts US East and Gulf Coast container ports. PortWatch counted 0.3 calls per day at New York-New Jersey from 2024-10-01 (1 October 2024) to 2024-10-03 (3 October 2024), against an expected 6.3, a change of -94.7%. Series: container ship port calls.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-dockworkers-strike-us-east-gulf-coast-ports-2024",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2024/dockworkers-strike-us-east-gulf-coast-ports-2024/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": true
  },
  {
   "id": "cape-detour-qatar-europe-lng",
   "category": "lanes",
   "text": "Qatar to Northwest Europe LNG: sailing around the Cape of Good Hope instead of through the Suez Canal adds 4,696 nautical miles, 76.6 percent more, on the printed table distances.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-qatar-europe-lng",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/qatar-europe-lng/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "nga-pub151",
     "text": "Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001).",
     "url": "https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/Dist"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "day-range-korea-strait",
   "category": "chokepoints",
   "text": "At the Korea Strait, the busiest of the last 120 days to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026) was 2026-08-04 (4 August 2026) with 282 transits, and the quietest was 2026-09-09 (9 September 2026) with 151.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#day-range-korea-strait",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/korea-strait/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "effect-hurricane-ida-new-orleans-2021",
   "category": "effects",
   "text": "Hurricane Ida closes New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi River. PortWatch counted 0.9 calls per day at South Louisiana from 2021-08-28 (28 August 2021) to 2021-09-03 (3 September 2021), against an expected 6.4, a change of -86.5%. Series: port calls.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-hurricane-ida-new-orleans-2021",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/hurricane-ida-new-orleans-2021/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": true
  },
  {
   "id": "chokepoint-on-most-lanes",
   "category": "lanes",
   "text": "Malacca Strait is on the usual routing of 17 of the 50 curated lanes in our registry, more than any other chokepoint.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#chokepoint-on-most-lanes",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/malacca-strait/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "day-range-malacca-strait",
   "category": "chokepoints",
   "text": "At the Malacca Strait, the busiest of the last 120 days to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026) was 2026-07-27 (27 July 2026) with 269 transits, and the quietest was 2026-07-19 (19 July 2026) with 170.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#day-range-malacca-strait",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/malacca-strait/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "effect-typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026",
   "category": "effects",
   "text": "Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai. PortWatch counted 19.8 calls per day at Shanghai from 2026-08-07 (7 August 2026) to 2026-08-11 (11 August 2026), against an expected 91.9, a change of -78.5%. Series: port calls.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": true
  },
  {
   "id": "longest-lane",
   "category": "lanes",
   "text": "Brazil to China iron ore has the longest usual routing of the 47 curated lanes with a table distance: 11,305 nautical miles.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#longest-lane",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/brazil-china-iron-ore/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "nga-pub151",
     "text": "Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001).",
     "url": "https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/Dist"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": false
  },
  {
   "id": "effect-typhoon-saudel-ningbo-shanghai-2026",
   "category": "effects",
   "text": "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.",
   "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-typhoon-saudel-ningbo-shanghai-2026",
   "related_url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/typhoon-saudel-ningbo-shanghai-2026/",
   "sources": [
    {
     "id": "imf-portwatch",
     "text": "Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor.",
     "url": "https://portwatch.imf.org/"
    },
    {
     "id": "world-freight-monitor",
     "text": "World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com).",
     "url": "https://worldfreightmonitor.com/"
    }
   ],
   "carries_effect_caveat": true
  }
 ]
}