# World Freight Monitor: full text Generated from data through 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026). 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. ## Events ### Typhoon Saudel closes Ningbo and Shanghai container terminals URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/typhoon-saudel-ningbo-shanghai-2026/ Type: Weather stoppage. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2026-08-26 (26 August 2026) to 2026-08-28 (28 August 2026). Places: Ningbo, Shanghai, Shanghai (Yangshan). Typhoon Saudel stopped container handling at Ningbo-Zhoushan and Shanghai in late August 2026, about two weeks after Typhoon Dolphin. Ningbo suspended empty container work from 16:00 on 2026-08-26 (26 August 2026) and all terminal operations that evening, with roughly 800 vessels reported moved to safe anchorages. Yangshan halted on 2026-08-27 (27 August 2026) and Waigaoqiao suspended empty container work the same day. Saudel came ashore in southern Zhejiang around midday on 2026-08-28 (28 August 2026), and terminals at Waigaoqiao, Yangshan and Ningbo reopened between midday and 15:00 that day. Forwarders warned that bunched arrivals would add to congestion already present across North Asia. - 2026-08-26: Ningbo suspends empty container operations at 16:00 and all container terminal operations by the evening, at its highest typhoon response level. - 2026-08-27: Shanghai's Yangshan halts operations at 06:00 and Waigaoqiao suspends empty container work; Ningbo yards and warehouses also close. - 2026-08-28: Saudel makes landfall in southern Zhejiang around midday; Waigaoqiao reopens at 12:00, Yangshan at 14:00 and Ningbo terminals at 15:00. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Ningbo portwatch-port-calls averaged 12.3 calls per day from 2026-08-26 to 2026-08-28, against an expected 49.7 from a baseline of 2026-06-24 to 2026-08-18. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Shanghai portwatch-port-calls averaged 45.0 calls per day from 2026-08-26 to 2026-08-28, against an expected 92.8 from a baseline of 2026-06-24 to 2026-08-18. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Shanghai (Yangshan) portwatch-port-calls averaged 8.0 calls per day from 2026-08-26 to 2026-08-28, against an expected 11.0 from a baseline of 2026-06-24 to 2026-08-18. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Ningbo portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 11.3 calls per day from 2026-08-26 to 2026-08-28, against an expected 29.2 from a baseline of 2026-06-24 to 2026-08-18. - Sources: Kuehne+Nagel (https://mykn.kuehne-nagel.com/news/article/typhoon-saudel-bears-down-on-east-china); Vantage Logistics (https://vantage-logistics.com/typhoon-saudel-approaches-east-china-ningbo-port-suspends-operations-what-shippers-need-to-know); APL Logistics (https://www.apllogistics.com/insights/typhoon-saudel-disrupting-ningbo-port-operations-amid-severe-north-asia-congestion) ### Ver.di warning strikes halt container handling at German seaports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/german-seaport-warning-strikes-2026/ Type: Labour action. Status: ongoing. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2026-08-17 (17 August 2026), ongoing. Places: Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven. Workers at six German seaports, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Emden and Brake, held a 24-hour warning strike from the night shift of 2026-08-17 (17 August 2026), the first in a wage dispute between the ver.di union and the ZDS employers' association covering about 11,000 workers. Eurogate said no cargo could be handled at its Hamburg terminal for the period, and HHLA reported delays at its Hamburg terminals. A second warning strike, lasting 48 hours in Hamburg, began with the late shift on 2026-09-02 (2 September 2026) after members rejected an employer offer. Employers then tabled a 12-month proposal, put to a union consultation running to 2026-09-14, with indefinite action possible if it was rejected. The outcome of that vote was not found at the time of drafting. - 2026-08-17: Ver.di begins a 24-hour warning strike at six German seaports,, with night shifts at Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven stopping work. - 2026-08-18: Operations at Hamburg's main container terminals are reported largely halted, and inland rail and truck services warn of delays and possible cancellations. - 2026-09-02: A second, 48-hour warning strike starts with the late shift at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Emden and Brake after workers rejected an employer offer of 5.1 percent over 18 months. - 2026-09-09: After a fourth negotiating round, employers offer a 12-month agreement with a 3.4 percent retroactive increase, which ver.di puts to its members in a consultation running until 2026-09-14. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Hamburg portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 9.0 calls per day from 2026-08-17 to 2026-09-18, against an expected 9.8 from a baseline of 2026-06-15 to 2026-08-09. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Bremerhaven portwatch-port-calls averaged 12.1 calls per day from 2026-08-17 to 2026-09-18, against an expected 12.8 from a baseline of 2026-06-15 to 2026-08-09. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Hamburg portwatch-port-calls averaged 16.5 calls per day from 2026-08-17 to 2026-09-18, against an expected 16.3 from a baseline of 2026-06-15 to 2026-08-09. - Sources: WorldCargo News (https://www.worldcargonews.com/news/2026/08/german-port-workers-begin-24-hour-warning-strike-at-six-ports/); WorldCargo News (https://www.worldcargonews.com/news/2026/09/german-ports-disrupted-by-strikes-as-dutch-dockworkers-prepare-to-walk-out/); Container News (https://container-news.com/german-port-workers-weigh-new-wage-offer-as-indefinite-strikes-loom/) ### Durban Gateway Terminal backlog follows terminal operating system cutover URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/durban-gateway-terminal-navis-backlog-2026/ Type: Congestion episode. Status: ongoing. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2026-08-15 (15 August 2026), ongoing. Places: Durban. Durban Gateway Terminal, a container terminal at Durban, South Africa, began working through a growing backlog after it switched to the Navis N4 terminal operating system on 2026-08-15 (15 August 2026). The operator had told users that vessel and landside work would pause for about twelve hours during the cutover and that some delays would follow. Reports from the following two weeks describe queues of trucks waiting up to about 30 hours, ships waiting longer at anchorage, refrigerated export containers spoiling in queues, and a temporary pause on accepting reefer boxes. The operator said the system was stable by 2026-08-27 but that equipment constraints and yard congestion meant a return to normal would take time. - 2026-08-11: A freight forwarders association relays the terminal's notice of a cutover to the new operating system, starting 18:00 on 15 August, with no vessel or landside operations for about twelve hours. - 2026-08-15: The terminal goes live on Navis N4; users must register afresh for access. - 2026-08-27: Reports describe truck queues of up to about 30 hours, longer vessel stays and spoiled refrigerated cargo. The terminal pauses acceptance of reefer boxes, says the system is stable, and says equipment limits and the backlog mean normal flow will take time. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Durban portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 1.4 calls per day from 2026-08-15 to 2026-09-18, against an expected 1.8 from a baseline of 2026-06-13 to 2026-08-07. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Durban portwatch-port-calls averaged 5.5 calls per day from 2026-08-15 to 2026-09-18, against an expected 6.7 from a baseline of 2026-06-13 to 2026-08-07. - Sources: WorldCargo News (https://www.worldcargonews.com/news/2026/08/navis-n4-rollout-leaves-durban-gateway-fighting-operational-backlog/); Agri News (https://agrinews.co.za/system-migration-triggers-major-backlog/); Southern African Association of Freight Forwarders (https://saaff.org.za/dgt-navis-n4-go-live-update/) ### Earthquake suspends container terminals at Colombia's Buenaventura port URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/buenaventura-earthquake-terminal-suspension-2026/ Type: Terminal closure. Status: ongoing. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2026-08-10 (10 August 2026), ongoing. Places: Buenaventura. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia at about 07:34 local time on 2026-08-10 (10 August 2026), with its epicentre near San Jose del Palmar in Choco. Container operations at Buenaventura, Colombia's main Pacific gateway, were suspended while terminals inspected damage, and road closures cut the port off from the interior. Maersk skipped one call and left a vessel part worked. Some operators restarted in stages from 2026-08-12, but by 2026-08-14 yard space was very tight, staff were short and the Cali to Buenaventura corridor was not fully restored. Colombia's Atlantic coast ports were reported unaffected. No recovery date had been reported by the last source retrieved. - 2026-08-10: The earthquake strikes, APM Terminals Buenaventura activates its emergency protocols and evacuates precautionarily, and container terminal operations are suspended. - 2026-08-11: Maersk reports terminal operations suspended pending assessments, a vessel unable to finish cargo work and a skipped call, while road closures disrupt cargo to and from the interior. - 2026-08-12: Terminal operators begin phased restarts, with the SPRBUN terminal handling container ships and ro-ro vessels after engineering inspections and APM Terminals reactivating selected activities. - 2026-08-14: CMA CGM reports operations partly resumed under constraints, with high yard occupancy, staff shortages and the Cali to Buenaventura corridor not fully restored. - No measured effect: entity not covered. - Sources: WorldCargo News (https://www.worldcargonews.com/news/2026/08/earthquake-disrupts-buenaventura-port-operations/); Container News (https://container-news.com/colombia-earthquake-disrupts-operations-at-buenaventura/); PortNews (https://en.portnews.ru/news/395394/); Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2026/08/11/colombia-earthquake-operational-update-maersk) ### Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026/ Type: Weather stoppage. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2026-08-07 (7 August 2026) to 2026-08-11 (11 August 2026). Places: Ningbo, Shanghai, Shanghai (Yangshan). Typhoon Dolphin shut container handling at Ningbo-Zhoushan and Shanghai in early August 2026. Terminals at Ningbo suspended empty and laden container gate operations from 2026-08-07 (7 August 2026), and the Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals at Shanghai followed on 2026-08-08 (8 August 2026), ahead of a landfall in Zhejiang province on 2026-08-09 (9 August 2026). Ningbo terminals restarted on the afternoon of 2026-08-10 and Shanghai early on 2026-08-11. Ships had sheltered outside the anchorages and returned together, so waiting times of several days and carrier port omissions followed for weeks, and one carrier-side estimate put stranded capacity above 2.4 million TEU. Our port call series show Ningbo and Shanghai logging zero or near zero calls on the closure days. - 2026-08-07: Ningbo-Zhoushan terminals, including Beilun, Daxie and Meishan, suspend empty container gate operations at midday and laden container gate operations in the evening as the typhoon approaches. - 2026-08-08: Shanghai's Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals suspend empty and laden container gate-in and pickup, so both major East China hubs are stopped. - 2026-08-09: Dolphin comes ashore on the Zhejiang coast; vessels bound for the two ports wait outside the anchorage areas. - 2026-08-10: Terminal activity at Ningbo restarts on the afternoon of Monday 10 August. - 2026-08-11: Shanghai resumes operations early on Tuesday 11 August. - 2026-08-12: Vessel data show 117 ships back in the Shanghai anchorage and 60 in the Ningbo area, with congestion spreading to Southern China. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Ningbo portwatch-port-calls averaged 14.6 calls per day from 2026-08-07 to 2026-08-11, against an expected 54.4 from a baseline of 2026-06-05 to 2026-07-30. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Shanghai portwatch-port-calls averaged 19.8 calls per day from 2026-08-07 to 2026-08-11, against an expected 91.9 from a baseline of 2026-06-05 to 2026-07-30. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Ningbo portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 10.6 calls per day from 2026-08-07 to 2026-08-11, against an expected 33.5 from a baseline of 2026-06-05 to 2026-07-30. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-20): Shanghai portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 9.6 calls per day from 2026-08-07 to 2026-08-11, against an expected 33.7 from a baseline of 2026-06-05 to 2026-07-30. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Shanghai (Yangshan) portwatch-port-calls averaged 3.6 calls per day from 2026-08-07 to 2026-08-11, against an expected 12.9 from a baseline of 2026-06-05 to 2026-07-30. - Sources: Worldwide Logistics Group (https://worldwidelogisticsltd.com/2026/08/06/typhoon-dolphin-prompts-ningbo-zhoushan-terminal-suspensions-shanghai-under-watch/); Kuehne+Nagel (https://mykn.kuehne-nagel.com/news/article/typhoon-dolphin-in-china-leaves-more-than-24m); V. Alexander and Co. (https://www.valexander.com/2026/08/11/update-on-typhoon-dolphin-may-impact-ocean-freight-from-shanghai-ningbo/) ### Record low water at Kaub restricts Rhine barge shipping URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/rhine-low-water-kaub-2026/ Type: Drought restriction. Status: ongoing. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2026-08-01 (August 2026), ongoing. Places: Rotterdam. Low water on the Rhine fell to the lowest level since records began in 1880 at the Kaub gauge, the river's shallowest point, in August 2026, according to trade reporting on 2026-08-11 (11 August 2026). A shipping broker said the river was effectively impassable at Kaub in both directions, barges that did sail carried much lighter loads, and chemical, steel and energy companies moved freight to rail and road. Forecasters said sustained rain would be needed and the problem could last into October. On 2026-08-12 Maersk told customers that barge transport might become operationally infeasible and published low water surcharges. We found no source giving the state of the river after mid-August, so the end date is open. - 2026-08-11: Levels at Kaub are reported at the lowest since records began in 1880, with a shipping broker saying barges cannot pass in either direction and companies shifting cargo to rail and road, and forecasters saying the problem could last into October. - 2026-08-12: Maersk warns that barge transport on the Rhine may become operationally unfeasible and publishes low water surcharges and a level below which loading is not guaranteed. - No measured effect: entity not covered. - Sources: gCaptain (Bloomberg) (https://gcaptain.com/rhine-river-hits-record-low-deepening-shipping-crisis/); Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2026/08/12/rhine-river-low-water-surcharge-benelux) ### Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/houthi-embargo-bab-el-mandeb-2026/ Type: Security incident. Status: ongoing. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2026-07-20 (20 July 2026), ongoing. Places: Bab el-Mandeb Strait. On 2026-07-20 (20 July 2026) Yemen's Houthis declared a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, prohibiting vessels loading or discharging at Saudi ports, days after an attack on Sanaa airport. Two days later a US Navy-led maritime information centre warned that the group had positioned missiles and drones near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and ship trackers saw four tankers with Saudi cargo turn back. On 2026-08-11 the Egyptian-owned Tihamah was hit in the strait, in what Al Jazeera described as the first shipping deaths tied to the Houthis since the Iran war began. IMF PortWatch tanker transits fell from about 14 a day to about 9. The sources are press reports only. - 2026-07-20: The Houthis declare a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia with immediate effect. - 2026-07-22: A maritime security centre warns that Houthi missiles and drones are in place near the strait, and tankers with Saudi cargo turn back. - 2026-08-11: A cargo ship named Tihamah is struck by missiles in Bab el-Mandeb, and a second missile hits the rescue effort, according to Yemen government statements reported by Al Jazeera. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.1, computed 2026-09-22): Bab el-Mandeb Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-tanker averaged 8.3 transits per day from 2026-07-20 to 2026-09-20, against an expected 13.7 from a baseline of 2026-05-18 to 2026-07-12. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.1, computed 2026-09-22): Bab el-Mandeb Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 27.4 transits per day from 2026-07-20 to 2026-09-20, against an expected 36.3 from a baseline of 2026-05-18 to 2026-07-12. - Sources: Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/20/yemens-houthis-declare-naval-blockade-of-saudi-arabia-what-to-know); CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/houthis-red-sea-bab-el-mandeb-saudi-oil-iran.html); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/12/six-killed-in-houthi-attack-on-bab-al-mandeb-ship-yemens-government-says); IMF PortWatch (https://portwatch.imf.org/) ### Russia halts commercial shipping through the Kerch Strait URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/kerch-strait-closure-2026/ Type: Security incident. Status: ongoing. Severity: 5 of 5. Dates: 2026-07-10 (10 July 2026), ongoing. Places: Kerch Strait, Kerch. On 2026-07-10 (10 July 2026) at 18:10 local time, Russia's border guards told shipping companies that requests to pass through the Kerch Strait would no longer be accepted, and gave no date for lifting the halt. The Don-Azov Channel, the other route into the Sea of Azov, was closed as well. The notice followed Ukrainian drone strikes on at least 13 vessels in the Sea of Azov, including tankers. The Sea of Azov carries up to a quarter of Russia's wheat exports, and European wheat futures rose about 4% on the news. IMF PortWatch counted about 11 transits a day through the strait in June, 2 to 6 a day in the days after 2026-07-10, and under 1 a day on average from 2026-07-15 to 2026-09-13. No source reviewed reports the halt lifted. - 2026-07-10: Russian border guards tell shipping companies at 18:10 local time that passage requests through the Kerch Strait will not be accepted, with no reopening date, after Ukrainian drone strikes on vessels in the Sea of Azov. - 2026-07-10: Commercial navigation through the Don-Azov Channel is suspended as well, and European wheat futures rise about 4%. - 2026-07-15: IMF PortWatch records 1 transit through the strait, against about 11 a day in June, and no more than 3 a day on any day from 2026-07-15 to 2026-09-13. - 2026-09-13: The latest IMF PortWatch day in this archive shows no transits through the strait. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Kerch Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-tanker averaged 0.1 transits per day from 2026-07-10 to 2026-09-20, against an expected 1.8 from a baseline of 2026-05-08 to 2026-07-02. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Kerch Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 0.5 transits per day from 2026-07-10 to 2026-09-20, against an expected 10.9 from a baseline of 2026-05-08 to 2026-07-02. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Kerch Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-dry-bulk averaged 0.2 transits per day from 2026-07-10 to 2026-09-20, against an expected 1.5 from a baseline of 2026-05-08 to 2026-07-02. - Sources: Euromaidan Press (https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/11/russia-halts-don-azov-channel-shipping-closes-kerch-strait-after-ukrainian-tanker-strikes/); Kyiv Post (https://www.kyivpost.com/post/80062); IMF PortWatch (https://portwatch.imf.org/) ### Panama Canal cuts Neopanamax draft and daily transit slots URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/panama-canal-draft-and-slot-cuts-2026/ Type: Drought restriction. Status: ongoing. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2026-07-01 (July 2026), ongoing. Places: Panama Canal. The Panama Canal Authority began cutting the maximum draft allowed in the Neopanamax locks in July 2026, citing low water in Gatun Lake and a developing El Nino. An advisory dated 2026-07-01 (1 July 2026) set 14.94 metres from 2026-07-24, then 14.78 metres from 2026-08-15; a notice of 2026-08-05 added 14.63 metres and 14.48 metres. From 2026-09-03 the canal reduced daily Neopanamax slots to nine and Panamax slots to 25, with 23 from 2026-09-15. On 2026-09-04 it postponed the 14.48 metre step and kept 14.63 metres. IMF PortWatch daily transits averaged 32.3 from May to 2026-07-23 and 29.2 from 2026-07-24 to 2026-09-02. - 2026-06-05: Press reports the canal has announced a precautionary reduction in Neopanamax draft, a step it had said in mid-May it did not expect to need. - 2026-07-01: Advisory A-22-2026 sets the maximum Neopanamax draft at 14.94 metres from 2026-07-24 and 14.78 metres from 2026-08-15. - 2026-08-05: The canal announces further draft steps to 14.63 metres and 14.48 metres and says they do not change the number of daily transits. - 2026-08-20: An advisory cuts daily Neopanamax slots to nine from 2026-09-03 and Panamax slots to 25, then 23 from 2026-09-15. - 2026-09-04: The canal postpones the 14.48 metre step and keeps the 14.63 metre limit. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Panama Canal portwatch-chokepoint-transits-container averaged 7.9 transits per day from 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-20, against an expected 8.2 from a baseline of 2026-04-29 to 2026-06-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Panama Canal portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 30.1 transits per day from 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-20, against an expected 33.1 from a baseline of 2026-04-29 to 2026-06-23. - Sources: Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ADV-22-2026-Draft-adjustment-in-the-Neopanamax-Locks.pdf); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/en/panama-canal-announces-new-draft-adjustments-for-neopanamax-locks/); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/en/panama-canal-adopts-additional-measures-to-address-reduced-precipitation-in-the-canal-watershed/); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/en/panama-canal-postpones-neopanamax-draft-adjustment/); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/panama-canal-preemptively-lowers-draft-levels-due-to-el-nino-forecast); IMF PortWatch (https://portwatch.imf.org/) ### Drone attacks halt oil loadings at Ust-Luga and Primorsk URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/ust-luga-oil-loading-halt-2026/ Type: Security incident. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2026-03-25 (25 March 2026) to 2026-04-04 (4 April 2026). Places: Ust-Luga, Primorsk. Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Baltic oil ports halted loadings on 2026-03-25 (25 March 2026). Bloomberg reported that Ust-Luga paused crude loadings that day after strikes set fire to tanks and loading equipment, and that Primorsk had already stopped for at least 36 hours earlier in the week. Reuters, as carried by The Moscow Times, put the offline share of Russian oil export capacity at about 40 percent, roughly 2 million barrels a day, with at least 50 tankers listing the two ports as destination in the Gulf of Finland. Crude loading at Ust-Luga restarted when the Aframax Jewel began loading on 2026-04-04. IMF PortWatch Ust-Luga port calls do not show a clear fall. - 2026-03-23: Ukraine hits Primorsk, causing at least a 36 hour pause in cargo loadings, according to shipping information seen by Bloomberg. - 2026-03-25: Ust-Luga halts crude loadings after strikes ignite storage tanks; Reuters reports about 40 percent of Russian oil export capacity offline. - 2026-04-04: The tanker Jewel begins loading crude at Ust-Luga, the first restart reported after the halt. - No measured effect: insufficient baseline. - Sources: Rigzone (Bloomberg) (https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/key_russian_port_pauses_oil_loading_after_drone_strike-25-mar-2026-183288-article/); The Moscow Times (Reuters) (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/25/ukrainian-drone-strikes-halt-at-least-40-of-russias-oil-export-capacity-reuters-a92339); Fortune (Bloomberg) (https://fortune.com/2026/04/05/russia-baltic-port-ust-luga-crude-loading-ukraine-drone-attacks/); IMF PortWatch (https://portwatch.imf.org/) ### Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping during the Iran war URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/strait-of-hormuz-closure-2026/ Type: Security incident. Status: ongoing. Severity: 5 of 5. Dates: 2026-03-01 (1 March 2026), ongoing. Places: Strait of Hormuz, Jebel Ali, Khalifa Port, Fujairah, Asia to Arabian Gulf, Arabian Gulf to China crude, Arabian Gulf to Japan crude, Arabian Gulf to India crude, Arabian Gulf to Northwest Europe crude, Qatar to Japan LNG. Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz collapsed from 2026-03-01 (1 March 2026), after United States and Israeli strikes on Iran began on 2026-02-28. On 2026-03-02 an adviser to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the strait closed and threatened any ship that tried to pass. Reporting put pre-war traffic at about 100 vessels a day, and IMF PortWatch counted single digits a day from 2026-03-02. A United States naval blockade of Iranian ports began in April. A memorandum signed on 2026-06-17 reopened the strait for about three weeks at roughly 28 transits a day, before it broke down in July and the blockade resumed on 2026-07-14. The International Maritime Organization had verified at least 70 attacks on merchant shipping and 19 seafarer deaths by 2026-08-28. The disruption is ongoing. - 2026-02-28: United States and Israeli strikes on Iran begin the war. The International Maritime Organization dates the start of the crisis in the strait to this day. - 2026-03-01: IMF PortWatch daily transits through the strait fall to 20, from 57 the day before, and to 4 on 2026-03-02, where they stay in single digits for months. - 2026-03-02: Ebrahim Jabari, an adviser to the Revolutionary Guard commander-in-chief, announces the strait closed and says ships that try to pass will be set ablaze. - 2026-04-01: A United States naval blockade of Iranian ports begins. Traffic stays near five vessels a day through the April ceasefire and the blockade. - 2026-04-24: The International Maritime Organization Secretary-General says there is no safe transit anywhere in the strait, with 29 verified attacks on ships and at least 10 seafarers killed. - 2026-06-17: The United States and Iran sign a memorandum and the waterway reopens. From 2026-06-18 to 2026-07-05, 513 ships transit, about 28 a day. - 2026-07-08: After attacks on three vessels on 2026-07-06 and 2026-07-07, the United States president declares the truce over and strikes escalate. - 2026-07-14: The United States resumes its blockade of Iranian ports. From 2026-07-15, traffic falls back to about five vessels a day. - 2026-08-28: The International Maritime Organization reports at least 70 verified attacks on shipping, 19 seafarers killed and about 6,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf. - 2026-09-06: The blockade continues as the United States and Iran trade strikes on tankers and warships, and Iran warns ships to use only routes it designates. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-20): Strait of Hormuz portwatch-chokepoint-transits-container averaged 0.7 transits per day from 2026-03-01 to 2026-06-28, against an expected 10.1 from a baseline of 2025-12-28 to 2026-02-21. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-20): Strait of Hormuz portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 6.5 transits per day from 2026-03-01 to 2026-06-28, against an expected 61.3 from a baseline of 2025-12-28 to 2026-02-21. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-20): Strait of Hormuz portwatch-chokepoint-transits-tanker averaged 2.6 transits per day from 2026-03-01 to 2026-06-28, against an expected 34.0 from a baseline of 2025-12-28 to 2026-02-21. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Jebel Ali portwatch-port-calls averaged 2.7 calls per day from 2026-03-01 to 2026-06-28, against an expected 25.6 from a baseline of 2025-12-28 to 2026-02-21. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Khalifa Port portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.3 calls per day from 2026-03-01 to 2026-06-28, against an expected 10.3 from a baseline of 2025-12-28 to 2026-02-21. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-22): Fujairah portwatch-port-calls averaged 3.0 calls per day from 2026-03-01 to 2026-06-28, against an expected 9.9 from a baseline of 2025-12-28 to 2026-02-21. - Sources: Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/2/iran-says-will-attack-any-ship-trying-to-pass-through-strait-of-hormuz); International Maritime Organization (https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/pressbriefings/pages/no-safe-transit-through-hormuz-imo-secretary-general.aspx); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/9/strait-of-hormuz-what-has-happened-since-the-us-iran-mou-on-june-17); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/27/how-a-95-percent-drop-in-hormuz-traffic-changed-global-shipping); International Maritime Organization (https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/pressbriefings/pages/statement-on-the-ongoing-crisis-in-the-strait-of-hormuz.aspx); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/6/us-iran-engaged-in-tanker-war-where-is-the-months-long-conflict-headed); IMF PortWatch (https://portwatch.imf.org/) ### Workers strike at Chittagong port over New Mooring Container Terminal lease URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2026/chittagong-port-strike-new-mooring-terminal-2026/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2026-01-31 (31 January 2026) to 2026-02-09 (9 February 2026). Places: Chittagong. Workers and employees at Chittagong (Chattogram), Bangladesh's main seaport, disrupted cargo handling from 2026-01-31 (31 January 2026) to protest a plan to lease the New Mooring Container Terminal to DP World. The action began with eight-hour stoppages on three days, became an indefinite strike from 2026-02-03 (3 February 2026), paused for two days after talks with the shipping adviser, and resumed on 2026-02-08 (8 February 2026). Operations restarted on 2026-02-09 (9 February 2026) after the government said the agreement would not be signed under the interim administration. Reports cited more than 41,000 TEU piled in terminal yards, thousands of export containers held at inland depots, and vessels waiting. - 2026-01-31: Port workers begin eight-hour work stoppages at Chittagong jetties and terminals, the first of three such days. - 2026-02-03: The protest council escalates to an indefinite strike and cargo handling at jetties, sheds and terminals halts. - 2026-02-08: The strike resumes after a two-day pause that followed a meeting with the shipping adviser. - 2026-02-09: Workers suspend the strike until 15 February after the government says the terminal lease will not be signed by the current administration, and cargo handling restarts. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-20): Chittagong portwatch-port-calls averaged 3.9 calls per day from 2026-01-31 to 2026-02-09, against an expected 6.2 from a baseline of 2025-11-29 to 2026-01-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-20): Chittagong portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 2.4 calls per day from 2026-01-31 to 2026-02-09, against an expected 3.7 from a baseline of 2025-11-29 to 2026-01-23. - Sources: The Business Standard (https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/ctg-port-workers-lift-strike-until-15-feb-after-govt-says-dp-world-deal-hold-1355606); Prothom Alo (https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/dgql68ynis); Maritime Gateway (https://www.maritimegateway.com/chittagong-port-strike-cripples-bangladesh-container-flows-disrupts-india-trade/) ### United States and China levy port fees on each other's vessels URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2025/us-china-reciprocal-port-fees-2025/ Type: Regulatory or customs action. Status: ended. Severity: 1 of 5. Dates: 2025-10-14 (14 October 2025) to 2025-11-10 (10 November 2025). Places: Transpacific: Asia to US West Coast, Asia to US East Coast. From 2025-10-14 (14 October 2025) the Office of the United States Trade Representative applied service fees under Section 301 to arrivals of vessels owned or operated by Chinese entities, of Chinese built vessels and of foreign built vehicle carriers at United States ports. China's Ministry of Transport applied special port fees to vessels linked to the United States from the same day. The United States suspended its action for one year from 00:01 Eastern time on 2025-11-10 (10 November 2025) after the meeting between the two presidents announced on 2025-11-01, and China suspended its fees and a related investigation for one year from 13:01 Beijing time on the same day. Neither measure closed a port or a terminal. - 2025-04-23: The United States Trade Representative publishes its notice of action in the Section 301 investigation into China's targeting of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors, setting fees to apply from 2025-10-14. - 2025-10-14: The Section 301 service fees on Chinese owned or operated vessels, Chinese built vessels and foreign built vehicle carriers begin to apply at United States ports. China's special port fees on vessels linked to the United States begin the same day. - 2025-11-10: The United States suspends its action for one year from 00:01 Eastern time. China suspends its special port fees and a related industry investigation for one year from 13:01 Beijing time. - No measured effect: not a throughput event. - Sources: Office of the United States Trade Representative (https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2025/november/ustr-suspension-action-section-301-investigation-chinas-targeting-maritime-logistics-and); Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/13/2025-19873/notice-of-modification-of-section-301-action-chinas-targeting-of-the-maritime-logistics-and); Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/23/2025-06927/notice-of-action-and-proposed-action-in-section-301-investigation-of-chinas-targeting-the-maritime); Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China (https://xxgk.mot.gov.cn/2020/jigou/syj/202511/t20251104_4179268.html) ### Lashing workers strike halts container handling at the Port of Rotterdam URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2025/lashing-strike-rotterdam-2025/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2025-10-08 (8 October 2025) to 2025-10-13 (13 October 2025). Places: Rotterdam. From 2025-10-08 (8 October 2025) lashing workers at the Port of Rotterdam went on strike, stopping container loading and discharge at the main deep sea terminals. About 700 lashers employed by International Lashing Services and Matrans Marine Services walked out at 15:15 local time in a pay dispute led by the union FNV Havens. A planned 48 hour action was extended without an end date on 2025-10-10. A Dutch court suspended the strike from the morning of 2025-10-13 (13 October 2025), when work resumed, and the port authority said the queue of waiting ships would take until the end of October to clear. Negotiators reached an agreement in principle on 2025-10-16 and members voted on 2025-10-17 to call off further action. A separate slowdown by Belgian pilots affected Antwerp at the same time and is not part of this event. - 2025-10-08: Lashers at International Lashing Services and Matrans Marine Services stop work at 15:15 for a planned 48 hours, halting container operations at APM Terminals Maasvlakte II, Hutchison Ports Delta II, ECT Delta and Rotterdam World Gateway. - 2025-10-10: With no agreement reached, FNV Havens extends the strike for an open ended period. - 2025-10-11: A court orders the strike suspended from 07:00 on 2025-10-13 until 07:00 on 2025-10-17, leaving the union free to resume if no settlement is reached. - 2025-10-13: Lashers return to work under the court order. The port authority reports 33 vessels at anchor, 15 of them deep sea container ships, and expects the backlog to last until the end of October. - 2025-10-16: FNV Havens and the two lashing employers reach an agreement in principle on pay and working conditions. - 2025-10-17: Union members vote to end the action, with a written ratification vote to follow over three weeks. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Rotterdam portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 10.0 calls per day from 2025-10-08 to 2025-10-13, against an expected 19.3 from a baseline of 2025-08-06 to 2025-09-30. - Sources: Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2025/10/08/strike-action-of-lashing-companies-in-rotterdam); International Transport Workers' Federation (https://www.itfglobal.org/en/news/court-intervenes-in-rotterdams-biggest-ever-lasher-strike); International Transport Workers' Federation (https://www.itfglobal.org/en/news/rotterdam-lashers-strike-wins-new-agreement); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/48-hour-lashing-strike-halts-container-operations-at-port-of-rotterdam/); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/rotterdam-containerships-brought-to-halt-by-lashers-strike); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/rotterdam-container-ops-remains-at-standstill-as-lashers-extend-strike-2); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/container-flow-resumes-in-rotterdam-as-court-orders-strikers-back-to-work); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/shipping-backlog-eases-with-tentative-settlement-in-rotterdam-strike) ### Iberian power blackout halts container terminals at Spanish ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2025/power-blackout-spain-portugal-ports-2025/ Type: Infrastructure failure. Status: ended. Severity: 1 of 5. Dates: 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025) to 2025-04-29 (29 April 2025). Places: Algeciras, Valencia, Barcelona. A power failure across mainland Spain and Portugal on 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025) stopped container handling at Spanish ports for the rest of that day. Supply was lost in the early afternoon. At Algeciras the port authority activated its crisis committee and the first level of its self protection plan, the two container terminals stopped, and lorries could not be processed because the customs system was unavailable, while ferry links to Ceuta and Tánger Med continued on a standby generator. Container terminals at Barcelona also stopped, and Valencia regained power at 21:30. Trade press reported on 2025-04-29 that terminals at Algeciras, Barcelona and Valencia were working again, with traffic backed up but operations described as normal. - 2025-04-28: Electricity supply fails across mainland Spain and Portugal in the early afternoon. Red Eléctrica activates its response protocol and begins restoring the transmission grid. - 2025-04-28: The Algeciras port authority activates a crisis committee and level one of its self protection plan. Both container terminals stop, the customs system is unavailable so lorries cannot be processed, and ferry links to Ceuta and Tánger Med run on a standby generator. - 2025-04-29: Red Eléctrica reports that all transmission substations were energised by 04:00 and that 99.95 per cent of peninsular demand was restored by 07:00. - 2025-04-29: Trade press reports that container terminals at Algeciras restarted in the morning, that Barcelona had resumed after its terminals stopped, and that Valencia regained power at 21:30 the previous evening and was working with accumulated traffic. - 2025-06-17: The Spanish government presents the report of its committee on the electricity crisis, which attributes the failure to an overvoltage of multifactorial origin and finds no evidence of a cyber attack. - 2026-03-20: ENTSO-E publishes the final report of its expert panel, which attributes the blackout to a combination of interacting factors in voltage and reactive power control and to cascading generator disconnections. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Algeciras portwatch-port-calls averaged 12.0 calls per day from 2025-04-28 to 2025-04-29, against an expected 17.5 from a baseline of 2025-02-24 to 2025-04-20. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Valencia portwatch-port-calls averaged 8.0 calls per day from 2025-04-28 to 2025-04-29, against an expected 9.0 from a baseline of 2025-02-24 to 2025-04-20. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Barcelona portwatch-port-calls averaged 12.0 calls per day from 2025-04-28 to 2025-04-29, against an expected 11.3 from a baseline of 2025-02-24 to 2025-04-20. - Sources: Government of Spain (https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/consejodeministros/resumenes/paginas/2025/170625-rueda-de-prensa-ministros.aspx); ENTSO-E (https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03/20/entso-e-publishes-expert-panel-final-report-on-28-april-2025-blackout-in-spain-and-portugal/); Red Eléctrica (https://www.ree.es/en/press-office/news/press-release/2025/04/red-electrica-response-to-the-incident-of-28-april); El Estrecho Digital (https://www.elestrechodigital.com/2025/04/28/el-apagon-electrico-en-espana-paraliza-las-terminales-de-contenedores-del-puerto-de-algeciras/); Diario del Puerto (https://www.diariodelpuerto.com/maritimo/los-puertos-retoman-su-actividad-con-relativa-normalidad-EI23810217) ### Explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2025/explosion-shahid-rajaee-port-bandar-abbas-2025/ Type: Fire. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2025-04-26 (26 April 2025) to 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025). Places: Bandar Shahid Rajaee. An explosion followed by a fire struck Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on 2025-04-26 (26 April 2025), in a container storage area of the country's largest container port. Iranian officials said the blast involved chemicals held in containers. The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration said clearance for foreign transit, exports and imports restarted at the port on 2025-04-27, and the Ports and Maritime Organization said loading and unloading continued at the remaining terminals and yards, with 26 ships alongside. Fires at the site were reported extinguished on 2025-04-28. Officials said removing damaged containers could take up to two weeks. The Iranian interior ministry attributed the explosion to safety failures, and a government investigation was ordered. - 2025-04-26: An explosion and fire break out in a container storage area at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas. - 2025-04-27: The customs administration says clearance for foreign transit, exports and imports has resumed at the port, starting with essential goods and production shipments. - 2025-04-28: Fires at the port are reported extinguished about two days after the blast. Officials say sporadic fires continued in flammable cargo and that clearing damaged containers could take up to two weeks. - 2025-04-28: The Ports and Maritime Organization says loading and unloading are running normally at the unaffected terminals and yards, with 26 ships alongside, and that rebuilding of the damaged area has begun. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Bandar Shahid Rajaee portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.0 calls per day from 2025-04-26 to 2025-04-28, against an expected 0.3 from a baseline of 2025-02-22 to 2025-04-18. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Bandar Shahid Rajaee portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.0 calls per day from 2025-04-26 to 2025-04-28, against an expected 1.8 from a baseline of 2025-02-22 to 2025-04-18. - Sources: Tehran Times (https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/512316/Cargo-transit-transport-operations-resume-at-Shahid-Rajaee-Port); Islamic Republic News Agency (https://en.irna.ir/news/85817953/Operations-are-back-to-normal-at-blast-hit-Shahid-Rajaee-Port); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/28/fires-continue-to-rage-at-key-iran-port-as-death-toll-rises-to-46); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/fire-at-irans-bandar-abbas-port-contained-as-death-toll-rises/) ### Lockout of longshore workers closes Port of Montreal terminals URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2024/longshore-lockout-montreal-2024/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2024-11-10 (10 November 2024) to 2024-11-16 (16 November 2024). Places: Montreal. On 2024-11-10 (10 November 2024) the Maritime Employers Association locked out about 1,200 longshore workers at the Port of Montreal from 21:00, after members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375 voted 99.7 percent against what the association called its final offer. Container handling stopped, while the port authority said the Bickerdike, liquid bulk and grain terminals would keep working. The lockout followed an overtime strike from 2024-10-10 and an open ended strike at the two Termont terminals from 2024-10-31. On 2024-11-12 the federal labour minister directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order operations to resume and to impose binding arbitration. Work restarted at 07:00 on 2024-11-16 (16 November 2024) under a board order. - 2024-10-31: An open ended strike begins at the two Termont terminals at 11:00, following an overtime strike across the port from 2024-10-10. - 2024-11-07: The employers' association submits what it calls its final offer and sets a deadline of 20:00 on 2024-11-10 for a reply. - 2024-11-10: Members vote 99.7 percent to reject the offer and the association locks out longshore workers from 21:00. The port authority says the Bickerdike, liquid bulk and grain terminals stay open. - 2024-11-12: The federal labour minister directs the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order that operations resume at the ports and to impose final and binding arbitration. - 2024-11-14: The labour board orders operations at the Port of Montreal to resume at 07:00 on 2024-11-16, with work assignments issued the evening before. - 2024-11-16: Longshore workers return at 07:00 at all terminals. The port authority says clearing the goods waiting at the port and in transit will take weeks. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Montreal portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.6 calls per day from 2024-11-10 to 2024-11-16, against an expected 1.1 from a baseline of 2024-09-08 to 2024-11-02. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Montreal portwatch-port-calls averaged 2.9 calls per day from 2024-11-10 to 2024-11-16, against an expected 4.0 from a baseline of 2024-09-08 to 2024-11-02. - Sources: Maritime Employers Association (https://www.mea.ca/en/info-nego/2024-negotiation-updates/); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/port-of-montreal-dockworkers-facing-lockout-sunday-night-1.7379840); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/operations-resume-port-of-montreal-1.7384521); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/montreal-port-locks-out-dockworkers-adding-to-canadas-supply-chain-woes/); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/labour-arbitration-ports-montreal-bc-1.7380960) ### Lockout of ship and dock foremen stops British Columbia ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2024/foremen-lockout-british-columbia-ports-2024/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2024-11-04 (4 November 2024) to 2024-11-14 (14 November 2024). Places: Vancouver (CA), Prince Rupert. On 2024-11-04 (4 November 2024) the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association locked out more than 700 ship and dock foremen of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 at terminals across British Columbia, hours after the union began industry wide strike activity at 08:00. The lockout began on the 16:30 shift and did not apply to grain or cruise operations. Container work at Vancouver and Prince Rupert stopped. Talks broke off on 2024-11-09. On 2024-11-12 (12 November 2024) the federal labour minister directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order operations to resume and to impose binding arbitration. The board issued its order on 2024-11-13 and terminals restarted on 2024-11-14, with dispatching on the day shift and operations from 16:30. - 2024-11-04: Local 514 begins industry wide strike activity at about 08:00, and the employers' association locks out foremen and other Local 514 members from the 16:30 shift, excluding grain and cruise work. - 2024-11-09: Talks break off after the employers' association reports no progress at the bargaining table, leaving terminals shut. - 2024-11-12: The federal labour minister directs the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order that operations at the ports resume and to impose final and binding arbitration, and extends the existing collective agreements. - 2024-11-13: The labour board orders the employers' association and its members to resume operations on 2024-11-14 and to continue them until it makes a final determination. - 2024-11-14: Operations restart, with dispatching on the day shift and maintenance and terminal operations from the 16:30 shift. The board schedules a hearing for 2024-11-18 on questions raised about the ministerial direction. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Vancouver (CA) portwatch-port-calls averaged 5.1 calls per day from 2024-11-04 to 2024-11-14, against an expected 6.6 from a baseline of 2024-09-02 to 2024-10-27. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Vancouver (CA) portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.1 calls per day from 2024-11-04 to 2024-11-14, against an expected 1.0 from a baseline of 2024-09-02 to 2024-10-27. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Prince Rupert portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.0 calls per day from 2024-11-04 to 2024-11-14, against an expected 1.3 from a baseline of 2024-09-02 to 2024-10-27. - Sources: British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (https://www.bcmeanegotiations.com/local-514-bargaining-update-24/); British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (https://www.bcmeanegotiations.com/local-514-bargaining-update-resumption-of-operations-november-14/); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/port-lock-out-no-deal-reached-contract-dispute-foremen-1.7372707); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-port-lockout-operations-resume-1.7383369); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/labour-arbitration-ports-montreal-bc-1.7380960); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/canada-orders-binding-arbitration-to-reopen-bc-and-montreal-ports) ### Dockworkers strike halts US East and Gulf Coast container ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2024/dockworkers-strike-us-east-gulf-coast-ports-2024/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2024-10-01 (1 October 2024) to 2024-10-03 (3 October 2024). Places: New York-New Jersey, Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington, NC, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Houston. From 2024-10-01 (1 October 2024) members of the International Longshoremen's Association struck container terminals at ports from Maine to Texas after contract talks with the United States Maritime Alliance failed, the union's first coastwide stoppage on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts in decades. The union said work stopped at 00:01 on 2024-10-01 at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. Terminals at New York and New Jersey, Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick and Houston closed to vessel and gate operations, while automated and non ILA facilities continued. On the evening of 2024-10-03 (3 October 2024) the two sides announced a tentative wage agreement and an extension of the master contract to 2025-01-15, and said all job actions would cease immediately. Ports reopened through 2024-10-04. - 2024-10-01: The strike begins at 00:01 local time after the master contract expires, stopping container work at ports from Maine to Texas, among them the terminals at Newark and Boston reported by the trade press. - 2024-10-03: Four northeastern governors call on both sides to settle and say they will watch for price gouging while the stoppage continues. - 2024-10-03: The union and the employers' alliance announce a tentative agreement on wages and an extension of the master contract to 2025-01-15, stating that "all current job actions will cease" immediately. - 2024-10-04: Terminals reopen through the day. The Georgia Ports Authority resumes truck gates at Garden City Terminal at 06:00 and rail at 07:00, with vessel work at Brunswick that evening. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Houston portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.0 calls per day from 2024-10-01 to 2024-10-03, against an expected 2.2 from a baseline of 2024-07-30 to 2024-09-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Savannah portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.0 calls per day from 2024-10-01 to 2024-10-03, against an expected 4.8 from a baseline of 2024-07-30 to 2024-09-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): New York-New Jersey portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.3 calls per day from 2024-10-01 to 2024-10-03, against an expected 6.3 from a baseline of 2024-07-30 to 2024-09-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Norfolk portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.0 calls per day from 2024-10-01 to 2024-10-03, against an expected 1.8 from a baseline of 2024-07-30 to 2024-09-23. - Sources: Georgia Ports Authority (https://gaports.com/blog/gpa-is-reopening-october-3/); Office of the Governor of New York (https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/joint-statement-governor-kathy-hochul-governor-phil-murphy-governor-maura-healey-and-governor); Supply Chain Dive (https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/port-strike-usmx-ila-tentative-agreement/728901/); Manufacturing Dive (https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/east-coast-port-strike-ila-usmx/728490/) ### Container ships wait for berths at the Port of Singapore URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2024/port-congestion-singapore-2024/ Type: Congestion episode. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2024-05-01 (May 2024) to 2024-07-01 (July 2024). Places: Singapore. Container ships waited longer for berths at the Port of Singapore from May 2024, and the port operator said waiting had fallen back to two days or less by 2024-07-10 (10 July 2024). The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said on 2024-05-30 (30 May 2024) that the average wait for a container berth was about two to three days, that about 90 percent of container ships were arriving off schedule against about 77 percent in 2023, and that diversions around the Cape of Good Hope had bunched arrivals. Container volumes in the first four months of 2024 were 13.36 million TEU, 8.8 percent above the same months of 2023. PSA reactivated berths and yard space at Keppel Terminal, opened further berths at Tuas Port and added staff. - 2024-05-30: The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore says the average wait for a container berth is about two to three days, blames off schedule arrivals and higher volumes, and reports weekly handling raised by PSA from 770,000 to 820,000 TEU. - 2024-07-01: A further berth opens at Tuas Port, with more planned for October and December, as trade press reports about 90 percent of container ships arriving off schedule and waits of up to seven days in some cases. - 2024-07-10: PSA says the average wait has come down to two days or less in recent weeks, and that it moved 7 percent more container volume in the first half of 2024 than a year earlier. - No measured effect: below resolution. - Sources: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (https://www.mpa.gov.sg/media-centre/details/in-response-to-media-queries-on--vessels--extended-waiting-times-for-berths-in-the-port-of-singapore); PSA Singapore (https://www.singaporepsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240710-PSA-Group-and-Singapore-mitigate-impact-of-supply-chain-disruptions.pdf); The Maritime Executive (https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/singapore-takes-steps-to-address-containership-congestion); The Maritime Executive (https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/singapore-backlog-continues-as-nearly-all-boxships-arrive-off-schedule) ### Ship strikes Key Bridge and closes the Baltimore ship channel URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2024/ship-strikes-key-bridge-baltimore-2024/ Type: Collision or casualty. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2024-03-26 (26 March 2024) to 2024-06-10 (10 June 2024). Places: Baltimore. On 2024-03-26 (26 March 2024) the container ship Dali lost electrical power on departure from Baltimore and struck a pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed into the Patapsco River and blocked the Fort McHenry Federal Channel, the deep draft approach to the Port of Baltimore. Six highway workers on the bridge were killed. Temporary alternate channels for shallow draft vessels opened in early April, and a limited access channel 300 feet wide and 35 feet deep followed on 2024-04-25. The Dali was refloated on 2024-05-20 and the channel was widened to 400 feet. The Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving announced on 2024-06-10 (10 June 2024) that the channel had been restored to 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep after about 50,000 tons of wreckage were removed. - 2024-03-26: The Dali contacts a pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at about 01:29 local time after a loss of electrical power. The bridge falls across the main ship channel, ending deep draft access to the Port of Baltimore. - 2024-04-02: The first temporary alternate channel opens around the wreckage for shallow draft vessels, the first of the interim routes used while the main channel stays blocked. - 2024-04-25: A limited access channel 300 feet wide and 35 feet deep opens through the wreckage. - 2024-05-20: The Dali is refloated and moved from the site, and the federal channel is opened at 400 feet wide and 50 feet deep. - 2024-06-10: The Unified Command surveys the riverbed and certifies it safe for transit, and the Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy announce the channel restored to 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep. - 2025-11-18: The National Transportation Safety Board adopts its final report, finding the probable cause to be a blackout caused by a loose signal wire connection at a terminal block. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Baltimore portwatch-port-calls averaged 2.1 calls per day from 2024-03-26 to 2024-06-10, against an expected 5.5 from a baseline of 2024-01-23 to 2024-03-18. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Baltimore portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.2 calls per day from 2024-03-26 to 2024-06-10, against an expected 1.5 from a baseline of 2024-01-23 to 2024-03-18. - Sources: National Transportation Safety Board (https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Pages/DCA24MM031-BMG.aspx); National Transportation Safety Board (https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA24MM031.aspx); U.S. Army (https://www.army.mil/article/277129/usace_announces_full_restoration_of_baltimores_fort_mchenry_federal_channel); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/baltimore-bridge-hit-by-ship-major-collapse/) ### Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea divert traffic around Africa URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/attacks-on-shipping-red-sea-2023/ Type: Security incident. Status: ongoing. Severity: 5 of 5. Dates: 2023-11-19 (19 November 2023), ongoing. Places: Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Cape of Good Hope, Asia to North Europe, Asia to Mediterranean. On 2023-11-19 (19 November 2023) the vehicle carrier Galaxy Leader was seized in the Red Sea near Hodeidah, the first in a run of attacks on merchant ships that the United Kingdom government and other states attribute to the Houthi movement. Attacks with missiles, drones and boarding parties followed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. From 2023-12-15 (15 December 2023) Maersk paused its ships bound for the strait and then routed services around the Cape of Good Hope, and other carriers did the same, moving a large share of Asia to Europe traffic off the Suez route. Attacks paused between late 2025 and early 2026 and some services returned, then threats and rerouting resumed. As of 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026) no dated official announcement records an end. - 2023-11-19: The vehicle carrier Galaxy Leader is boarded from a helicopter and taken to the Yemeni coast near Hodeidah with its crew aboard. - 2023-11-21: The United Kingdom government condemns what it calls the unlawful seizure of the ship by the Houthis and demands the release of vessel and crew. - 2023-12-15: Maersk instructs all of its vessels bound for the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to pause, citing a near miss involving one of its ships the day before and a further attack on a container ship. - 2023-12-19: Maersk says the paused ships will instead sail around Africa by way of the Cape of Good Hope. - 2024-01-02: After an attack on one of its ships, Maersk pauses all transits through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden until further notice and diverts them around the Cape. - 2026-03-02: After a pause in attacks from about November 2025, officials of the group are reported as saying they will resume attacks on merchant ships, and Maersk again moves selected services to the Cape route. - 2026-09-13: Reporting from the region describes Houthi control of the Yemeni Red Sea coast and says operators are still routing around the Cape rather than through the strait. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Bab el-Mandeb Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-container averaged 7.1 transits per day from 2023-11-19 to 2024-03-17, against an expected 19.6 from a baseline of 2023-09-17 to 2023-11-11. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Suez Canal portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 54.1 transits per day from 2023-11-19 to 2024-03-17, against an expected 75.8 from a baseline of 2023-09-17 to 2023-11-11. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Cape of Good Hope portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 70.3 transits per day from 2023-11-19 to 2024-03-17, against an expected 50.8 from a baseline of 2023-09-17 to 2023-11-11. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Bab el-Mandeb Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 47.8 transits per day from 2023-11-19 to 2024-03-17, against an expected 77.5 from a baseline of 2023-09-17 to 2023-11-11. - Sources: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/seizure-of-mv-galaxy-leader-by-the-houthis-uk-statement); Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2023/12/15/maersk-operations-through-red-sea-gulf-of-aden); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/galaxy-leader-s-crewmembers-mark-one-year-in-houthi-captivity); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/red-sea-corridor-slips-back-into-crisis-as-houthi-threats-resurface/); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/13/red-sea-nations-watch-as-houthis-seize-bab-al-mandeb-strait) ### DP World Australia disconnects its network after a cyber incident URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/cyber-incident-dp-world-australia-2023/ Type: Cyber incident. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2023-11-10 (10 November 2023) to 2023-11-13 (13 November 2023). Places: Melbourne, Sydney (AU), Brisbane, Fremantle. On 2023-11-10 (10 November 2023) DP World Australia detected unauthorised access to its Australian corporate network and disconnected that network from the internet, which stopped landside operations at its container terminals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle. The operator handles about 40 percent of Australian container freight, and the National Cyber Security Coordinator said the interruption would affect the movement of goods into and out of the country for a number of days. Operations restarted on 2023-11-13 (13 November 2023), and the company said the resumption did not mean the incident had concluded. DP World Australia reported on 2023-11-28 that it had cleared a backlog of 30,137 containers by 2023-11-20, that no ransomware was found, and that a small amount of data had been taken. - 2023-11-10: DP World Australia detects unauthorised access to its Australian corporate network and disconnects the network from the internet, stopping landside operations at its four container terminals. - 2023-11-12: The National Cyber Security Coordinator describes the incident as nationally significant and says the interruption is likely to last days rather than weeks. The Australian Federal Police opens an investigation. - 2023-11-13: Operations restart at 09:00 local time at the Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle terminals after overnight testing of key systems, with about 30,000 containers waiting at the four sites. - 2023-11-28: DP World Australia reports that the container backlog was cleared by 2023-11-20, that no ransomware was found or deployed, and that some employee data was taken. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Melbourne portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 2.0 calls per day from 2023-11-10 to 2023-11-13, against an expected 2.8 from a baseline of 2023-09-08 to 2023-11-02. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Sydney (AU) portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.0 calls per day from 2023-11-10 to 2023-11-13, against an expected 0.0 from a baseline of 2023-09-08 to 2023-11-02. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Brisbane portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 2.8 calls per day from 2023-11-10 to 2023-11-13, against an expected 2.4 from a baseline of 2023-09-08 to 2023-11-02. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Fremantle portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 1.5 calls per day from 2023-11-10 to 2023-11-13, against an expected 1.0 from a baseline of 2023-09-08 to 2023-11-02. - Sources: DP World (https://www.dpworld.com/en/news/releases/australia/media-statement-update-on-cybersecurity-incident); ABC News (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-12/government-respond-to-port-cyber-hack-dp-world/103095182); ABC News (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-13/dp-world-deals-with-impact-of-cyber-attack/103097658); CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/tech/australia-dp-world-cyberattack-ports-intl-hnk/index.html) ### Vessel congestion at the Port of Durban container terminals URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/port-congestion-durban-2023/ Type: Congestion episode. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2023-10-01 (October 2023) to 2024-01-01 (January 2024). Places: Durban. Ships queued at the Port of Durban in the closing months of 2023, with the backlog described publicly from 2023-11-20 (20 November 2023), when Transnet held a media briefing on delays at its ports. Transnet said container handling at Pier 2 had fallen from about 3,300 to about 2,500 containers a day over the preceding four weeks because of weather and equipment problems, and set out an intervention plan. Reporting at the time counted more than 60 vessels off the port. Transnet said clearing the backlog would take up to seven weeks at Pier 1 and 15 weeks at Pier 2. By early January 2024 the queue had fallen to about five vessels at anchor, which Transnet attributed to holiday period staffing and faster access to spare parts. - 2023-10-01: Container handling at Durban Pier 2 slows through October, which Transnet later attributes to weather losses and equipment availability, and the queue of waiting ships grows. - 2023-11-20: Transnet says at a media briefing that it is running urgent interventions at Durban, blames adverse weather and equipment availability against a background of underinvestment, and expects clearance to take up to seven weeks at Pier 1 and 15 weeks at Pier 2. - 2023-11-20: Reporting counts more than 60 vessels off the port, with average berthing delays of about 18 days and October weather losses of 159 operating hours. - 2024-01-03: Transnet reports the queue down to about five vessels at anchor from about 20 in November, with more than 33,000 twenty foot equivalent units still waiting off Durban on 2023-12-29. - No measured effect: below resolution. - Sources: Transnet (https://www.transnet.net/getFile.ashx?id=5736); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/durban-warns-it-could-take-15-weeks-to-clear-backlog-as-60-ships-wait); Engineering News (https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/no-overnight-solution-to-vessel-congestion-at-durban-container-terminal-2023-11-20); Moneyweb (https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/durban-container-port-making-headway-in-clearing-backlog-of-vessels/) ### Typhoon Saola halts port work in Hong Kong and Shenzhen URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/typhoon-saola-hong-kong-shenzhen-2023/ Type: Weather stoppage. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2023-08-31 (31 August 2023) to 2023-09-02 (2 September 2023). Places: Hong Kong, Yantian, Shekou. Typhoon Saola stopped port work in Shenzhen and Hong Kong from 2023-08-31 (31 August 2023) to 2023-09-02 (2 September 2023). Terminals in Shenzhen, including Yantian and Shekou, stopped taking empty containers at 12:00 on 2023-08-31 and halted all handling from 16:00 that day. The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Hurricane Signal No. 10 during Saola's passage on 2023-09-01, the first since 2018, and public transport, schools and business in the city stopped. The government said the signal was lowered to No. 8 at 03:40 on 2023-09-02. Saola made landfall near Yangjiang in Guangdong that afternoon, rail and air services in the province having been suspended from the previous evening. Yantian said gate work would resume in full at 22:00 on 2023-09-02. - 2023-08-31: Terminals in Shenzhen, including Yantian, Shekou and Dapeng Bay, stop taking empty containers at 12:00 and stop all handling from 16:00. - 2023-09-01: The Hong Kong Observatory issues the Hurricane Signal No. 10, the first since 2018, as Saola passes close to the city. Trains in Guangdong stop from 20:00 and departures from Shenzhen airport are cancelled. - 2023-09-02: The Observatory replaces the No. 10 signal with the No. 8 signal at 03:40. The government reports 40 shelters open and 499 people in them at 03:00, 11 flooding reports and 51 people treated in public hospitals during the storm. - 2023-09-02: Saola makes landfall in coastal Guangdong. Guangzhou's Xinsha terminal resumes normal work at 15:00 and Yantian says gate work will resume in full at 22:00. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Hong Kong portwatch-port-calls averaged 22.0 calls per day from 2023-08-31 to 2023-09-02, against an expected 45.2 from a baseline of 2023-06-29 to 2023-08-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Yantian portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 4.7 calls per day from 2023-08-31 to 2023-09-02, against an expected 8.3 from a baseline of 2023-06-29 to 2023-08-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Shekou portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 3.0 calls per day from 2023-08-31 to 2023-09-02, against an expected 9.5 from a baseline of 2023-06-29 to 2023-08-23. - Sources: Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202310/04/P2023100300488.htm); Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202309/02/P2023090200151.htm); 21st Century Business Herald (https://www.21jingji.com/article/20230902/herald/20b92dff374b698dd6b4b0e7a15ac4d0.html); China Daily (https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202309/02/WS64f2673da310d2dce4bb3815.html) ### Russia ends Black Sea Grain Initiative participation and strikes Ukrainian ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/grain-deal-exit-odesa-port-attacks-2023/ Type: Security incident. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2023-07-17 (17 July 2023) to 2023-08-16 (16 August 2023). Places: Odessa, Chornomorsk, Izmail, Reni. On 2023-07-17 (17 July 2023) the Russian Federation ended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative and withdrew its security guarantees for navigation in the north western Black Sea, which stopped grain exports through the corridor serving Odesa and Chornomorsk. Strikes on port and grain infrastructure at Odesa and Chornomorsk followed from 2023-07-18, and Danube river ports used as an alternative route, including Izmail and Reni, were struck from 2023-08-02. A senior United Nations official told the Security Council that port infrastructure at Odesa and Mykolaiv was being targeted and that more than 60,000 tonnes of grain had been destroyed. Ukraine opened its own corridor, and the first civilian ship left Odesa on 2023-08-16 (16 August 2023). - 2023-07-17: The United Nations Secretary-General says he regrets the Russian Federation's decision to terminate the Black Sea Initiative, including the withdrawal of security guarantees for navigation in the north western Black Sea. - 2023-07-21: A senior United Nations official tells the Security Council that port infrastructure at Odesa and Mykolaiv has been targeted since the initiative ended and that more than 60,000 tonnes of grain has been destroyed. - 2023-08-02: Drone strikes damage port and grain storage infrastructure at the Danube port of Izmail. The regional authorities reported fires at port and industrial facilities and a damaged elevator. - 2023-08-16: A container ship leaves Odesa as the first civilian vessel to use the corridor Ukraine opened after the initiative ended, according to the Ukrainian president and the infrastructure ministry. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Odessa portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.1 calls per day from 2023-07-17 to 2023-08-16, against an expected 0.1 from a baseline of 2023-05-15 to 2023-07-09. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Chornomorsk portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.0 calls per day from 2023-07-17 to 2023-08-16, against an expected 0.4 from a baseline of 2023-05-15 to 2023-07-09. - Sources: United Nations (https://press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm21877.doc.htm); United Nations (https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15367.doc.htm); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/russia-hits-port-grain-storage-in-odesa); Ukrainska Pravda (https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/16/7415881/) ### Ransomware stops container handling at the Port of Nagoya URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/ransomware-attack-nagoya-port-2023/ Type: Cyber incident. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2023-07-04 (4 July 2023) to 2023-07-06 (6 July 2023). Places: Nagoya. On 2023-07-04 (4 July 2023) the Nagoya Port Unified Terminal System stopped working at about 06:30 local time, and container work stopped at every terminal in the port. The Nagoya Harbor Transportation Association reported that a ransom note printed from a system printer at about 07:30, that the servers were found encrypted that afternoon, and that the Aichi Prefectural Police and the system maintenance company assessed the cause as a ransomware infection. Restoration from backups finished on 2023-07-06 (6 July 2023) and terminals restarted in sequence from 15:00, with the last resuming at 18:15. The association said no ransom amount was stated and that it did not contact the attackers. Press reports attributed the attack to the LockBit group. - 2023-07-04: The terminal system stops at about 06:30. A ransom note prints at about 07:30, servers cannot restart, and by about 14:00 the physical and virtual servers are found encrypted. The police cyber attack unit is notified. - 2023-07-05: The association states publicly that the cause is a ransomware infection and sets a target of restarting terminal work on the morning of 2023-07-06. A virus is then found in backup data, delaying restoration. - 2023-07-06: Backup restoration finishes at about 07:15, a network fault is cleared at about 14:15, and terminals restart from 15:00, with the last terminals resuming at 18:15. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Nagoya portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 7.7 calls per day from 2023-07-04 to 2023-07-06, against an expected 10.3 from a baseline of 2023-05-02 to 2023-06-26. - Sources: Nagoya Harbor Transportation Association (https://meikoukyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0bb9d9907568e832da8f400e529efc99.pdf); The Record (https://therecord.media/major-japanese-port-suspends-operations-following-lockbit-attack); The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/06/lockbit_nagoya_attack/) ### Longshore strike stops cargo at British Columbia ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/port-workers-strike-british-columbia-2023/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2023-07-01 (1 July 2023) to 2023-07-19 (19 July 2023). Places: Vancouver (CA), Prince Rupert. From 2023-07-01 (1 July 2023) longshore workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada struck terminals across British Columbia, including Vancouver and Prince Rupert, in a dispute with the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association over wages, contracting out and automation. More than 7,400 workers were reported to have left the job. The first stoppage ran to 2023-07-13, when both sides accepted settlement terms drawn up by a federal mediator. The union caucus then rejected the terms and members returned to picket lines at 16:30 on 2023-07-18. The Canada Industrial Relations Board ruled that action unlawful for want of 72 hours notice, and the union withdrew a fresh strike notice on 2023-07-19 (19 July 2023). A negotiated agreement followed on 2023-07-30 and was ratified in early August. - 2023-07-01: Longshore workers walk out at British Columbia terminals after the collective agreement with the employers' association expires and bargaining fails. - 2023-07-11: The federal labour minister gives a senior mediator one day to recommend terms of settlement, saying the gap between the parties no longer justifies a continued work stoppage. - 2023-07-13: Both sides accept the mediator's terms and the stoppage ends after 13 days. The employers' association ratifies the four year agreement the same day. - 2023-07-18: The union's caucus rejects the mediated agreement without a membership vote and workers return to the picket lines at 16:30, stopping cargo work again. - 2023-07-19: The Canada Industrial Relations Board orders the union to cease strike action because 72 hours notice was not given. The union serves a new notice, then withdraws it that afternoon. - 2023-07-30: The union and the employers' association announce a negotiated collective agreement reached with the assistance of the labour board, and recommend ratification. - 2023-08-04: The employers' association confirms that union members have ratified the four year agreement, which it ratified on 2023-07-31. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Prince Rupert portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.8 calls per day from 2023-07-01 to 2023-07-19, against an expected 1.1 from a baseline of 2023-04-29 to 2023-06-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Vancouver (CA) portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.4 calls per day from 2023-07-01 to 2023-07-19, against an expected 0.8 from a baseline of 2023-04-29 to 2023-06-23. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Vancouver (CA) portwatch-port-calls averaged 3.6 calls per day from 2023-07-01 to 2023-07-19, against an expected 5.1 from a baseline of 2023-04-29 to 2023-06-23. - Sources: British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (https://www.bcmeanegotiations.com/ilwu-leadership-rejects-mediators-fair-and-balanced-tentative-deal-without-a-member-vote/); British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (https://www.bcmeanegotiations.com/joint-ilwu-canada-and-bcmea-news-release/); British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (https://www.bcmeanegotiations.com/ilwu-canada-members-ratify-negotiated/); International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (https://www.ilwu.ca/strike-notice-removed/); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-port-workers-resume-strike-1.6910572); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/port-strike-illegal-says-labour-minister-july-19-1.6911101); CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-port-strike-fertilizer-united-states-supply-chain-1.6903719) ### Cyclone Biparjoy suspends operations at Gujarat ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/cyclone-biparjoy-gujarat-ports-2023/ Type: Weather stoppage. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2023-06-12 (12 June 2023) to 2023-06-17 (17 June 2023). Places: Mundra, Kandla. Cyclone Biparjoy suspended cargo handling at ports along the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, India, from 2023-06-12 (12 June 2023), ahead of a landfall near Jakhau on 2023-06-15 (15 June 2023). Mundra, India's largest container port, stopped work on 2023-06-12, and Deendayal Port at Kandla suspended all cargo operations and told inbound ships to stay in open water rather than approach the Gulf of Kutch. Kandla and the nearby Pipavav Port had resumed operations by 2023-06-17, and Mundra was due to restart that evening. Berthing schedules and landside container flows at Mundra stayed disrupted afterwards, and trade bodies expected recovery within about a week. - 2023-06-12: Ports along the Gulf of Kutch, including Mundra and Kandla, halt cargo operations as Cyclone Biparjoy approaches the Gujarat coast. - 2023-06-14: Deendayal Port Authority confirms all cargo operations at Kandla are stopped and says ships bound for the port have been told to remain in open water rather than wait near the entrance to the Gulf of Kutch. - 2023-06-15: The cyclone makes landfall near Jakhau Port on the Gujarat coast. - 2023-06-17: Kandla and Pipavav Port report they have resumed operations, and the Adani-owned Mundra Port is due to restart from that evening. - 2023-06-23: Missed berthing windows and yard congestion at Mundra continue after the restart, with one carrier omitting the port on a voyage and trade bodies expecting flows to normalise within about eight days. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Kandla portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.5 calls per day from 2023-06-12 to 2023-06-17, against an expected 5.7 from a baseline of 2023-04-10 to 2023-06-04. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Mundra portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.7 calls per day from 2023-06-12 to 2023-06-17, against an expected 7.7 from a baseline of 2023-04-10 to 2023-06-04. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): Mundra portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.2 calls per day from 2023-06-12 to 2023-06-17, against an expected 10.4 from a baseline of 2023-04-10 to 2023-06-04. - Sources: Maritime Gateway (https://www.maritimegateway.com/deendayal-port-shuts-operations-as-cyclone-nears/); Malay Mail (Reuters) (https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2023/06/17/coastal-areas-of-indias-gujarat-state-return-to-normalcy-after-cyclone/74906); Logistics Insider (https://www.logisticsinsider.in/disruptions-and-delays-mount-at-mundra-port-following-cyclone-biparjoy/); The Loadstar (https://theloadstar.com/cyclone-shutters-already-congested-ports-on-indias-busy-west-coast/); The Tribune (PTI) (https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/cyclone-biparjoy-starts-making-landfall-near-jakhau-port-in-gujarats-kutch-517382) ### Drought cuts draft and daily transits at the Panama Canal URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2023/drought-restrictions-panama-canal-2023/ Type: Drought restriction. Status: ended. Severity: 4 of 5. Dates: 2023-03-01 (1 March 2023) to 2024-09-01 (1 September 2024). Places: Panama Canal. From 2023-03-01 (1 March 2023) the Panama Canal Authority cut the maximum authorised draft in the Neopanamax locks below its normal 15.24 m (50 feet), the first of a series of reductions caused by low water in Gatun Lake. The draft fell in steps to 13.41 m (44 feet) during June 2023, and from 2023-07-30 (30 July 2023) the authority also limited daily transit capacity to an average of 32 vessels. After the driest October in its records, the authority cut booking slots to 25, then 24, then 22 a day in December 2023, and scheduled further cuts to 20 and 18 that it later cancelled. Rain from late 2023 allowed 24 slots a day from 2024-01-16. The draft returned to 15.24 m on 2024-08-15 and 36 daily booking slots resumed for transit dates from 2024-09-01. - 2023-02-01: The canal authority announces that from 2023-03-01 the maximum authorised draft in the Neopanamax locks will be 15.09 m (49.5 feet), below the normal 15.24 m (50 feet), and says further cuts will come in steps of about 15 cm. - 2023-05-03: The authority announces drafts of 13.56 m (44.5 feet) from 2023-05-24 and 13.41 m (44.0 feet) from 2023-05-30 in the Neopanamax locks. - 2023-05-29: Rain allows the authority to postpone the 13.41 m (44.0 feet) draft to 2023-06-13, keeping 13.56 m (44.5 feet) until 2023-06-12, with 13.26 m (43.5 feet) then scheduled for 2023-06-25. - 2023-07-25: The authority sets daily transit capacity at an average of 32 vessels from 2023-07-30, split 10 in the Neopanamax locks and 22 in the Panamax locks, and says it expects to hold the draft at 13.41 m (44 feet) for the following months. - 2023-10-30: After the lowest October rainfall in its records since 1950, the authority cuts booking slots to 25 for 2023-11-03 to 2023-11-06, 24 to 2023-11-30, 22 in December 2023, 20 in January 2024 and 18 from February 2024. - 2024-01-16: Better rainfall in late 2023 lets the authority run 24 transits a day instead of the planned reductions, and it says that level will hold until conditions change. - 2024-08-15: The authority restores the maximum authorised draft in the Neopanamax locks to 15.24 m (50.0 feet) with immediate effect and announces 36 daily booking slots for transit dates from 2024-09-01. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Panama Canal portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 32.1 transits per day from 2023-03-01 to 2023-06-28, against an expected 32.7 from a baseline of 2022-12-28 to 2023-02-21. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Panama Canal portwatch-chokepoint-capacity-tonnes averaged 885,506.0 metric tons per day from 2023-03-01 to 2023-06-28, against an expected 916,018.7 from a baseline of 2022-12-28 to 2023-02-21. - Sources: Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ADV02-2023-Draft-Adjustment-to-15.09m49.5-feet-TFW-for-the-Neopanamax-Locks.pdf); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ADV20-2023-Draft-Adjustment-in-the-Neopanamax-Locks.pdf); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ADV22-2023-Update-to-the-Maximum-Authorized-Draft-in-the-Neopanamax-Locks55.pdf); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ADV35-2023-Additional-Measures-to-Mitigate-the-Extended-Dry-Season-and-Reduction-in-Precipitation-in-the-Canal-Watershed.pdf); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/en/panama-canal-maintains-competitive-draft-for-the-following-months/); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ADV48-2023-Reduction-in-Transits-Due-to-the-Ongoing-Deficit-in-Precipitation-in-the-Canal-Watershed.pdf); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/en/navigating-change-a-timeline-of-recent-future-progress-at-the-panama-canal/); Panama Canal Authority (https://pancanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ADV28-2024-Increase-in-the-Maximum-Allowable-Draft-in-the-Neopanamax-Locks-and-Modifications-to-the-Transit-Reservation-Booking-System.pdf) ### EU ban on seaborne Russian crude and the G7 price cap take effect URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/eu-embargo-russian-seaborne-crude-2022/ Type: Sanctions action. Status: ongoing. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2022-12-05 (5 December 2022), ongoing. Places: Primorsk, Ust-Luga, Novorossiysk. From 2022-12-05 (5 December 2022) the European Union ban on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil applied, together with a prohibition on the maritime transport of Russian crude to third countries and on related services, unless the cargo was bought at or below the price cap agreed with the Price Cap Coalition. The Council set that cap at 60 United States dollars a barrel on 2022-12-03 (3 December 2022) and allowed a transition period of 45 days for cargoes loaded before 2022-12-05. The same prohibitions applied to refined products from 2023-02-05, with caps agreed on 2023-02-04. The measures affect cargoes loading at the Russian crude export ports, including Primorsk, Ust Luga and Novorossiysk. - 2022-12-03: The Council sets the price cap for Russian crude at 60 United States dollars a barrel, applicable from 2022-12-05, with a transition period of 45 days for cargoes loaded before that date. - 2022-12-05: The European Union prohibition on maritime transport of Russian crude oil to third countries and on related services takes effect, with an exemption for cargoes bought at or below the cap. - 2023-02-04: The Council agrees price caps for Russian refined petroleum products, to apply from 2023-02-05. - 2023-02-05: The prohibitions and the cap extend to refined petroleum products. - No measured effect: not a throughput event. - Sources: Council of the European Union (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/12/03/russian-oil-eu-agrees-on-level-of-price-cap/); Council of the European Union (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/02/04/eu-agrees-on-level-of-price-caps-for-russian-petroleum-products/); European Commission (https://finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2024-01/guidance-russian-oil-price-cap_en.pdf) ### Cargo truckers strike cuts container movement at South Korean ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/cargo-truckers-strike-south-korea-2022/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2022-11-24 (24 November 2022) to 2022-12-09 (9 December 2022). Places: Busan, Gwangyang, Incheon, Ulsan. From 2022-11-24 (24 November 2022) members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity Union stopped hauling freight in South Korea, cutting container movement through Busan, Gwangyang, Incheon and Ulsan for 16 days. The union sought to keep and widen the Safe Rates system, minimum haulage rates for container and cement trucking that were due to lapse at the end of 2022. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported that container movement at the country's 12 main ports fell to 37 percent of normal levels on 2022-11-29. The government issued return to work orders, first for cement haulage and then on 2022-12-08 for steel and petrochemical haulage. Members voted on 2022-12-09 (9 December 2022) to end the action, with nearly 62 percent of those voting in favour, and trucks returned the same day. The dispute over the Safe Rates system was not settled. - 2022-11-23: The International Transport Workers' Federation says its Korean affiliate will stop work from midnight, with about 25,000 drivers expected to join, over the government's refusal to remove the sunset clause on the Safe Rates system. - 2022-11-24: The strike begins. Container volumes at the main ports fall sharply on the first day, with Busan and Gwangyang together handling under 15,000 TEU, according to trade press citing the ministry and the Busan city government. - 2022-11-29: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reports container movement at the 12 main ports at 37 percent of normal levels at 17:00, with Gwangyang and Ulsan worst affected and Busan recovering somewhat. - 2022-12-08: The government orders drivers in petrochemical and steel haulage back to work, the second such order after an earlier one covering cement haulage. - 2022-12-09: Union members vote to end the action, with nearly 62 percent of the 3,574 who voted in favour out of 26,144 members. The Busan branch had already told members to return to work that morning. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Ulsan portwatch-port-calls averaged 14.8 calls per day from 2022-11-24 to 2022-12-09, against an expected 18.8 from a baseline of 2022-09-22 to 2022-11-16. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Gwangyang portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 8.1 calls per day from 2022-11-24 to 2022-12-09, against an expected 8.5 from a baseline of 2022-09-22 to 2022-11-16. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Incheon portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 7.8 calls per day from 2022-11-24 to 2022-12-09, against an expected 6.7 from a baseline of 2022-09-22 to 2022-11-16. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Busan portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 32.6 calls per day from 2022-11-24 to 2022-12-09, against an expected 33.5 from a baseline of 2022-09-22 to 2022-11-16. - Sources: International Transport Workers' Federation (https://www.itfglobal.org/en/news/truck-strike-south-korean-government-risks-peoples-lives-and-economic-damage-reneging-safety); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/south-korea-s-truckers-resume-strike-blocking-ports-and-manufacturing); YTN (https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0102_202211300014242913); The Korea Times (https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/12/281_341410.html) ### Second eight day dockworkers strike at the Port of Felixstowe URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/dockworkers-strike-felixstowe-2022-09/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2022-09-27 (27 September 2022) to 2022-10-05 (5 October 2022). Places: Felixstowe. Dockworkers at the Port of Felixstowe struck for a second period of eight days from 2022-09-27 (27 September 2022), after the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company ended pay talks and imposed a seven per cent increase. Unite, which represents about 1,900 workers at the port, said members rejected the imposed deal by 82 per cent on a turnout of 78 per cent, and called action from 07:00 on 2022-09-27 to 06:59 on 2022-10-05. The stoppage overlapped with strike action at the Port of Liverpool. Maersk told customers the action would go ahead and set out contingency handling for affected vessels. On 2022-12-13 Unite said members had accepted a two year increase of 15.5 per cent, ending the dispute. - 2022-09-13: Unite announces a second eight day strike from 27 September after members reject the pay increase imposed by the company, voting 82 per cent against on a 78 per cent turnout. - 2022-09-26: Unite confirms that more than 1,900 members will restart strike action the following morning, and says the company did not return to negotiations after the August stoppage. - 2022-09-27: The strike begins at 07:00 and coincides with strike action at the Port of Liverpool. - 2022-10-05: The strike ends at 06:59. - 2022-12-13: Unite says members have accepted a two year settlement of seven per cent plus 500 pounds for 2022 and 8.5 per cent plus 1,000 pounds from 1 January 2023. The port operator puts acceptance at more than 90 per cent. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Felixstowe portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.4 calls per day from 2022-09-27 to 2022-10-05, against an expected 1.9 from a baseline of 2022-07-26 to 2022-09-19. - Sources: Unite the Union (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/september/fresh-strike-dates-announced-in-felixstowe-dispute-as-workers-reject-imposed-pay-deal); Unite the Union (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/september/felixstowe-dock-workers-return-to-picket-lines); Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2022/08/08/announced-strike-action-at-port-of-felixstowe); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/felixstowe-and-union-agree-to-two-year-wage-deal-for-dockworkers); Unite the Union (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/december/felixstowe-port-workers-win-155-per-cent-pay-increase) ### Dockworkers strike for eight days at the Port of Felixstowe URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/dockworkers-strike-felixstowe-2022-08/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2022-08-21 (21 August 2022) to 2022-08-29 (29 August 2022). Places: Felixstowe. From 2022-08-21 (21 August 2022) more than 1,900 dockworkers at the Port of Felixstowe struck for eight days in a pay dispute, halting container handling at the United Kingdom's largest container port. Unite announced the action on 2022-08-05 after conciliation talks at Acas ended without an improved offer from the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, which the union said had offered seven per cent against retail price inflation of 11.8 per cent. The strike ran from 07:00 on 2022-08-21 to 06:59 on 2022-08-29 and ended without a settlement. Maersk told customers it would keep receiving dry exports for affected vessels and did not plan diversions to other ports. A second eight day strike followed from 2022-09-27, and the dispute was settled in December 2022. - 2022-08-05: Unite announces eight days of strike action at Felixstowe from 21 August after talks at the conciliation service Acas fail to produce an improved pay offer from the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company. - 2022-08-08: Maersk issues a customer advisory on the announced strike, saying it will continue to accept dry exports for affected Felixstowe vessels and does not plan diversions to other United Kingdom or north European ports. - 2022-08-21: Over 1,900 Unite members, including crane drivers, machine operators and stevedores, stop work at 07:00. It is the first strike at the port since 1989. - 2022-08-29: The strike ends at 06:59 with no agreement. The company had offered seven per cent plus a lump sum of 500 pounds for 2022. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Felixstowe portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.2 calls per day from 2022-08-21 to 2022-08-29, against an expected 2.3 from a baseline of 2022-06-19 to 2022-08-13. - Sources: Unite the Union (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/august/strikes-announced-at-port-of-felixstowe-as-company-fails-to-make-acceptable-pay-offer); Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2022/08/08/announced-strike-action-at-port-of-felixstowe); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/week-long-strike-scheduled-to-disrupt-container-movement-at-felixstowe); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/felixstowe-and-union-agree-to-two-year-wage-deal-for-dockworkers); Unite the Union (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/december/felixstowe-port-workers-win-155-per-cent-pay-increase) ### Live fire exercise zones around Taiwan divert shipping URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/military-exercises-taiwan-strait-2022/ Type: Security incident. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2022-08-04 (4 August 2022) to 2022-08-10 (10 August 2022). Places: Taiwan Strait, Kaohsiung. From noon on 2022-08-04 (4 August 2022) the People's Liberation Army held live fire exercises in zones around Taiwan, and merchant ships were told to keep clear of the water and airspace involved. The Eastern Theater Command announced the operations on 2022-08-02 (2 August 2022) after a visit to Taipei by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and named areas off the northern, southwestern and southeastern coasts of the island as well as long range firing in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's transport ministry told vessels to avoid the zones, several of which lay near commercial ports including Kaohsiung. Traffic inside the zones thinned on the first day and ships routed around the eastern side of the island. The announced windows ran to noon on 2022-08-07, and the command said on 2022-08-10 (10 August 2022) that it had finished. - 2022-08-02: The Eastern Theater Command announces joint military operations in the water and airspace around Taiwan, including long range live firing in the Taiwan Strait and missile tests off the eastern coast. - 2022-08-04: The exercises begin at noon in six zones announced to run until noon on 2022-08-07. Traffic inside them falls during the day, ships route around the eastern side of the island at a cost of about three days, and Taiwan's transport ministry tells vessels to avoid the areas. - 2022-08-10: The Eastern Theater Command says it has completed all tasks in the series of operations around Taiwan and will continue patrols in the strait. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Kaohsiung portwatch-port-calls averaged 36.6 calls per day from 2022-08-04 to 2022-08-10, against an expected 35.8 from a baseline of 2022-06-02 to 2022-07-27. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Taiwan Strait portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 239.1 transits per day from 2022-08-04 to 2022-08-10, against an expected 240.6 from a baseline of 2022-06-02 to 2022-07-27. - Sources: Xinhua (https://english.news.cn/20220803/0834bf4e02d546ab81f6f0c7a6b28955/c.html); Xinhua (https://english.news.cn/20220810/cd2b7a7e7f4f44fe95efb78928ee3e6d/c.html); TIME (https://time.com/6203512/china-taiwan-military-exercises-shipping-routes/) ### Warning strikes stop work at German North Sea ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/port-warning-strikes-germany-2022/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 4 of 5. Dates: 2022-06-09 (9 June 2022) to 2022-07-16 (16 July 2022). Places: Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Emden, Brake. Between 2022-06-09 (9 June 2022) and 2022-07-16 (16 July 2022) the union ver.di called three warning strikes at German North Sea ports during a pay round covering about 12,000 port workers. The first stoppage, on 2022-06-09, lasted one shift at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven and Emden, and a second followed later in June. After a sixth round of talks with the Zentralverband der deutschen Seehafenbetriebe ended without agreement, ver.di called a 48 hour stoppage from 06:00 on 2022-07-14 to 06:00 on 2022-07-16 at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Emden and Brake, the longest such action at these ports in decades. A settlement before the Hamburg labour court paused further action, and the two sides agreed terms on 2022-08-23. - 2022-06-09: ver.di holds a first warning strike of one shift at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven and Emden after pay talks break down. The union represents about 12,000 port workers. - 2022-07-13: A sixth round of talks with the employers' association ends without agreement and ver.di calls a 48 hour stoppage, following two shorter warning strikes in June. - 2022-07-14: Work stops for 48 hours from 06:00 at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Emden and Brake, in what trade press described as the longest such action at these ports in more than 40 years. - 2022-07-16: The stoppage ends at 06:00. Further action is paused while talks resume under an arrangement reached at the Hamburg labour court. - 2022-08-23: ver.di and the employers' association agree terms for about 12,000 workers, with increases from 1 July 2022 of 9.4 per cent in full container operations and 7.9 per cent in conventional and general cargo operations, and an inflation clause. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Hamburg portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 5.7 calls per day from 2022-07-14 to 2022-07-16, against an expected 8.2 from a baseline of 2022-05-12 to 2022-07-06. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Bremerhaven portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 2.7 calls per day from 2022-07-14 to 2022-07-16, against an expected 6.2 from a baseline of 2022-05-12 to 2022-07-06. - Sources: ver.di (https://www.verdi.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/++co++943f2920-22f9-11ed-93b0-001a4a16012a); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/german-ports-brace-for-more-strikes-as-pay-talks-fail/); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/germany-s-north-sea-ports-face-longest-strike-action-in-decades); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/german-ports-and-workers-agree-to-terms-to-end-three-months-of-strikes) ### Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown restricts trucking to the port URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/covid-lockdown-shanghai-2022/ Type: Regulatory or customs action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2022-03-28 (28 March 2022) to 2022-06-01 (1 June 2022). Places: Shanghai, Shanghai (Yangshan). Shanghai began a staged COVID-19 lockdown on 2022-03-28 (28 March 2022), starting in Pudong and extending to the rest of the city from 2022-04-01, and lifted citywide restrictions on 2022-06-01 (1 June 2022). The container terminals at Yangshan and Waigaoqiao kept working under closed loop arrangements, and the carrier Maersk reported in early April that terminal operations continued without delay. The restriction fell on the landside: trucking capacity into and out of the city was cut by driver shortages, testing and quarantine rules, and warehouses inside locked down areas stopped work. Carriers shifted boxes to barge and rail and omitted some calls. The city said normal production and daily life would resume from 2022-06-01, and trade press reported container work close to normal levels in early June. - 2022-03-28: A staged lockdown begins in Pudong, the district that holds part of the port's landside operations, and extends to the rest of the city from 2022-04-01. - 2022-04-06: Maersk reports that the Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals are operating normally for vessel, yard and gate work, while trucking capacity is reduced and warehouses inside locked down areas are affected. No Shanghai calls had been cancelled at that point. - 2022-05-31: The city government says normal production and daily operations will resume from 2022-06-01, with public transport restarting and most residents free to leave their compounds. - 2022-06-01: Citywide restrictions are lifted. - 2022-06-06: Trade press reports Shanghai handled just over 3.4 million TEU in May against a normal month of close to 4 million, with container ship calls down 16 percent against May 2021, and waiting times back near seasonal norms as trucking recovered. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Shanghai (Yangshan) portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 15.0 calls per day from 2022-03-28 to 2022-06-01, against an expected 11.5 from a baseline of 2022-01-17 to 2022-03-20. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Shanghai portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 23.5 calls per day from 2022-03-28 to 2022-06-01, against an expected 32.9 from a baseline of 2022-01-17 to 2022-03-20. - Sources: Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2022/04/06/covid-flareups-in-china-continue); Global Times (https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1266982.shtml); The Maritime Executive (https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/shanghai-s-port-is-nearing-normal-operations-after-two-month-lockdown) ### Ukraine's Black Sea ports close to commercial shipping after the invasion URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/port-closures-ukraine-black-sea-2022/ Type: Port closure. Status: ended. Severity: 4 of 5. Dates: 2022-02-24 (24 February 2022) to 2022-08-01 (1 August 2022). Places: Odessa, Chornomorsk, Pivdennyi, Mariupol. From 2022-02-24 (24 February 2022) commercial shipping stopped at Ukraine's Black Sea and Azov Sea ports after Russia's invasion, and merchant ships and their crews were left in port. The International Maritime Organization Council met in extraordinary session on 2022-03-10 and 2022-03-11 and agreed to encourage a blue safe maritime corridor so that ships and seafarers could leave the area. Grain exports restarted under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, signed in Istanbul on 2022-07-22, with the first outbound vessel leaving Odesa on 2022-08-01 (1 August 2022). The United Nations said it was the first cargo ship to leave a Ukrainian Black Sea port since 2022-02-26. Movements at Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi followed in August 2022. Mariupol, under Russian control, did not reopen to commercial traffic. - 2022-02-24: Commercial shipping halts at Ukrainian ports as Russia invades. The Azov Sea closes to commercial traffic, and carriers stop calling at Ukrainian ports. - 2022-03-10: The International Maritime Organization Council, in extraordinary session, says ships should be allowed to sail from Ukrainian ports without threat of attack and backs a blue safe maritime corridor for seafarers. - 2022-08-01: The first vessel under the Black Sea Grain Initiative leaves Odesa with 26,527 tonnes of corn for Lebanon. The United Nations says it is the first cargo ship out of a Ukrainian Black Sea port since 2022-02-26. - 2022-08-09: The Joint Coordination Centre reports authorised movements for vessels bound for Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi, extending the corridor beyond Odesa. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Pivdennyi portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.1 calls per day from 2022-02-24 to 2022-06-23, against an expected 3.2 from a baseline of 2021-12-23 to 2022-02-16. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Mariupol portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.1 calls per day from 2022-02-24 to 2022-06-23, against an expected 1.4 from a baseline of 2021-12-23 to 2022-02-16. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Chornomorsk portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.1 calls per day from 2022-02-24 to 2022-06-23, against an expected 3.1 from a baseline of 2021-12-23 to 2022-02-16. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Odessa portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.2 calls per day from 2022-02-24 to 2022-06-23, against an expected 2.5 from a baseline of 2021-12-23 to 2022-02-16. - Sources: Lloyd's List (https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1139962/Sea-of-Asov-closed-to-shipping-as-Russia-invades-Ukraine); Ship Technology (https://www.ship-technology.com/news/ukrainian-ports-pause-commercial-shipping/); International Maritime Organization (https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/meetingsummaries/pages/council,-35th-extraordinary-session-(c-es-35)).aspx); UN News (https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/08/1123702); United Nations in Türkiye (https://turkiye.un.org/en/194294-black-sea-grain-initiative-joint-coordination-centre-operational-update) ### Hurricane Ida closes New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi River URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/hurricane-ida-new-orleans-2021/ Type: Weather stoppage. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2021-08-28 (28 August 2021) to 2021-09-03 (3 September 2021). Places: New Orleans, South Louisiana, Baton Rouge. From 2021-08-28 (28 August 2021) the Captain of the Port set port condition Zulu before Hurricane Ida and prohibited vessel movement on the Lower Mississippi River, closing the Port of New Orleans and the other river ports of southeast Louisiana. Ida made landfall in Louisiana on 2021-08-29 as a category 4 hurricane. A downed transmission tower dropped power lines across the channel near mile marker 106.5 and a survey of the ship channel was required before traffic could return. The Coast Guard reopened the river to all vessel traffic on 2021-09-03 (3 September 2021), with speed and tow size limits between mile markers 108 and 167.5. The port resumed limited cargo work on 2021-09-02 and container operations on 2021-09-07. - 2021-08-28: The Captain of the Port sets port condition Zulu. From 14:00 no vessel movement is authorised between mile marker 167.5 above Head of Passes and mile marker 20 below it, and from 22:00 the closure extends upriver to mile marker 303. - 2021-08-29: Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as a category 4 storm, according to the Port of New Orleans, which reports that seven general cargo vessels stayed in port through the storm. - 2021-09-02: The port resumes limited cargo and vessel operations, starting with breakbulk work at the Louisiana Avenue complex. - 2021-09-03: The Coast Guard opens the Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic after power lines from a downed transmission tower are cleared and the ship channel is surveyed, keeping speed and tow size limits in place. - 2021-09-07: Container operations resume at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, according to the port. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): South Louisiana portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.9 calls per day from 2021-08-28 to 2021-09-03, against an expected 6.4 from a baseline of 2021-06-26 to 2021-08-20. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-24): New Orleans portwatch-port-calls averaged 2.9 calls per day from 2021-08-28 to 2021-09-03, against an expected 13.6 from a baseline of 2021-06-26 to 2021-08-20. - Sources: U.S. Coast Guard (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/2eed0da); U.S. Coast Guard (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/2efd236); Port of New Orleans (https://portnola.com/info/news-media/press-releases/port-of-new-orleans-cargo-operations-resume-four-days-after-hurricane-ida); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/lower-mississippi-river-open-vessel-traffic/) ### Meishan container terminal at Ningbo-Zhoushan closed for two weeks URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/terminal-closure-meishan-ningbo-2021/ Type: Terminal closure. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2021-08-11 (11 August 2021) to 2021-08-25 (25 August 2021). Places: Ningbo. The Meishan Island International Container Terminal at Ningbo-Zhoushan stopped container gate and vessel work on 2021-08-11 (11 August 2021) after a terminal worker tested positive for COVID-19, and reopened on 2021-08-25 (25 August 2021). Trucking to and from the terminal was suspended, a nearby warehouse stopped work, and carriers moved calls to other Ningbo terminals including Beilun and Yongzhou or skipped the port to protect schedules. The rest of Ningbo-Zhoushan stayed open throughout. Trade press reported at the time that the shutdown risked repeating the congestion seen at Yantian in Shenzhen earlier in 2021, with about 140 container ships already waiting off Ningbo and Shanghai. Gate and berthing work resumed on 2021-08-25, with landside services restarting in stages. - 2021-08-11: The terminal stops container gate in and gate out work under local COVID-19 controls after a worker tests positive. Vessel operations at the terminal stop and trucking to the site is suspended. - 2021-08-11: Trade press reports that carriers in the Ocean Alliance are among the main users of the terminal and warns of congestion spreading, with about 140 container ships already waiting off Ningbo and Shanghai after Typhoon In-Fa. - 2021-08-25: Container gate in, gate out and vessel berthing resume at the terminal. Warehouse and other landside services restart in stages the same day. - No measured effect: below resolution. - Sources: Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/12/greater-china-ningbo-port-operations-update); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/ningbo-terminal-closure-could-spark-new-congestion-crisis/); Container Management (https://container-mag.com/2021/08/26/operations-resume-at-ningbo-meishan-island-international-container-terminal/) ### Cyberattack on Transnet disrupts South African container terminals URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/cyberattack-transnet-ports-south-africa-2021/ Type: Cyber incident. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2021-07-22 (22 July 2021) to 2021-08-02 (2 August 2021). Places: Durban, Cape Town, Ngqura, Port Elizabeth. A cyberattack on the South African state logistics company Transnet from 2021-07-22 (22 July 2021) disrupted the systems that run its container terminals. Transnet Port Terminals declared force majeure on 2021-07-26 at the container terminals in Durban, Cape Town, Ngqura and Port Elizabeth, where loading and discharge switched to manual processes and ran more slowly than normal. Transnet Port Terminals described the incident as "an act of cyber-attack, security intrusion and sabotage". The terminal operating system was restored in stages, and Transnet said the force majeure would be uplifted with effect from 2021-08-02 once it could meet its contractual obligations again. Transnet did not name an attacker. A cybersecurity firm reported that a ransom note left on Transnet systems matched a known ransomware family. - 2021-07-22: Transnet systems are disrupted by a cyberattack, affecting IT applications used across the company and the terminal operating system at its container terminals. - 2021-07-26: Transnet Port Terminals declares force majeure at the container terminals in Durban, Cape Town, Ngqura and Port Elizabeth, and moves container handling onto manual systems. - 2021-07-29: A cybersecurity firm reports that a ransom note left on Transnet computers is linked to a ransomware family known as Death Kitty, Hello Kitty and Five Hands. Transnet does not attribute the attack. - 2021-08-01: Transnet says operations have normalised after the terminal operating system was restored in stages and that the force majeure will be uplifted with effect from the following day. - 2021-08-02: The force majeure declared at the four container terminals is uplifted. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Durban portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 1.0 calls per day from 2021-07-22 to 2021-08-02, against an expected 1.9 from a baseline of 2021-05-20 to 2021-07-14. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Port Elizabeth portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.3 calls per day from 2021-07-22 to 2021-08-02, against an expected 0.3 from a baseline of 2021-05-20 to 2021-07-14. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Ngqura portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.5 calls per day from 2021-07-22 to 2021-08-02, against an expected 0.9 from a baseline of 2021-05-20 to 2021-07-14. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Cape Town portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 1.1 calls per day from 2021-07-22 to 2021-08-02, against an expected 1.1 from a baseline of 2021-05-20 to 2021-07-14. - Sources: Moneyweb (https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/transnet-cyber-attack-confirmed-port-terminals-division-declares-force-majeure/); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/second-force-majeure-at-south-african-ports-following-cyberattack); Daily Maverick (https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-01-transnet-lifts-force-majeure-on-ports-after-operations-normalise-following-cyberattack/); TechCentral (https://techcentral.co.za/transnet-likely-hit-by-death-kitty-ransomware-attack-experts/170749/) ### COVID-19 controls cut container handling at Yantian in Shenzhen URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/covid-restrictions-yantian-port-2021/ Type: Terminal closure. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2021-05-25 (25 May 2021) to 2021-06-24 (24 June 2021). Places: Yantian. Container handling at Yantian in Shenzhen was cut from 2021-05-25 (25 May 2021), after COVID-19 cases were found in the port area, and full operations resumed on 2021-06-24 (24 June 2021). The terminal operator stopped taking laden export containers through the gate late on 2021-05-25, and from 2021-05-26 export and transhipment boxes in the western area were held and operations there stopped. Berths in use fell from 20 to five. Carriers reported the eastern berths running at about 30 percent of normal output in early June, recovering through the month, while about 90 ships skipped Yantian and Shekou. The operator said all berths, including the western area, returned to normal from 00:00 on 2021-06-24, with laden gate in raised to 9,000 trucks a day. - 2021-05-21: COVID-19 is reported at the port, the start of the outbreak that led to the restrictions, according to trade press. - 2021-05-25: The terminal suspends acceptance of laden export containers at the gate from late on 2021-05-25 through 2021-05-27, according to the carrier advisory. - 2021-05-26: Export and transhipment containers in the western area of the terminal are held and operations there stop until further notice. Yard density in the terminal is reported at 96 percent. - 2021-06-03: Trade press reports the eastern part of the terminal working at about 30 percent of normal output with the western area still shut, tens of thousands of TEU backed up and ships waiting off the port. - 2021-06-21: The carrier reports yard density down to 60 percent and about 90 ships, including partner services, having skipped Yantian and Shekou. - 2021-06-24: The operator says all berths, including the western area, resumed normal operations from 00:00, with laden gate in raised to 9,000 trucks a day and export boxes accepted seven days before vessel arrival. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Yantian portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.8 calls per day from 2021-05-25 to 2021-06-24, against an expected 9.4 from a baseline of 2021-03-23 to 2021-05-17. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Yantian portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 1.6 calls per day from 2021-05-25 to 2021-06-24, against an expected 8.9 from a baseline of 2021-03-23 to 2021-05-17. - Sources: Yantian International Container Terminals (https://www.yict.com.cn/article/detail/8948.html?pager.offset=0&locale=en_US); Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/05/27/greater-china-yantian-port-operations-update); The Maritime Executive (https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/congestion-grows-in-china-s-yantian-port-due-to-covid-19-outbreak); The Maritime Executive (https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/china-s-yantian-container-terminal-resuming-normal-operations); PortCalls Asia (https://www.portcalls.com/yantian-container-port-resumes-full-operations/) ### Container ship X-Press Pearl burns and sinks off Colombo URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/x-press-pearl-fire-colombo-2021/ Type: Fire. Status: ended. Severity: 1 of 5. Dates: 2021-05-20 (20 May 2021) to 2021-06-02 (2 June 2021). Places: Colombo. A fire broke out aboard the container ship X-Press Pearl at the Colombo anchorage on 2021-05-20 (20 May 2021), about 9.5 miles off the Sri Lankan capital, and the vessel sank during a tow attempt on or about 2021-06-02 (2 June 2021). The ship was carrying 1,486 containers loaded in part at Hazira, India, including nitric acid and other chemicals. Firefighting involved the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Sri Lanka Navy and the Indian Coast Guard. The Sri Lanka Ports Authority reported on 2021-05-30 that the hull remained structurally intact. Salvors boarded on 2021-06-01, when the fire was reported out and the government ordered the ship towed to deeper water. Sri Lanka barred shipping and fishing in the affected area. No source records a suspension of Port of Colombo operations. - 2021-05-20: Fire breaks out in a deck container aboard the X-Press Pearl at the Colombo anchorage. The operator reports all 25 crew safe and the fire under control by 2021-05-24, with tugs cooling the vessel. - 2021-05-30: The Sri Lanka Ports Authority reports that firefighting tugs continue, that the hull remains structurally intact and that no oil or chemical spill has been observed, while salvors examine a tow connection. - 2021-06-01: Salvors board the vessel and the fire is confirmed extinguished. The government orders the ship moved to deep water away from the coast. - 2021-06-02: The vessel settles by the stern during the tow attempt and partially sinks about 9.5 miles off Colombo. Sri Lanka bans shipping and fishing in the affected area. - No measured effect: not a throughput event. - Sources: Sri Lanka Ports Authority (https://news.slpa.lk/index.php/2021/05/30/fire-on-x-press-pearl-vessels-hull-remains-structurally-intact/); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/chemical-cargo-fire-on-x-press-pearl-under-control-off-colombo-sri-lanka-operator/); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/photos-fire-out-on-x-press-pearl-as-sri-lanka-orders-tow-out-to-sea); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/x-press-pearl-containership-begins-sinking-during-tow-attempt) ### Container ship Ever Given grounds and blocks the Suez Canal URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2021/ever-given-grounding-suez-canal-2021/ Type: Vessel grounding. Status: ended. Severity: 4 of 5. Dates: 2021-03-23 (23 March 2021) to 2021-03-29 (29 March 2021). Places: Suez Canal, Asia to North Europe. On 2021-03-23 (23 March 2021) the container ship Ever Given grounded on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal at kilometre 151, in the southern section of the waterway, and came to rest across the channel. The vessel was fifth in a northbound convoy and was bound from China to Rotterdam, so the blockage sat on the Asia to North Europe route. Traffic stopped in both directions while the canal authority ran dredging and towing work. The ship was pulled clear on 2021-03-29 (29 March 2021) and taken to the Great Bitter Lake for inspection, and transits restarted the same day. The canal authority said the queue of 422 ships held by the closure finished transiting on 2021-04-03 (3 April 2021). The flag state investigation recorded no deaths or injuries. - 2021-03-23: The Ever Given grounds at kilometre 151 at about 07:40 local time, the flag state investigation later timing it at 07:41. The ship lies across the channel and stops northbound and southbound traffic. - 2021-03-25: The Suez Canal Authority reports that refloating work is continuing with dredgers and tugs and that navigation through the canal is suspended. - 2021-03-26: The canal authority attributes the grounding to winds of about 40 knots and a sandstorm that cut visibility. - 2021-03-29: The canal authority announces that the vessel has been refloated, with the stern moved away from the bank, and says navigation will resume once the ship is back on course. The vessel is taken to the Great Bitter Lake. - 2021-04-03: The canal authority says the last of the 422 ships held by the closure have completed their transits. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Suez Canal portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 16.4 transits per day from 2021-03-23 to 2021-03-29, against an expected 55.4 from a baseline of 2021-01-19 to 2021-03-15. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Suez Canal portwatch-chokepoint-transits-container averaged 6.0 transits per day from 2021-03-23 to 2021-03-29, against an expected 17.1 from a baseline of 2021-01-19 to 2021-03-15. - Sources: Suez Canal Authority (https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/MediaCenter/News/Pages/Navigation_new25-03-2021.aspx); Suez Canal Authority (https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/MediaCenter/News/Pages/nav_29-03-2021.aspx); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/grounded-mega-ship-blocking-suez-canal-in-both-directions/); FreightWaves (https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sandstorm-winds-blamed-for-container-ship-fiasco-in-suez-canal); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/suez-canal-shipping-backlog-to-end-on-saturday); Panama Maritime Authority (https://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Final-Investigation-Report-Ever-Given-23-March-2021.pdf) ### France closes its border to freight from the United Kingdom URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2020/border-closure-dover-calais-2020/ Type: Regulatory or customs action. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2020-12-20 (20 December 2020) to 2020-12-23 (23 December 2020). Places: Dover, Calais. On 2020-12-20 (20 December 2020) France barred arrivals from the United Kingdom over a coronavirus variant reported there, and the Port of Dover closed to accompanied traffic leaving the country. A French decree published the following day prohibited travel from the United Kingdom until midnight on 2020-12-23. Lorries queued in Kent, with 632 on the M20 and 2,188 at Manston airfield on 2020-12-22 according to figures reported that day. The United Kingdom and France agreed a protocol on 2020-12-22 under which sea, rail and air services resumed the next morning, with drivers required to show a negative test taken in the previous 72 hours. Queues at Dover took several more days to clear. - 2020-12-20: France stops accepting arrivals from the United Kingdom over a reported coronavirus variant. The Port of Dover closes to accompanied traffic leaving the country and Channel Tunnel services are suspended. - 2020-12-21: A French decree prohibiting travel from the United Kingdom to France until midnight on 23 December is published in the Journal officiel. - 2020-12-22: The two governments agree a protocol to reopen the border for accompanied freight and some passenger services. Lorry drivers must take a lateral flow test, and travellers must show a negative test taken within 72 hours. - 2020-12-23: Sea, rail and air services resume in the morning and testing of drivers begins in Kent. Reported figures that week put 632 lorries on the M20 and 2,188 at Manston airfield. - 2020-12-24: Queues at Dover clear slowly as testing continues, with military personnel deployed to carry out tests. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Calais portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.8 calls per day from 2020-12-20 to 2020-12-23, against an expected 0.5 from a baseline of 2020-10-18 to 2020-12-12. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Dover portwatch-port-calls averaged 0.8 calls per day from 2020-12-20 to 2020-12-23, against an expected 0.1 from a baseline of 2020-10-18 to 2020-12-12. - Sources: Légifrance (https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042702855); Department for Transport (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/protocol-agreed-to-reopen-french-border-to-uk-arrivals); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/22/france-to-reopen-uk-border-for-covid-clear-travellers); Euronews (https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/24/dover-slowly-clearing-lorry-queues-after-france-relaxes-uk-blockade); CNN (https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/23/europe/uk-border-france-travel-ban-wednesday-intl-gbr/index.html) ### Oilseed workers strike halts grain exports at Rosario area ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2020/oilseed-workers-strike-rosario-ports-2020/ Type: Labour action. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2020-12-09 (9 December 2020) to 2020-12-29 (29 December 2020). Places: Rosario, San Martin. A national strike by oilseed workers and grain receivers that began at 06:00 on 2020-12-09 (9 December 2020) halted crushing plants and export loading at the Rosario area ports on the Paraná river for 21 days. The oilseed workers' federation and the grain receivers' union URGARA called the action over pay, naming the employer chambers CIARA, CEC, CARBIO, CIAVEC and CPPC. Terminals at Rosario, Puerto General San Martín, San Lorenzo, Timbúes, Arroyo Seco, General Lagos, Villa Constitución, San Nicolás, Ramallo, Zárate, Bahía Blanca and Quequén were affected. The unions announced a settlement on 2020-12-29 after talks at the national labour ministry. Press reported 173 ships waiting to load when the strike was lifted. - 2020-12-09: The oilseed workers' federation and the grain receivers' union URGARA begin an open ended national strike at 06:00, naming the employer chambers CIARA, CEC, CARBIO, CIAVEC and CPPC and demanding a higher minimum wage. - 2020-12-14: The unions report that talks at the national labour ministry have ended without agreement and that the strike continues. - 2020-12-24: Press reports that the stoppage has run for about 15 days and that grain and oilseed exports from the Rosario ports remain halted. - 2020-12-29: After about 12 hours of talks at the national labour ministry the unions announce a settlement on day 21, with a new starting wage from 1 January 2021, an extraordinary payment and a bonus for workers who stayed on during the pandemic lockdown. - 2020-12-30: Press reports that the oilseed unions and the grain receivers have lifted the strike, with 173 ships waiting to load. The federation says it remains on alert because the private ports chamber has not yet signed the agreement with URGARA. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): Rosario portwatch-port-calls-dry-bulk averaged 1.4 calls per day from 2020-12-09 to 2020-12-29, against an expected 1.9 from a baseline of 2020-10-07 to 2020-12-01. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-16): San Martin portwatch-port-calls-dry-bulk averaged 0.2 calls per day from 2020-12-09 to 2020-12-29, against an expected 2.1 from a baseline of 2020-10-07 to 2020-12-01. - Sources: Federación Aceitera (https://federacionaceitera.com.ar/2020/12/09/huelga-nacional-en-la-industria-aceitera-y-de-exportacion-de-granos/); Federación Aceitera (https://federacionaceitera.com.ar/2020/12/14/sin-acuerdo-sigue-la-huelga-nacional/); Federación Aceitera (https://federacionaceitera.com.ar/2020/12/29/victoria-de-la-huelga-nacional-en-la-industria-aceitera-y-de-exportacion-de-granos/); Página/12 (https://www.pagina12.com.ar/313440-navidad-en-paro-en-puertos-rosarinos); Infobae (https://www.infobae.com/economia/2020/12/30/los-gremios-aceiteros-acordaron-una-mejora-salarial-y-levantaran-el-paro-en-los-puertos-exportadores-tras-21-dias-de-conflicto/); Federación Aceitera (https://federacionaceitera.com.ar/2020/12/30/estado-de-alerta-por-acuerdo-de-urgara/) ### Container ship queue off Los Angeles and Long Beach URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2020/container-ship-backlog-los-angeles-long-beach-2020/ Type: Congestion episode. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2020-10-01 (October 2020) to 2022-11-22 (22 November 2022). Places: Los Angeles-Long Beach. From October 2020 until 2022-11-22 (22 November 2022) container ships waited off San Pedro Bay for berths at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The Marine Exchange of Southern California reported 60 vessels at anchor on 2021-01-28 and began holding ships in drift areas outside the anchorage for the first time since 2004. An industry working group of the exchange, the Pacific Maritime Association and the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association replaced arrival based queueing with places assigned on departure from the last port of call, effective 2021-11-16 (16 November 2021), and asked ships to wait outside a safety and air quality area extending 150 miles from the coast. The queue peaked at 109 container ships on 2022-01-09 and the exchange declared the backup over after 25 months. - 2020-10-01: A queue of container ships waiting for berths at Los Angeles and Long Beach begins to build, the start of the 25 month period later counted by the Marine Exchange of Southern California. - 2021-01-28: The Marine Exchange reports 60 vessels at anchor and places three ships in drift areas outside the anchorage, the first such use since 2004. - 2021-11-16: The new queueing process takes effect at Los Angeles and Long Beach. Ships are given a calculated time of arrival set when they leave their last port of call, and are asked to stay outside a safety and air quality area 150 miles from the coast. - 2022-01-09: The number of container ships waiting reaches its peak of 109. - 2022-06-24: The Marine Exchange count falls to 16 container ships, one at anchor and 15 outside the safety and air quality area. - 2022-11-22: The Marine Exchange reports no container ships waiting and declares the backup over after 25 months, with the agreement of both ports and the two industry associations. - No measured effect: below resolution. - Sources: Marine Exchange of Southern California (https://mxsocal.org/assets/pdf/announcements/container-vessel-queuing-process-for-la-lb-oak-v-2.pdf); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/record-vessel-backlog-at-southern-california-ports); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/new-queuing-process-at-los-angeles-and-long-beach-ports-will-have-ships-waiting-far-out-at-sea/); gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/checking-in-on-southern-californias-containership-backup/); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/containership-backup-is-declared-over-in-southern-california); Supply Chain Dive (https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/the-ship-backup-has-ended-in-los-angeles-long-beach-ports/637250/) ### Explosion at the Port of Beirut halts port operations URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2020/explosion-port-of-beirut-2020/ Type: Fire. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2020-08-04 (4 August 2020) to 2020-08-10 (10 August 2020). Places: Beirut. An explosion at the Port of Beirut on 2020-08-04 (4 August 2020) destroyed much of the port and stopped operations at Lebanon's main maritime gateway. The blast followed the ignition of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse. Container lines diverted vessels to Tripoli while the site was cleared. The container terminal, which sits away from the blast centre, restarted on 2020-08-10 (10 August 2020), and two carriers said their services to Beirut had resumed. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported on 2020-08-13 that two quays had reopened, that five of the port's 16 cranes were working and that the port was functioning at 30 per cent of capacity. A Lebanese judicial investigation into the explosion has been suspended repeatedly and no trial has taken place. - 2020-08-04: An explosion at the Port of Beirut destroys much of the port. Reporting attributes the blast to ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse. - 2020-08-10: The container terminal restarts. One carrier reports discharging its first container vessel that day and another says the terminal suffered limited damage and has resumed working. - 2020-08-12: Carriers resume bookings for Beirut after diverting vessels to Tripoli, and the port handles cargo again for merchants. - 2020-08-13: The United Nations reports two quays open, five of 16 cranes working, two more cranes due back by 2020-08-14, and the port at 30 per cent of capacity. - 2021-10-12: Questioning in the judicial investigation is suspended again after legal complaints seeking the removal of the investigating judge. - 2026-08-04: Six years after the explosion no trial has been held. The investigating judge sealed the case file in March 2026 and referred it to the Court of Cassation. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Beirut portwatch-port-calls-container averaged 0.4 calls per day from 2020-08-04 to 2020-08-10, against an expected 1.9 from a baseline of 2020-06-02 to 2020-07-27. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Beirut portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.0 calls per day from 2020-08-04 to 2020-08-10, against an expected 3.8 from a baseline of 2020-06-02 to 2020-07-27. - Sources: gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/container-lines-resume-calls-to-beirut-as-terminal-restarts-operations/); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/8/12/beirut-port-resumes-partial-operations-a-week-after-explosion); United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (https://reliefweb.int/report/lebanon/lebanon-beirut-port-explosions-situation-report-no-4-13-august-2020-enar); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/12/beirut-blast-investigation-suspended); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/8/4/six-years-after-beirut-blast-families-fight-for-truth) ### Carriers withdraw sailings on Asia to Europe and transpacific services URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2020/blank-sailings-asia-north-europe-2020/ Type: Capacity withdrawal. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2020-04-01 (April 2020) to 2020-06-01 (June 2020). Places: Asia to North Europe, Asia to Mediterranean, Transpacific: Asia to US West Coast. During the second quarter of 2020 container lines withdrew scheduled sailings on Asia to Europe and transpacific services as demand fell in the coronavirus pandemic. Maersk told customers on 2020-03-31 (31 March 2020) that its AE6 and AE7 Asia to North Europe loops would each miss several westbound and eastbound departures between weeks 16 and 25, on top of an announced suspension of the AE2 service for the quarter. On 2020-04-10 it announced further cancelled transpacific sailings to the United States west coast. Reporting at the time described the 2M partners Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company withdrawing whole Asia to Europe loops for the quarter. The withdrawals were announced as service cancellations rather than dated stoppages at any port. - 2020-03-27: Trade press reports that carriers are cancelling sailings on transpacific and Europe services because demand has fallen, with production in China largely restarted while consuming economies are shut down. - 2020-03-30: Trade press reports that the 2M partners have withdrawn two Asia to Europe and Mediterranean loops for the whole second quarter. - 2020-03-31: Maersk tells customers that its AE6 and AE7 Asia to North Europe services will miss departures in weeks 16 to 25, on top of the announced suspension of the AE2 service for the second quarter. - 2020-04-10: Maersk announces further cancelled transpacific sailings, including a week 17 departure from Nansha to the United States west coast and a week 20 return departure from Prince Rupert. - No measured effect: below resolution. - Sources: Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2020/03/31/covid-19-blanking-announcement-asia-north-europe-services); Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2020/04/10/additional-blanking-announcement-on-transpacific-services); Supply Chain Dive (https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/coronavirus-ocean-carriers-blank-sailings-declining-demand-china-to-europe/575018/); Supply Chain Dive (https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/coronavirus-2M-Maersk-MSC-blank-sailing/575100/) ### Vehicle carrier Golden Ray capsizes and blocks the Brunswick channel URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2019/golden-ray-capsize-brunswick-2019/ Type: Collision or casualty. Status: ended. Severity: 2 of 5. Dates: 2019-09-08 (8 September 2019) to 2019-11-14 (14 November 2019). Places: Brunswick. On 2019-09-08 (8 September 2019) the vehicle carrier Golden Ray capsized in St. Simons Sound shortly after leaving the Port of Brunswick, Georgia, with a fire on board, closing the sound and the port to commercial traffic. The Coast Guard reported that all 24 people on board were rescued, four of them after being trapped in the hull, and set a safety zone half a mile around the wreck. Two cargo ships were allowed to leave under monitored transit late on 2019-09-11, and the port reopened on a case by case basis, with cargo that could be diverted sent to Savannah and Charleston. The channel stayed limited to one way traffic while salvage continued, and round the clock commercial transits resumed on 2019-11-14 (14 November 2019). - 2019-09-08: The 656 foot vehicle carrier capsizes in St. Simons Sound at about 02:00 with a fire on board. The Coast Guard rescues 20 people, four crew members remain trapped, and the Captain of the Port sets a safety zone half a mile around the vessel. - 2019-09-09: The four trapped crew members are rescued after nearly 40 hours in the hull, according to the safety board, bringing all 24 people on board to safety. - 2019-09-11: Two cargo vessels leave the port under monitored transit past the wreck, the first movements since the capsizing. - 2019-09-12: The port reopens on a case by case basis, with priority for perishable cargo and other vessels diverted to Savannah and Charleston while the unified command studies how passing ships affect the wreck. - 2019-11-14: The unified command and the Georgia Ports Authority restore round the clock commercial transits, with vessels still passing the wreck one at a time. - 2021-09-14: The safety board publishes its report, finding that an error in entering ballast quantities into the stability program left the ship with too little righting arm during an outbound turn. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Brunswick portwatch-port-calls averaged 1.2 calls per day from 2019-09-08 to 2019-11-14, against an expected 0.9 from a baseline of 2019-07-07 to 2019-08-31. - Sources: U.S. Coast Guard (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/25ddebb); National Transportation Safety Board (https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20210914b.aspx); The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-simons-sound-opens-after-ship-capsizes/6HSXGfi9MsZuWdirDZVCFO/); News4Jax (https://www.news4jax.com/news/2019/09/12/1st-ships-allowed-to-pass-capsized-car-carrier-near-port-of-brunswick/); FreightWaves (https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-brunswick-open-24-hours-to-commercial-vessels); WorkBoat (https://www.workboat.com/bluewater/traffic-expanded-around-capsized-golden-ray) ### Iran seizes the tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2019/tanker-seizure-strait-of-hormuz-2019/ Type: Security incident. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2019-07-19 (19 July 2019) to 2019-09-27 (27 September 2019). Places: Strait of Hormuz. On 2019-07-19 (19 July 2019) Iranian forces boarded and seized the British flagged product tanker Stena Impero as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz, and took the ship to Bandar Abbas with its 23 crew aboard. The United Kingdom government said the vessel was intercepted in the westbound traffic lane inside Omani territorial waters by fast boats and a helicopter of the Revolutionary Guard, and called the seizure a breach of international law. Iran said the ship had committed marine violations. On 2019-07-22 (22 July 2019) the Department for Transport raised the security level for British flagged shipping to level 3 and advised against all passage through the strait. Seven crew were released in early September, and the ship left Bandar Abbas for Dubai on 2019-09-27 (27 September 2019). - 2019-07-19: Iranian forces board the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz at about 16:00 United Kingdom time and take her towards Iran. The operator reports losing contact with the ship. - 2019-07-21: The United Kingdom government says the tanker was seized in Omani waters in contravention of international law and summons Iran's charge d'affaires in London. - 2019-07-22: The Foreign Secretary tells Parliament that the Department for Transport has raised the security level for British flagged shipping to level 3, advising against all passage in Iranian waters and in the strait as a whole. - 2019-09-04: The operator says seven of the crew are to be released, and reports on the following day that they have left the vessel. - 2019-09-27: The vessel leaves Bandar Abbas and sails for Dubai, where the remaining crew disembark for medical checks. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Strait of Hormuz portwatch-chokepoint-transits-tanker averaged 46.6 transits per day from 2019-07-19 to 2019-09-27, against an expected 48.5 from a baseline of 2019-05-17 to 2019-07-11. - Measured effect (wfm-effect-1.0, computed 2026-09-19): Strait of Hormuz portwatch-chokepoint-transits-total averaged 77.9 transits per day from 2019-07-19 to 2019-09-27, against an expected 81.2 from a baseline of 2019-05-17 to 2019-07-11. - Sources: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/iran-tanker-seizure-uk-government-response); Foreign and Commonwealth Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/situation-in-the-gulf-foreign-secretary-statement); Stena Bulk (https://www.stenabulk.com/statements-archive); Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/9/27/seized-uk-flagged-tanker-stena-impero-leaves-iranian-port); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/uk-asks-british-ships-to-avoid-strait-of-hormuz) ### NotPetya malware halts Maersk and APM Terminals port operations URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2017/notpetya-cyberattack-maersk-2017/ Type: Cyber incident. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2017-06-27 (27 June 2017) to 2017-07-03 (week of 3 July 2017). Places: Los Angeles-Long Beach, New York-New Jersey, Rotterdam, Mumbai-Jawaharlal Nehru. On 2017-06-27 (27 June 2017) the NotPetya malware disabled the information systems of A.P. Moller-Maersk, stopping gate, crane and booking operations at container terminals run by its APM Terminals unit. Trade press reported closures or suspended gate operations the following day at Pier 400 in Los Angeles, at Elizabeth in New Jersey, at Rotterdam, at Jawaharlal Nehru near Mumbai and at other terminals, with 17 of the operator's 76 terminals affected. Terminals returned to normal working over more than a week. On 2018-02-15 (15 February 2018) the United Kingdom said the Russian military was responsible, and the White House issued a statement the same day attributing the attack to the Russian military. The malware spread from compromised Ukrainian accounting software. - 2017-06-27: The NotPetya malware disables Maersk systems. Gate and terminal operating systems stop at APM Terminals facilities, and trucks queue outside the Elizabeth terminal in New Jersey. - 2017-06-28: Trade press reports closures or suspended gate operations at Pier 400 in Los Angeles, Elizabeth in New Jersey, Rotterdam, Jawaharlal Nehru near Mumbai and further terminals, and says Maersk could not accept electronic bookings. - 2017-07-03: Terminals worldwide return to normal working more than a week after the infection, according to Wired. - 2018-02-15: The United Kingdom attributes the attack to the Russian military, and the White House issues a statement attributing it to the Russian military the same day. - No measured effect: predates data. - Sources: gCaptain (https://gcaptain.com/maersk-operated-port-terminals-booking-system-crippled-cyber-attack/); The Maritime Executive (https://maritime-executive.com/article/maersks-cargo-operations-hit-hard-by-cyberattack); Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/); Foreign and Commonwealth Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-office-minister-condemns-russia-for-notpetya-attacks); The White House (https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-25/) ### Hanjin Shipping receivership leaves container ships outside ports URL: https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2016/hanjin-shipping-bankruptcy-2016/ Type: Capacity withdrawal. Status: ended. Severity: 3 of 5. Dates: 2016-08-31 (31 August 2016) to 2017-02-17 (17 February 2017). Places: Busan, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Transpacific: Asia to US West Coast, Asia to North Europe. On 2016-08-31 (31 August 2016) Hanjin Shipping applied to the Seoul Central District Court for receivership after its creditors withdrew support, and its container ships were left outside ports. Terminal operators, tug providers and other service providers declined to handle the vessels because they doubted payment, and ships were arrested in several countries by creditors. The United States Government Accountability Office later recorded that cargo owners faced delays and added costs while the fleet was stranded. United States courts handled the company's cross border insolvency case. The Seoul Central District Court declared Hanjin Shipping bankrupt on 2017-02-17 (17 February 2017) and appointed an administrator, ending the company's operations and moving the case to liquidation. - 2016-08-31: Hanjin Shipping applies for court receivership in Seoul after creditor banks withdraw support. Its container ships begin to be refused service at ports. - 2016-09-01: Trade press reports three Hanjin vessels stranded off major North American ports, with terminals and service providers unwilling to handle the ships. - 2017-02-17: The Seoul Central District Court declares Hanjin Shipping bankrupt, appoints a bankruptcy administrator and sets a deadline for creditor claims. - No measured effect: predates data. - Sources: CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/17/skorea-court-declares-hanjin-shipping-bankrupt.html); Seatrade Maritime News (https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/the-end-of-hanjin-shipping-officially-declared-bankrupt); Port Technology International (https://www.porttechnology.org/news/hanjin_ships_stranded_at_major_ports/); United States Government Accountability Office (https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-353r) ## Facts - 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). Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#busiest-port) - 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. Source: Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001). World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-arabian-gulf-europe-crude) - 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%). Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#biggest-chokepoint-mover-28d) - 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). Source: World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#longest-recorded-disruption) - 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. Source: 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). 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. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-covid-restrictions-yantian-port-2021) - Japan has the most of the 100 busiest ports by daily calls, as PortWatch lists ports: 23. Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#most-top-ports-country) - 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. Source: Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001). World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-asia-mediterranean) - 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. Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#busiest-chokepoint-28d) - Labour action is the most common event type in the archive so far: 12 of 53 reviewed records. Source: World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#most-common-event-type) - 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. Source: 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). 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. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-cyclone-biparjoy-gujarat-ports-2023) - 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). Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#top-three-ports) - 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. Source: Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001). World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-asia-north-europe) - 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. Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#day-range-dover-strait) - 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. Source: 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). 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. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-dockworkers-strike-us-east-gulf-coast-ports-2024) - 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. Source: Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001). World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#cape-detour-qatar-europe-lng) - 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. Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#day-range-korea-strait) - 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. Source: 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). 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. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-hurricane-ida-new-orleans-2021) - Malacca Strait is on the usual routing of 17 of the 50 curated lanes in our registry, more than any other chokepoint. Source: World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#chokepoint-on-most-lanes) - 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. Source: Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#day-range-malacca-strait) - 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. Source: 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). 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. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-typhoon-dolphin-shanghai-ningbo-2026) - Brazil to China iron ore has the longest usual routing of the 47 curated lanes with a table distance: 11,305 nautical miles. Source: Distances: US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Pub. 151, Distances Between Ports, 11th edition (2001). World Freight Monitor (worldfreightmonitor.com). (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#longest-lane) - 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. Source: 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). 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. (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/facts/#effect-typhoon-saudel-ningbo-shanghai-2026) ## Ports - Singapore (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/singapore/), Singapore: rank 1 by mean daily calls, 125.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 116.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Shanghai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/shanghai-cn/), China: rank 2 by mean daily calls, 105.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 83.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Rotterdam (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/rotterdam/), Netherlands: rank 3 by mean daily calls, 81.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 82.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Antwerp (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/antwerp/), Belgium: rank 4 by mean daily calls, 55.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 52.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ningbo (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ningbo/), China: rank 5 by mean daily calls, 53.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 46.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Busan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/busan/), South Korea: rank 6 by mean daily calls, 52.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 46.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Nagoya (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/nagoya/), Japan: rank 7 by mean daily calls, 42.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 41.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hong Kong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hong-kong/), Hong Kong: rank 8 by mean daily calls, 40.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 37.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yokohama (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yokohama/), Japan: rank 9 by mean daily calls, 38.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 36.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gwangyang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/gwangyang/), South Korea: rank 10 by mean daily calls, 37.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 39.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mizushima (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mizushima/), Japan: rank 11 by mean daily calls, 36.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 35.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Chiba (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/chiba/), Japan: rank 12 by mean daily calls, 34.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 34.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Port Klang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/port-klang/), Malaysia: rank 13 by mean daily calls, 34.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 29.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tianjin Xin Gang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tianjin-xin-gang/), China: rank 14 by mean daily calls, 31.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 30.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Qingdao Port (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/qingdao-port/), China: rank 15 by mean daily calls, 31.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 29.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Guangzhou (Nansha) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/guangzhou-nansha/), China: rank 16 by mean daily calls, 29.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 27.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kobe (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kobe/), Japan: rank 17 by mean daily calls, 29.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 28.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kaohsiung (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kaohsiung/), Taiwan: rank 18 by mean daily calls, 28.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 27.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tanjung Priok (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tanjung-priok/), Indonesia: rank 19 by mean daily calls, 26.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 25.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Saigon (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/saigon/), Vietnam: rank 20 by mean daily calls, 26.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 24.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ulsan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ulsan/), South Korea: rank 21 by mean daily calls, 25.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 32.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tokyo (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tokyo/), Japan: rank 22 by mean daily calls, 25.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 23.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Sakai-Semboku (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/sakai-semboku/), Japan: rank 23 by mean daily calls, 23.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 25.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Osaka (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/osaka/), Japan: rank 24 by mean daily calls, 23.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 23.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Suzhou (Taicang) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/suzhou-taicang/), China: rank 25 by mean daily calls, 23.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 21.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hai Phong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hai-phong/), Vietnam: rank 26 by mean daily calls, 21.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 20.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Amsterdam (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/amsterdam/), Netherlands: rank 27 by mean daily calls, 21.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 21.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Xiamen (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/xiamen/), China: rank 28 by mean daily calls, 20.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 20.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Houston (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/houston/), United States: rank 29 by mean daily calls, 20.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 21.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Manila (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/manila/), Philippines: rank 30 by mean daily calls, 20.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 19.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Istanbul (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/istanbul/), Türkiye: rank 31 by mean daily calls, 20.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 14.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kawasaki (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kawasaki/), Japan: rank 32 by mean daily calls, 19.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 19.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yokkaichi (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yokkaichi/), Japan: rank 33 by mean daily calls, 19.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 20.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dalian (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dalian/), China: rank 34 by mean daily calls, 18.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 18.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Oita (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/oita/), Japan: rank 35 by mean daily calls, 18.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 17.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Incheon (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/incheon/), South Korea: rank 36 by mean daily calls, 18.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 18.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bangkok (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/bangkok/), Thailand: rank 37 by mean daily calls, 18.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 18.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Laem Chabang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/laem-chabang/), Thailand: rank 38 by mean daily calls, 18.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 18.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tokuyama (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tokuyama/), Japan: rank 39 by mean daily calls, 17.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 17.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Zhoushan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/zhoushan/), China: rank 40 by mean daily calls, 17.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 16.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kitakyushu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kitakyushu/), Japan: rank 41 by mean daily calls, 17.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 18.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hamburg (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hamburg/), Germany: rank 42 by mean daily calls, 16.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 16.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Surabaya (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/surabaya/), Indonesia: rank 43 by mean daily calls, 16.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 16.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Algeciras (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/algeciras/), Spain: rank 44 by mean daily calls, 16.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 16.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Las Palmas (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/las-palmas/), Spain: rank 45 by mean daily calls, 15.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 15.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Santos (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/santos/), Brazil: rank 46 by mean daily calls, 15.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 15.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ghent (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ghent/), Belgium: rank 47 by mean daily calls, 15.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 16.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hakata (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hakata/), Japan: rank 48 by mean daily calls, 15.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 15.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Shanghai (Yangshan) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/shanghai-yangshan/), China: rank 49 by mean daily calls, 14.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 11.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kanda (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kanda/), Japan: rank 50 by mean daily calls, 14.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 13.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Siam Seaport (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/siam-seaport/), Thailand: rank 51 by mean daily calls, 14.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 17.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tomakomai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tomakomai/), Japan: rank 52 by mean daily calls, 14.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 15.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kashima-Ibaraki (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kashima-ibaraki/), Japan: rank 53 by mean daily calls, 14.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 14.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mumbai-Jawaharlal Nehru (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mumbai-jawaharlal-nehru/), India: rank 54 by mean daily calls, 14.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 23.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tanjung Pelepas (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tanjung-pelepas/), Malaysia: rank 55 by mean daily calls, 14.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gresik (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/gresik/), Indonesia: rank 56 by mean daily calls, 14.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 15.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Jebel Ali (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/jebel-ali/), United Arab Emirates: rank 57 by mean daily calls, 14.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Qiwei (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/qiwei/), China: rank 58 by mean daily calls, 13.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Nantong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/nantong/), China: rank 59 by mean daily calls, 13.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 11.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Immingham (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/immingham/), United Kingdom: rank 60 by mean daily calls, 13.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 13.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - New Orleans (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/new-orleans/), United States: rank 61 by mean daily calls, 13.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Terneuzen (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/terneuzen/), Netherlands: rank 62 by mean daily calls, 13.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 15.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Funabashi (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/funabashi/), Japan: rank 63 by mean daily calls, 13.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 13.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Nemrut Bay (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/nemrut-bay/), Türkiye: rank 64 by mean daily calls, 13.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Shougang Jingtang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/shougang-jingtang/), China: rank 65 by mean daily calls, 13.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 13.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Piraeus (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/piraeus/), Greece: rank 66 by mean daily calls, 13.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 14.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Zeebrugge (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/zeebrugge/), Belgium: rank 67 by mean daily calls, 13.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mawan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mawan/), China: rank 68 by mean daily calls, 13.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Himeji (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/himeji/), Japan: rank 69 by mean daily calls, 13.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Higashiharima (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/higashiharima/), Japan: rank 70 by mean daily calls, 12.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 13.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Fukuyama (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/fukuyama/), Japan: rank 71 by mean daily calls, 12.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 13.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tangier-Mediterranean (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tangier-mediterranean/), Morocco: rank 72 by mean daily calls, 12.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Cat Lai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/cat-lai/), Vietnam: rank 73 by mean daily calls, 12.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Qinzhou (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/qinzhou/), China: rank 74 by mean daily calls, 12.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 11.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bremerhaven (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/bremerhaven/), Germany: rank 75 by mean daily calls, 12.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Johor (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/johor/), Malaysia: rank 76 by mean daily calls, 12.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Jiangyin (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/jiangyin/), China: rank 77 by mean daily calls, 12.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 12.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Barcelona (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/barcelona/), Spain: rank 78 by mean daily calls, 11.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Colombo (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/colombo/), Sri Lanka: rank 79 by mean daily calls, 11.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Huanghua (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/huanghua/), China: rank 80 by mean daily calls, 11.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Banjarmasin (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/banjarmasin/), Indonesia: rank 81 by mean daily calls, 11.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Cartagena (CO) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/cartagena-co/), Colombia: rank 82 by mean daily calls, 11.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Cai Mep (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/cai-mep/), Vietnam: rank 83 by mean daily calls, 11.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 15.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Taichung (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/taichung/), Taiwan: rank 84 by mean daily calls, 10.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 14.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Lianyungang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/lianyungang/), China: rank 85 by mean daily calls, 10.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yantian (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yantian/), China: rank 86 by mean daily calls, 10.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Map Ta Phut (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/map-ta-phut/), Thailand: rank 87 by mean daily calls, 10.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Saint Petersburg (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/saint-petersburg/), Russian Federation: rank 88 by mean daily calls, 10.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ambarli (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ambarli/), Türkiye: rank 89 by mean daily calls, 10.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - New York-New Jersey (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/new-york-new-jersey/), United States: rank 90 by mean daily calls, 10.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Sendai-Shiogama (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/sendai-shiogama/), Japan: rank 91 by mean daily calls, 10.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Göteborg (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/goteborg/), Sweden: rank 92 by mean daily calls, 10.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Valencia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/valencia/), Spain: rank 93 by mean daily calls, 10.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Alexandria (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/alexandria/), Egypt: rank 94 by mean daily calls, 10.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Vlissingen (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/vlissingen/), Netherlands: rank 95 by mean daily calls, 9.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Los Angeles-Long Beach (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/los-angeles-long-beach/), United States: rank 96 by mean daily calls, 9.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Le Havre (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/le-havre/), France: rank 97 by mean daily calls, 9.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ube (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ube/), Japan: rank 98 by mean daily calls, 9.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Moerdijk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/moerdijk/), Netherlands: rank 99 by mean daily calls, 9.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Vladivostok (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/vladivostok/), Russian Federation: rank 100 by mean daily calls, 9.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gdansk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/gdansk/), Poland: rank 101 by mean daily calls, 9.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Diliskelesi (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/diliskelesi/), Türkiye: rank 102 by mean daily calls, 9.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Novorossiysk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/novorossiysk/), Russian Federation: rank 103 by mean daily calls, 9.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 1.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tangshan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tangshan/), China: rank 104 by mean daily calls, 9.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Pyeongtaek (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/pyeongtaek/), South Korea: rank 105 by mean daily calls, 9.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 14.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Wakayama-Shimotsu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/wakayama-shimotsu/), Japan: rank 106 by mean daily calls, 9.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Port Hedland (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/port-hedland/), Australia: rank 107 by mean daily calls, 9.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Nghi Son (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/nghi-son/), Vietnam: rank 108 by mean daily calls, 9.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Shekou (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/shekou/), China: rank 109 by mean daily calls, 9.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Shimizu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/shimizu/), Japan: rank 110 by mean daily calls, 9.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bayuquan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/bayuquan/), China: rank 111 by mean daily calls, 9.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Rio De Janeiro (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/rio-de-janeiro/), Brazil: rank 112 by mean daily calls, 8.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hiroshima (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hiroshima/), Japan: rank 113 by mean daily calls, 8.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Lanqiao Port (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/lanqiao-port/), China: rank 114 by mean daily calls, 8.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Constantza (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/constantza/), Romania: rank 115 by mean daily calls, 8.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 9.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Keelung (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/keelung/), Taiwan: rank 116 by mean daily calls, 8.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Genova (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/genova/), Italy: rank 117 by mean daily calls, 8.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Taboguilla (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/taboguilla/), Panama: rank 118 by mean daily calls, 8.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Klaipeda (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/klaipeda/), Lithuania: rank 119 by mean daily calls, 8.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Serangoon Harbor (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/serangoon-harbor/), Singapore: rank 120 by mean daily calls, 8.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Sakaide (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/sakaide/), Japan: rank 121 by mean daily calls, 8.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Jeddah (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/jeddah/), Saudi Arabia: rank 122 by mean daily calls, 8.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 2.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kisarazu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kisarazu/), Japan: rank 123 by mean daily calls, 8.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Rizhao (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/rizhao/), China: rank 124 by mean daily calls, 8.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Iwakuni (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/iwakuni/), Japan: rank 125 by mean daily calls, 8.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mundra (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mundra/), India: rank 126 by mean daily calls, 7.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mersin (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mersin/), Türkiye: rank 127 by mean daily calls, 7.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Fuzhou (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/fuzhou/), China: rank 128 by mean daily calls, 7.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Balikpapan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/balikpapan/), Indonesia: rank 129 by mean daily calls, 7.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yakacik (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yakacik/), Türkiye: rank 130 by mean daily calls, 7.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Qinhuangdao (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/qinhuangdao/), China: rank 131 by mean daily calls, 7.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mikawa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mikawa/), Japan: rank 132 by mean daily calls, 7.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - IJmuiden (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ijmuiden/), Netherlands: rank 133 by mean daily calls, 7.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Guangzhou (Huangpu) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/guangzhou-huangpu/), China: rank 134 by mean daily calls, 7.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dung Quat (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dung-quat/), Vietnam: rank 135 by mean daily calls, 7.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Singapore - Offshore Oil Terminal 1 (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/singapore-offshore-oil-terminal-1/), Singapore: rank 136 by mean daily calls, 7.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Zhuhai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/zhuhai/), China: rank 137 by mean daily calls, 7.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Pengerang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/pengerang/), Malaysia: rank 138 by mean daily calls, 7.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Port Everglades (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/port-everglades/), United States: rank 139 by mean daily calls, 7.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kingston (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kingston/), Jamaica: rank 140 by mean daily calls, 7.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Fujairah (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/fujairah/), United Arab Emirates: rank 141 by mean daily calls, 7.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yangpu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yangpu/), China: rank 142 by mean daily calls, 7.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Makassar (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/makassar/), Indonesia: rank 143 by mean daily calls, 7.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Damietta (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/damietta/), Egypt: rank 144 by mean daily calls, 7.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Suzhou (Zhangjiagang) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/suzhou-zhangjiagang/), China: rank 145 by mean daily calls, 7.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dumai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dumai/), Indonesia: rank 146 by mean daily calls, 7.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ravenna (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ravenna/), Italy: rank 147 by mean daily calls, 6.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Balboa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/balboa/), Panama: rank 148 by mean daily calls, 6.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Zhanjiang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/zhanjiang/), China: rank 149 by mean daily calls, 6.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Durban (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/durban/), South Africa: rank 150 by mean daily calls, 6.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - South Louisiana (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/south-louisiana/), United States: rank 151 by mean daily calls, 6.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dublin (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dublin/), Ireland: rank 152 by mean daily calls, 6.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Xiagong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/xiagong/), China: rank 153 by mean daily calls, 6.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Marsaxlokk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/marsaxlokk/), Malta: rank 154 by mean daily calls, 6.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Brunsbuettel (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/brunsbuettel/), Germany: rank 155 by mean daily calls, 6.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dongjiakou (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dongjiakou/), China: rank 156 by mean daily calls, 6.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Haifa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/haifa/), Israel: rank 157 by mean daily calls, 6.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dunkirk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dunkirk/), France: rank 158 by mean daily calls, 6.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Vancouver (CA) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/vancouver-ca/), Canada: rank 159 by mean daily calls, 6.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Cebu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/cebu/), Philippines: rank 160 by mean daily calls, 6.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Casablanca (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/casablanca/), Morocco: rank 161 by mean daily calls, 6.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Rayong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/rayong/), Thailand: rank 162 by mean daily calls, 6.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Daesan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/daesan/), South Korea: rank 163 by mean daily calls, 6.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 10.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Livorno (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/livorno/), Italy: rank 164 by mean daily calls, 6.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Manzanillo (PA) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/manzanillo-pa/), Panama: rank 165 by mean daily calls, 6.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Brisbane (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/brisbane/), Australia: rank 166 by mean daily calls, 6.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hachinohe (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hachinohe/), Japan: rank 167 by mean daily calls, 6.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Huizhou (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/huizhou/), China: rank 168 by mean daily calls, 6.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Palembang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/palembang/), Indonesia: rank 169 by mean daily calls, 6.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Zhouliwang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/zhouliwang/), China: rank 170 by mean daily calls, 6.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Riga (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/riga/), Latvia: rank 171 by mean daily calls, 6.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Teesport (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/teesport/), United Kingdom: rank 172 by mean daily calls, 6.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Callao (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/callao/), Peru: rank 173 by mean daily calls, 6.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Newcastle (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/newcastle/), Australia: rank 174 by mean daily calls, 6.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Moji (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/moji/), Japan: rank 175 by mean daily calls, 6.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Niihama (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/niihama/), Japan: rank 176 by mean daily calls, 6.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Naha (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/naha/), Japan: rank 177 by mean daily calls, 6.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ust-Luga (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ust-luga/), Russian Federation: rank 178 by mean daily calls, 6.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gdynia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/gdynia/), Poland: rank 179 by mean daily calls, 6.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Porto Di Lido-Venezia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/porto-di-lido-venezia/), Italy: rank 180 by mean daily calls, 6.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yarimca (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yarimca/), Türkiye: rank 181 by mean daily calls, 6.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Baku Port (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/baku-port/), Azerbaijan: rank 182 by mean daily calls, 6.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Chittagong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/chittagong/), Bangladesh: rank 183 by mean daily calls, 6.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Savannah (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/savannah/), United States: rank 184 by mean daily calls, 6.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kagoshima (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kagoshima/), Japan: rank 185 by mean daily calls, 5.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Liverpool (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/liverpool/), United Kingdom: rank 186 by mean daily calls, 5.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mongstad (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mongstad/), Norway: rank 187 by mean daily calls, 5.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Matsuyama (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/matsuyama/), Japan: rank 188 by mean daily calls, 5.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Umm Qasr (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/umm-qasr/), Iraq: rank 189 by mean daily calls, 5.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Guayaquil (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/guayaquil/), Ecuador: rank 190 by mean daily calls, 5.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Khalifa Port (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/khalifa-port/), United Arab Emirates: rank 191 by mean daily calls, 5.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 2.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tsukumi (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tsukumi/), Japan: rank 192 by mean daily calls, 5.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dubai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dubai/), United Arab Emirates: rank 193 by mean daily calls, 5.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Xiuyu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/xiuyu/), China: rank 194 by mean daily calls, 5.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Taipei (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/taipei/), Taiwan: rank 195 by mean daily calls, 5.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 8.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Panjang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/panjang/), Indonesia: rank 196 by mean daily calls, 5.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bilbao (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/bilbao/), Spain: rank 197 by mean daily calls, 5.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Fangcheng (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/fangcheng/), China: rank 198 by mean daily calls, 5.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Paranaguá (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/paranagua/), Brazil: rank 199 by mean daily calls, 5.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Rostock (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/rostock/), Germany: rank 200 by mean daily calls, 5.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - London Gateway (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/london-gateway/), United Kingdom: rank 201 by mean daily calls, 5.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Melbourne (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/melbourne/), Australia: rank 202 by mean daily calls, 5.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Southampton (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/southampton/), United Kingdom: rank 203 by mean daily calls, 5.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Eleusis (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/eleusis/), Greece: rank 204 by mean daily calls, 5.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Port of Sohar (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/port-of-sohar/), Oman: rank 205 by mean daily calls, 5.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Baltimore (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/baltimore/), United States: rank 206 by mean daily calls, 5.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tarragona (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tarragona/), Spain: rank 207 by mean daily calls, 5.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Samsun (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/samsun/), Türkiye: rank 208 by mean daily calls, 5.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 2.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Snurrevarden (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/snurrevarden/), Norway: rank 209 by mean daily calls, 5.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Sekupang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/sekupang/), Indonesia: rank 210 by mean daily calls, 5.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Leixoes (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/leixoes/), Portugal: rank 211 by mean daily calls, 5.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Lagos (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/lagos/), Nigeria: rank 212 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gioia Tauro (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/gioia-tauro/), Italy: rank 213 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Szczecin (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/szczecin/), Poland: rank 214 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kerch (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kerch/), Ukraine: rank 215 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 0.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kinuura (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kinuura/), Japan: rank 216 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Visakhapatnam (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/visakhapatnam/), India: rank 217 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Zhenjiang New Area (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/zhenjiang-new-area/), China: rank 218 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Georgetown (GY) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/georgetown-gy/), Guyana: rank 219 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Abidjan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/abidjan/), Côte d'Ivoire: rank 220 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Rosario (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/rosario/), Argentina: rank 221 by mean daily calls, 5.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hakodate (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hakodate/), Japan: rank 222 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Samarinda (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/samarinda/), Indonesia: rank 223 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Trieste (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/trieste/), Italy: rank 224 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Zhapu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/zhapu/), China: rank 225 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dongguan LNG Terminal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dongguan-lng-terminal/), China: rank 226 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Derince (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/derince/), Türkiye: rank 227 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yantai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yantai/), China: rank 228 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Longkou Gang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/longkou-gang/), China: rank 229 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Marugame (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/marugame/), Japan: rank 230 by mean daily calls, 5.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - London (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/london/), United Kingdom: rank 231 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kandla (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kandla/), India: rank 232 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 7.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ashdod (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ashdod/), Israel: rank 233 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gladstone (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/gladstone/), Australia: rank 234 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Huelva (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/huelva/), Spain: rank 235 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Corpus Christi (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/corpus-christi/), United States: rank 236 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Veracruz (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/veracruz/), Mexico: rank 237 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Itaqui (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/itaqui/), Brazil: rank 238 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - El Dekheila (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/el-dekheila/), Egypt: rank 239 by mean daily calls, 5.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Cartagena (ES) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/cartagena-es/), Spain: rank 240 by mean daily calls, 5.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gourd Shanzui (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/gourd-shanzui/), China: rank 241 by mean daily calls, 5.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Lisboa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/lisboa/), Portugal: rank 242 by mean daily calls, 5.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Lazaro Cardenas (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/lazaro-cardenas/), Mexico: rank 243 by mean daily calls, 5.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Niigata (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/niigata/), Japan: rank 244 by mean daily calls, 5.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Porto do Acu (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/porto-do-acu/), Brazil: rank 245 by mean daily calls, 4.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Penang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/penang/), Malaysia: rank 246 by mean daily calls, 4.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Pontianak (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/pontianak/), Indonesia: rank 247 by mean daily calls, 4.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Manzanillo (MX) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/manzanillo-mx/), Mexico: rank 248 by mean daily calls, 4.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Borusan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/borusan/), Türkiye: rank 249 by mean daily calls, 4.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Puerto Barrios (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/puerto-barrios/), Guatemala: rank 250 by mean daily calls, 4.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Rio Grande (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/rio-grande/), Brazil: rank 251 by mean daily calls, 4.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kristiansund (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kristiansund/), Norway: rank 252 by mean daily calls, 4.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hibikinada (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hibikinada/), Japan: rank 253 by mean daily calls, 4.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kushiro (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kushiro/), Japan: rank 254 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Salerno (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/salerno/), Italy: rank 255 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Charleston (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/charleston/), United States: rank 256 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Fawley (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/fawley/), United Kingdom: rank 257 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - San Martin (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/san-martin/), Argentina: rank 258 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mombasa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mombasa/), Kenya: rank 259 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Asprópirgos (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/aspropirgos/), Greece: rank 260 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Thessaloníki (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/thessaloniki/), Greece: rank 261 by mean daily calls, 4.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Abu Dhabi (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/abu-dhabi/), United Arab Emirates: rank 262 by mean daily calls, 4.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Augusta (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/augusta/), Italy: rank 263 by mean daily calls, 4.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Belfast (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/belfast/), United Kingdom: rank 264 by mean daily calls, 4.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Sines (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/sines/), Portugal: rank 265 by mean daily calls, 4.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Belawan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/belawan/), Indonesia: rank 266 by mean daily calls, 4.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tanjung Sekong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tanjung-sekong/), Indonesia: rank 267 by mean daily calls, 4.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Santa Cruz De Tenerife (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/santa-cruz-de-tenerife/), Spain: rank 268 by mean daily calls, 4.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Davao (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/davao/), Philippines: rank 269 by mean daily calls, 4.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Salalah (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/salalah/), Oman: rank 270 by mean daily calls, 4.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Muroran (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/muroran/), Japan: rank 271 by mean daily calls, 4.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Beaumont (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/beaumont/), United States: rank 272 by mean daily calls, 4.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tema (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tema/), Ghana: rank 273 by mean daily calls, 4.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Pohang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/pohang/), South Korea: rank 274 by mean daily calls, 4.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 6.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Semarang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/semarang/), Indonesia: rank 275 by mean daily calls, 4.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Altamira (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/altamira/), Mexico: rank 276 by mean daily calls, 4.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.3 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Jorf Lasfar (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/jorf-lasfar/), Morocco: rank 277 by mean daily calls, 4.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Batangas City (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/batangas-city/), Philippines: rank 278 by mean daily calls, 4.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Wilhelmshaven (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/wilhelmshaven/), Germany: rank 279 by mean daily calls, 4.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.7 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Da Nang (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/da-nang/), Vietnam: rank 280 by mean daily calls, 4.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dampier (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dampier/), Australia: rank 281 by mean daily calls, 4.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Porto De Suape (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/porto-de-suape/), Brazil: rank 282 by mean daily calls, 4.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Puerto Cortes (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/puerto-cortes/), Honduras: rank 283 by mean daily calls, 4.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.4 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Chennai (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/chennai/), India: rank 284 by mean daily calls, 4.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Buenos Aires (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/buenos-aires/), Argentina: rank 285 by mean daily calls, 4.2 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dakar (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dakar/), Senegal: rank 286 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.9 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Port Botany (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/port-botany/), Australia: rank 287 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tekirdag (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/tekirdag/), Türkiye: rank 288 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kikuma (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kikuma/), Japan: rank 289 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Jubail (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/jubail/), Saudi Arabia: rank 290 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 1.8 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Burgas (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/burgas/), Bulgaria: rank 291 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yangon (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yangon/), Myanmar: rank 292 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.1 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kuantan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kuantan/), Malaysia: rank 293 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Porsgrunn (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/porsgrunn/), Norway: rank 294 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Lome (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/lome/), Togo: rank 295 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yanbu (King Fahd Port) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/yanbu-king-fahd-port/), Saudi Arabia: rank 296 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 0.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kâmpóng Saôm (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/kampong-saom/), Cambodia: rank 297 by mean daily calls, 4.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 5.0 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Hull (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/hull/), United Kingdom: rank 298 by mean daily calls, 4.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.2 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Napoli (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/napoli/), Italy: rank 299 by mean daily calls, 4.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 4.5 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Luanda (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/luanda/), Angola: rank 300 by mean daily calls, 4.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. 3.6 calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Buenaventura (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/buenaventura/), Colombia: rank 329 by mean daily calls, 3.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Felixstowe (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/felixstowe/), United Kingdom: rank 333 by mean daily calls, 3.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Fremantle (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/fremantle/), Australia: rank 335 by mean daily calls, 3.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Norfolk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/norfolk/), United States: rank 341 by mean daily calls, 3.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Montreal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/montreal/), Canada: rank 364 by mean daily calls, 3.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Beirut (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/beirut/), Lebanon: rank 405 by mean daily calls, 3.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Cape Town (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/cape-town/), South Africa: rank 406 by mean daily calls, 3.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Bremen (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/bremen/), Germany: rank 441 by mean daily calls, 2.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Port Elizabeth (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/port-elizabeth/), South Africa: rank 446 by mean daily calls, 2.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Emden (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/emden/), Germany: rank 452 by mean daily calls, 2.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Brake (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/brake/), Germany: rank 461 by mean daily calls, 2.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Ngqura (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/ngqura/), South Africa: rank 573 by mean daily calls, 1.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Bandar Shahid Rajaee (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/bandar-shahid-rajaee/), Iran: rank 591 by mean daily calls, 1.8 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Primorsk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/primorsk/), Russian Federation: rank 622 by mean daily calls, 1.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Brunswick (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/brunswick/), United States: rank 626 by mean daily calls, 1.7 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Wilmington, NC (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/wilmington-nc/), United States: rank 674 by mean daily calls, 1.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Prince Rupert (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/prince-rupert/), Canada: rank 680 by mean daily calls, 1.5 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Baton Rouge (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/baton-rouge/), United States: rank 914 by mean daily calls, 0.9 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Calais (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/calais/), France: rank 1132 by mean daily calls, 0.6 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Dover (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/dover/), United Kingdom: rank 1256 by mean daily calls, 0.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Sydney (AU) (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/sydney-au/), Australia: rank 1284 by mean daily calls, 0.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Izmail (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/izmail/), Ukraine: rank 1332 by mean daily calls, 0.4 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Reni (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/reni/), Ukraine: rank 1417 by mean daily calls, 0.3 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Mariupol (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/mariupol/), Ukraine: rank 1653 by mean daily calls, 0.1 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Pivdennyi (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/pivdennyi/), Ukraine: rank 1919 by mean daily calls, 0.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Chornomorsk (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/chornomorsk/), Ukraine: rank 1938 by mean daily calls, 0.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. - Odessa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/ports/odessa/), Ukraine: rank 1960 by mean daily calls, 0.0 calls a day from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31. ## Chokepoints - Suez Canal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/suez-canal/), canal, bordering Egypt: 41.1 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Panama Canal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/panama-canal/), canal, bordering Panama: 28.9 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bosporus Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/bosporus-strait/), strait, bordering Türkiye: 58.6 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bab el-Mandeb Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/bab-el-mandeb-strait/), strait, bordering Yemen, Djibouti, Eritrea: 27.1 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Malacca Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/malacca-strait/), strait, bordering Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia: 209.4 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Strait of Hormuz (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/strait-of-hormuz/), strait, bordering Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates: 4.4 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Cape of Good Hope (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/cape-of-good-hope/), cape, bordering South Africa: 88.1 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Gibraltar Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/gibraltar-strait/), strait, bordering Spain, Morocco, Gibraltar: 130.6 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Dover Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/dover-strait/), strait, bordering United Kingdom, France: 157.9 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Oresund Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/oresund-strait/), strait, bordering Denmark, Sweden: 40.9 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Taiwan Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/taiwan-strait/), strait, bordering Taiwan, China: 229.4 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Korea Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/korea-strait/), strait, bordering South Korea, Japan: 216.0 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Tsugaru Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/tsugaru-strait/), strait, bordering Japan: 53.8 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Luzon Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/luzon-strait/), strait, bordering Taiwan, Philippines: 90.4 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Lombok Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/lombok-strait/), strait, bordering Indonesia: 36.3 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Ombai Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/ombai-strait/), strait, bordering Timor-Leste, Indonesia: 9.7 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bohai Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/bohai-strait/), strait, bordering China: 156.2 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Torres Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/torres-strait/), strait, bordering Australia, Papua New Guinea: 7.6 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Sunda Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/sunda-strait/), strait, bordering Indonesia: 30.9 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Makassar Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/makassar-strait/), strait, bordering Indonesia: 51.7 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Magellan Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/magellan-strait/), strait, bordering Chile: 6.0 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Yucatan Channel (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/yucatan-channel/), strait, bordering Mexico, Cuba: 53.0 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Windward Passage (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/windward-passage/), strait, bordering Cuba, Haiti: 15.7 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mona Passage (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/mona-passage/), strait, bordering Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico: 11.5 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Balabac Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/balabac-strait/), strait, bordering Philippines, Malaysia: 10.7 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Bering Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/bering-strait/), strait, bordering United States, Russian Federation: 3.8 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Mindoro Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/mindoro-strait/), strait, bordering Philippines: 50.9 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. - Kerch Strait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/chokepoints/kerch-strait/), strait, bordering Ukraine, Russian Federation: 0.1 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13. Source: IMF PortWatch. ## Trade lanes - Asia to North Europe (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-north-europe/): carries containers. Routings: suez (usual) via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Gibraltar Strait, Dover Strait, 10,547 nautical miles; cape via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Cape of Good Hope, Dover Strait, 13,976 nautical miles. - Asia to Mediterranean (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-mediterranean/): carries containers. Routings: suez (usual) via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, 7,841 nautical miles; cape via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Cape of Good Hope, Gibraltar Strait, 14,376 nautical miles. - Transpacific: Asia to US West Coast (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/transpacific-us-west-coast/): carries containers. Routings: south-of-japan (usual) via no listed chokepoints, 5,810 nautical miles; tsugaru via Tsugaru Strait, 5,699 nautical miles. - Transpacific: Asia to Pacific Northwest (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/transpacific-pacific-northwest/): carries containers. Routings: tsugaru-north-aleutians (usual) via Tsugaru Strait, 5,071 nautical miles; la-perouse via no listed chokepoints, 5,067 nautical miles; south-of-japan via no listed chokepoints, 5,242 nautical miles. - Asia to US East Coast (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-us-east-coast/): carries containers. Routings: panama (usual) via Panama Canal, Windward Passage, 10,666 nautical miles; suez via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Gibraltar Strait, 12,361 nautical miles; cape via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Cape of Good Hope, 14,587 nautical miles. - Transatlantic: North Europe to US East Coast (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/north-europe-us-east-coast/): carries containers. Routings: north-atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 3,391 nautical miles. - Transatlantic: Mediterranean to US East Coast (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/mediterranean-us-east-coast/): carries containers. Routings: gibraltar (usual) via Gibraltar Strait, 4,044 nautical miles. - Intra-Asia: China to Southeast Asia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/intra-asia-china-southeast-asia/): carries containers. Routings: coastal (usual) via Taiwan Strait, 2,207 nautical miles. - Asia to Arabian Gulf (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-arabian-gulf/): carries containers. Routings: malacca-hormuz (usual) via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Strait of Hormuz, 5,888 nautical miles. - Asia to Indian Subcontinent (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-indian-subcontinent/): carries containers. Routings: malacca (usual) via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, 4,648 nautical miles. - Asia to East Coast South America (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-east-coast-south-america/): carries containers. Routings: cape (usual) via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Cape of Good Hope, 11,109 nautical miles. - Asia to West Africa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-west-africa/): carries containers. Routings: cape (usual) via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Cape of Good Hope, 10,405 nautical miles. - North Europe to West Africa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/north-europe-west-africa/): carries containers. Routings: atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 4,190 nautical miles. - North Europe to East Coast South America (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/north-europe-east-coast-south-america/): carries containers. Routings: atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 5,446 nautical miles. - North Europe to Indian Subcontinent (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/north-europe-indian-subcontinent/): carries containers. Routings: suez (usual) via Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, 6,351 nautical miles; cape via Dover Strait, Cape of Good Hope, 10,771 nautical miles. - Asia to Australia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/asia-oceania/): carries containers. Routings: vitiaz (usual) via no listed chokepoints, 4,636 nautical miles; west-of-new-ireland via no listed chokepoints, 4,642 nautical miles. - Arabian Gulf to China crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/arabian-gulf-china-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: malacca (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait, Taiwan Strait, 6,167 nautical miles. - Arabian Gulf to Japan crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/arabian-gulf-japan-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: malacca (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait, Luzon Strait, 6,590 nautical miles. - Arabian Gulf to South Korea crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/arabian-gulf-korea-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: malacca (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait, 6,261 nautical miles. - Arabian Gulf to India crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/arabian-gulf-india-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: direct (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, 1,594 nautical miles. - Arabian Gulf to Northwest Europe crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/arabian-gulf-europe-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: suez (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Gibraltar Strait, Dover Strait, 6,467 nautical miles; cape via Strait of Hormuz, Cape of Good Hope, Dover Strait, 11,170 nautical miles. - West Africa to Northwest Europe crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/west-africa-europe-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 4,305 nautical miles. - West Africa to China crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/west-africa-china-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: cape (usual) via Cape of Good Hope, Malacca Strait, Taiwan Strait, 10,555 nautical miles. - US Gulf to Northwest Europe crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/us-gulf-europe-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: north-atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 5,116 nautical miles. - Russian Baltic to India crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/russia-baltic-india-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: suez-great-belt (usual) via Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, 7,503 nautical miles; suez-the-sound via Oresund Strait, Dover Strait, Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, 7,383 nautical miles; cape via Dover Strait, Cape of Good Hope, distance unverified. - Black Sea (Novorossiysk) to Mediterranean crude (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/black-sea-mediterranean-crude/): carries crude-oil. Routings: south-of-greece (usual) via Bosporus Strait, 1,622 nautical miles; corinth-canal via Bosporus Strait, 1,523 nautical miles. - West India to Northwest Europe refined products (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/india-europe-refined-products/): carries refined-products. Routings: suez (usual) via Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Gibraltar Strait, Dover Strait, 6,192 nautical miles; cape via Cape of Good Hope, Dover Strait, distance unverified. - Qatar to Japan LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/qatar-japan-lng/): carries lng. Routings: malacca (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait, Luzon Strait, 6,519 nautical miles. - Qatar to South Korea LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/qatar-korea-lng/): carries lng. Routings: malacca (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait, 6,190 nautical miles. - Qatar to China LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/qatar-china-lng/): carries lng. Routings: malacca (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait, Taiwan Strait, 5,837 nautical miles. - Qatar to Northwest Europe LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/qatar-europe-lng/): carries lng. Routings: suez (usual) via Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Gibraltar Strait, 6,132 nautical miles; cape via Strait of Hormuz, Cape of Good Hope, 10,828 nautical miles. - US Gulf to Northwest Europe LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/us-gulf-europe-lng/): carries lng. Routings: north-atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 4,929 nautical miles. - US Gulf to Japan LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/us-gulf-japan-lng/): carries lng. Routings: panama (usual) via Yucatan Channel, Panama Canal, 9,218 nautical miles; cape via Cape of Good Hope, Malacca Strait, Luzon Strait, 15,929 nautical miles; suez via Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Malacca Strait, Luzon Strait, 14,553 nautical miles. - Australia to Japan LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/australia-japan-lng/): carries lng. Routings: selat-sele (usual) via no listed chokepoints, 2,989 nautical miles. - Australia to China LNG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/australia-china-lng/): carries lng. Routings: direct (usual) via no listed chokepoints, 2,804 nautical miles. - US Gulf to Japan LPG (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/us-gulf-japan-lpg/): carries lpg. Routings: panama (usual) via Yucatan Channel, Panama Canal, 9,265 nautical miles; cape via Cape of Good Hope, Malacca Strait, Luzon Strait, 15,997 nautical miles. - Brazil to China iron ore (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/brazil-china-iron-ore/): carries iron-ore, dry-bulk. Routings: cape-lombok (usual) via Cape of Good Hope, Lombok Strait, Makassar Strait, Mindoro Strait, 11,305 nautical miles; cape-malacca via Cape of Good Hope, Malacca Strait, Taiwan Strait, 11,053 nautical miles. - Australia to China iron ore (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/australia-china-iron-ore/): carries iron-ore, dry-bulk. Routings: lombok-makassar (usual) via Lombok Strait, Makassar Strait, Mindoro Strait, 3,292 nautical miles. - US Gulf to China grain (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/us-gulf-china-grain/): carries grain, dry-bulk. Routings: panama (usual) via Yucatan Channel, Panama Canal, 10,008 nautical miles; cape via Cape of Good Hope, Malacca Strait, Taiwan Strait, 15,353 nautical miles. - Brazil to China soybeans (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/brazil-china-soybeans/): carries grain, dry-bulk. Routings: cape (usual) via Cape of Good Hope, Malacca Strait, distance unverified. - Russian Black Sea to Egypt grain (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/black-sea-egypt-grain/): carries grain, dry-bulk. Routings: bosporus (usual) via Bosporus Strait, 1,202 nautical miles. - Ukraine to North Africa grain (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/ukraine-north-africa-grain/): carries grain, dry-bulk. Routings: bosporus (usual) via Bosporus Strait, 1,741 nautical miles. - Indonesia to South China coal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/indonesia-china-coal/): carries coal, dry-bulk. Routings: north-borneo (usual) via Makassar Strait, distance unverified. - Indonesia to East India coal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/indonesia-india-coal/): carries coal, dry-bulk. Routings: malacca (usual) via Malacca Strait, 2,359 nautical miles; sunda via Sunda Strait, 2,859 nautical miles. - Australia to Japan coal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/australia-japan-coal/): carries coal, dry-bulk. Routings: coral-sea (usual) via no listed chokepoints, distance unverified. - Japan to Europe vehicles (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/japan-europe-vehicles/): carries vehicles. Routings: suez (usual) via Luzon Strait, Malacca Strait, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Gibraltar Strait, Dover Strait, 11,165 nautical miles; cape via Luzon Strait, Malacca Strait, Cape of Good Hope, Dover Strait, 14,594 nautical miles. - China to Europe vehicles (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/china-europe-vehicles/): carries vehicles. Routings: suez (usual) via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Suez Canal, Gibraltar Strait, Dover Strait, 10,483 nautical miles; cape via Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Cape of Good Hope, Dover Strait, 13,912 nautical miles. - South Korea to US East Coast vehicles (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/korea-us-east-coast-vehicles/): carries vehicles. Routings: panama (usual) via Panama Canal, Windward Passage, 10,418 nautical miles. - Europe to US East Coast vehicles (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/europe-us-east-coast-vehicles/): carries vehicles. Routings: north-atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 3,865 nautical miles. - US Gulf to Northwest Europe chemicals (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/lanes/us-gulf-europe-chemicals/): carries chemicals. Routings: north-atlantic (usual) via Dover Strait, 5,053 nautical miles. ## Countries - United Arab Emirates (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/united-arab-emirates/): 5 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 15 ports. - Angola (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/angola/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 12 ports. - Argentina (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/argentina/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 21 ports. - Australia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/australia/): 9 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 57 ports. - Azerbaijan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/azerbaijan/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 1 ports. - Bangladesh (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/bangladesh/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 5 ports. - Belgium (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/belgium/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 5 ports. - Bulgaria (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/bulgaria/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 2 ports. - Brazil (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/brazil/): 7 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 103 ports. - Canada (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/canada/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 44 ports. - Côte d'Ivoire (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/cote-d-ivoire/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Chile (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/chile/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 20 ports. - China (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/china/): 43 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 117 ports. - Colombia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/colombia/): 2 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 10 ports. - Cuba (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/cuba/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 7 ports. - Germany (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/germany/): 8 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 19 ports. - Djibouti (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/djibouti/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 1 ports. - Denmark (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/denmark/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 21 ports. - Dominican Republic (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/dominican-republic/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 9 ports. - Ecuador (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/ecuador/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 6 ports. - Egypt (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/egypt/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 13 ports. - Eritrea (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/eritrea/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 1 ports. - Spain (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/spain/): 9 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 38 ports. - France (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/france/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 32 ports. - United Kingdom (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/united-kingdom/): 11 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 80 ports. - Ghana (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/ghana/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 6 ports. - Gibraltar (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/gibraltar/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 1 ports. - Greece (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/greece/): 4 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 23 ports. - Guatemala (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/guatemala/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 2 ports. - Guyana (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/guyana/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 7 ports. - Hong Kong (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/hong-kong/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 1 ports. - Honduras (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/honduras/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Haiti (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/haiti/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Indonesia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/indonesia/): 15 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 101 ports. - Ireland (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/ireland/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 10 ports. - Israel (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/israel/): 2 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 6 ports. - India (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/india/): 5 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 37 ports. - Iraq (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/iraq/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Iran (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/iran/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 15 ports. - Italy (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/italy/): 9 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 45 ports. - Jamaica (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/jamaica/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 10 ports. - Japan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/japan/): 45 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 148 ports. - Kenya (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/kenya/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 2 ports. - Cambodia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/cambodia/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 1 ports. - South Korea (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/south-korea/): 7 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 22 ports. - Kuwait (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/kuwait/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 4 ports. - Lebanon (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/lebanon/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 5 ports. - Sri Lanka (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/sri-lanka/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 4 ports. - Lithuania (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/lithuania/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 2 ports. - Latvia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/latvia/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Morocco (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/morocco/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 11 ports. - Myanmar (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/myanmar/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 2 ports. - Malta (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/malta/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 2 ports. - Mexico (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/mexico/): 4 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 24 ports. - Malaysia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/malaysia/): 6 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 41 ports. - Nigeria (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/nigeria/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 29 ports. - Netherlands (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/netherlands/): 6 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 9 ports. - Norway (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/norway/): 4 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 56 ports. - Oman (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/oman/): 2 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 6 ports. - Panama (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/panama/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 9 ports. - Peru (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/peru/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 19 ports. - Papua New Guinea (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/papua-new-guinea/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 15 ports. - Philippines (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/philippines/): 4 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 26 ports. - Poland (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/poland/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 4 ports. - Puerto Rico (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/puerto-rico/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 4 ports. - Portugal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/portugal/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 12 ports. - Qatar (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/qatar/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 4 ports. - Romania (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/romania/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 7 ports. - Russian Federation (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/russian-federation/): 5 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 48 ports. - Saudi Arabia (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/saudi-arabia/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 18 ports. - Sweden (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/sweden/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 33 ports. - Singapore (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/singapore/): 3 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Senegal (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/senegal/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Togo (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/togo/): 1 covered port; IMF PortWatch lists 1 ports. - Thailand (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/thailand/): 5 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 13 ports. - Timor-Leste (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/timor-leste/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 3 ports. - Türkiye (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/turkiye/): 11 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 38 ports. - Taiwan (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/taiwan/): 4 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 10 ports. - Ukraine (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/ukraine/): 7 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 16 ports. - United States (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/united-states/): 15 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 118 ports. - Vietnam (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/vietnam/): 7 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 18 ports. - Yemen (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/yemen/): 0 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 9 ports. - South Africa (https://worldfreightmonitor.com/countries/south-africa/): 4 covered ports; IMF PortWatch lists 8 ports. Published at https://worldfreightmonitor.com/effect-method/. No measured effect is published until the engine that applies this method is running. ## Effect method Method id: `wfm-effect-1.0`. Written 2026-09-14 (14 September 2026). This is how World Freight Monitor puts a number on what a disruption did to a public data series. It is written so that anyone with the published CSV for a series and the event's published windows can reproduce every figure by hand or in a spreadsheet. If you cannot, that is a bug and we want to know. ### 1. What an effect is, and is not An effect compares what a series did during an event window with what the same series would ordinarily have done on the same weekdays, judged from a recent baseline period before the event. An effect is a measured coincidence in time. It is not proof that the event caused the change. Other things move port calls and canal transits: carrier schedules, holidays, demand swings, other disruptions elsewhere, AIS coverage gaps. Every effect block on the site carries this sentence, verbatim: > 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. We never write "caused by" about an effect unless the event's `cause` field cites an official source making that attribution, and then we quote whom. ### 2. Inputs - A daily series `x(t)` for one entity (one port or one chokepoint), from `data/registry/series.yaml`. In v1 these are the IMF PortWatch daily series: port calls, import and export volume estimates, and chokepoint transit counts and capacity. - The observations at a fixed `data_revision`. The CSV at `/data/.csv` publishes `date, entity_id, value, revision` so the inputs are recoverable. - The event's start and end dates, and the windows of every other published event touching the same entity. - The holiday calendar `data/registry/calendar.yaml` (section 4). Monthly series (BLS, NY Fed, port authority throughput) are not used for event effects in v1. They are displayed as context only. A month is too coarse to isolate most disruptions, and pretending otherwise would overstate precision. ### 3. Windows All windows are inclusive and in calendar days. **Event window `W`.** - `window_start` = `start_date`. When `start_precision` is `week` or `month`, effects are not computed and `no_effect_reason` is `below_resolution`, unless the editor supplies explicit `window_start` and `window_end` with a written reason. - `window_end` = `end_date`, or the latest date with data if the event is ongoing, or if `end_date` is after the latest data. In those cases the effect is marked `provisional`. - Maximum length 120 days. Longer events are measured in consecutive 28 day segments plus the full window, so a slow build or slow recovery stays visible. - An editor may override the window in `effect_targets` with a stated reason, for example when a port reopens but a queue takes two weeks to clear. Overrides are shown on the page. **Guard gap `G`.** The 7 days immediately before `window_start` are excluded from the baseline. Cargo is often rushed ahead of an announced strike or storm, and including that surge would inflate the baseline. **Baseline window `B`.** The 56 days ending at `window_start - 8`. So for an event starting on day 0, the baseline is days -63 through -8. **Exclusions inside `B`.** A day is removed from the baseline if: 1. it falls inside the window of another published event that lists the same entity (`reason: other_event:`), unless that event is ambient (below); 2. it falls inside a calendar exclusion for the entity's country (`reason: holiday:`); 3. the observation is missing (`reason: missing`). **Ambient events (from `wfm-effect-1.1`).** Another published event on the same entity is *ambient* when it was already in force for the whole of the longest possible baseline and is still in force when the baseline ends: it started at least 112 days before the baseline's last day and its window (or, if it is ongoing, the latest data) reaches that day. An ambient event is the state the new event is measured against, so it does not exclude baseline days. If it did, a new event on an entity with a long-running disruption, for example a Houthi embargo at Bab el-Mandeb during the Red Sea diversion that has run since 2023-11-19, could never have a baseline. The effect is then the change on top of the earlier disruption, not the change from normal, and the page says so and names the ambient events. Any event that started later, or ended before the baseline ends, is not ambient and excludes its days exactly as before. Rows that use an ambient event carry `method_id` `wfm-effect-1.1`; every other row is computed exactly as in 1.0 and keeps `wfm-effect-1.0`. **Minimum baseline.** After exclusions `B` needs at least 28 valid days and at least 3 valid days for every weekday. If not, `B` extends backwards 7 days at a time up to 112 days total. If it still falls short, no effect is computed and the reason `insufficient_baseline` is shown. Why 56 days and not a year-ago comparison: a baseline just before the event reflects the current service network, fleet deployment and demand, which change a lot year to year. Eight weeks is long enough for a stable median and short enough to be current. Its weakness is annual seasonality, dealt with in section 4. ### 4. Seasonality, holidays and Lunar New Year Weekly seasonality is handled directly by comparing like weekday with like weekday (section 5). Holidays are handled by exclusion, not adjustment. `calendar.yaml` lists, per country, dated exclusion ranges. v1 contents: - **Lunar New Year**, for CN, HK, TW, KR, SG, VN, MY: from 7 days before to 21 days after the first day of the lunar new year. Factory closures cut export volumes for weeks, then volumes rebound. - **China National Day Golden Week**, CN and HK: 1 to 7 October, plus 3 days after. - **Christmas and New Year**, all countries: 24 December to 2 January. - **Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha**, for EG, SA, AE, OM, YE, DJ, PK, MY, ID, TR: the official public holiday dates plus 1 day either side. - **National public holidays** for the country of each covered port, from official government calendars, where a port closes or runs reduced shifts. If an event window itself overlaps a calendar exclusion, the effect is still computed, since the event days are what we are measuring, but the page states the overlap plainly and `confidence` notes it. Measuring a Shanghai closure that runs through Lunar New Year against a pre-holiday baseline would overstate the fall, so the review checklist requires the editor to either shorten the window, add the year-ago comparison below, or set `no_effect_reason`. **Year-ago comparison (secondary).** For windows of 28 days or more, or any window that overlaps a calendar exclusion, we also report the same statistic computed against a baseline made of the same calendar dates 364 days earlier (364 keeps weekdays aligned), with the same exclusion rules applied to that year. It is shown beneath the headline figure, labelled as a secondary check. If the two disagree in sign, the page says so. ### 5. Statistics For each date `t` in `B` (after exclusions), let `wd(t)` be its weekday. **Weekday medians.** For each weekday `k`, `m_k` = median of `x(t)` over valid baseline days with `wd(t) = k`. **Expected value.** For each date `t` in `W`, `e(t) = m_{wd(t)}`. **Residuals and spread.** For each valid baseline day, `r(t) = x(t) - m_{wd(t)}`. `MAD` = median of `|r(t) - median(r)|`. The robust spread is `s = 1.4826 * MAD`. A floor stops tiny spreads producing huge scores: - for count series (`kind: count` in series.yaml, for example port calls and transits): `s = max(s, sqrt(max(median of all valid baseline x, 1)))`; - for continuous series (`kind: continuous`, for example tonnage estimates): `s = max(s, 0.05 * median of all valid baseline x)`. Missing days inside `W` are skipped, and `window_days` counts only days with data. **Reported figures.** | Name | Formula | Shown as | |---|---|---| | `baseline_value` | mean of `e(t)` over valid `t` in `W` | Expected daily average, with unit | | `observed_value` | mean of `x(t)` over valid `t` in `W` | Observed daily average, with unit | | `abs_change` | `observed_value - baseline_value` | Signed, with unit | | `delta_pct` | `100 * abs_change / baseline_value` | Signed percent, one decimal. Null if `baseline_value` is below the series `pct_floor` (default 3 for counts), because percentages of tiny numbers mislead. | | `z_score` | mean over valid `t` in `W` of `(x(t) - e(t)) / s` | Signed, one decimal, labelled "standardised score" | The standardised score is the average daily deviation, measured in baseline spreads. We deliberately do not multiply by the square root of the window length. Daily port data is strongly autocorrelated, so a textbook standard error would make every long event look astronomically significant. Our score answers a plainer question: on a typical day of the event, how unusual was the day? Rounding happens only at display. Stored values keep full precision. **Never a single number.** Every rendered effect shows, together: baseline value, observed value, absolute change, percent change (or why it is omitted), the standardised score, both windows with dates, the number of valid days in each, the method id, the computation date, and the caveat sentence in section 1. ### 6. Worked example (synthetic) A port averages 20 calls a day on weekdays and 10 at weekends in its 56 day baseline, with a median absolute deviation of residuals of 2. A strike runs for 4 days, Monday to Thursday, with 6, 5, 7, 6 calls. - `e(t)` = 20 each day, so `baseline_value` = 20.0 calls per day. - `observed_value` = (6 + 5 + 7 + 6) / 4 = 6.0. - `abs_change` = -14.0; `delta_pct` = -70.0%. - `s` = 1.4826 * 2 = 2.965; floor is sqrt(median x). With 40 weekday values at 20 and 16 weekend values at 10 the median is 20, so the floor is 4.472, and `s` = 4.472. - Daily scores: (6-20)/4.472 = -3.13, -3.35, -2.91, -3.13; `z_score` = -3.13. This exact case is a unit test (`pipeline/effect/tests/test_worked_example.py`), along with synthetic series for a step drop, a slow recovery, a holiday overlap, a missing-data gap, an overlapping second event, and a zero-spread series. ### 7. Detection is not publication The same machinery runs nightly as a detector across every covered entity and series, using a rolling window: - `W` = the latest 7 days with data; `B` and exclusions as above. - A candidate is raised when `z_score` is at or below -3.0, or at or above +3.0 for chokepoint transits (diversion onto an alternative route shows up as a rise), on 3 consecutive nightly runs, and `|delta_pct|` is 25 or more, and the baseline median is at least 3. - Candidates go to the `candidates` table with the entity, dates, statistics and a chart link. They are never written to `events` and never shown on the site. A threshold crossing means "a human should look". It does not mean anything happened. AIS gaps, a PortWatch methodology change, or an ordinary schedule change can all trip it. Publication happens only when an editor finds sources, writes the record and approves it. **Alert sensitivity** for watchlists maps onto the same score: `low` sends when `|z_score|` is 4.0 or more, `medium` at 3.0, `high` at 2.0, always on the 7 day rolling window, and never more than one email per user per day. ### 8. Versioning, revisions and recomputation - Every stored effect row has `method_id`, `computed_at` and `data_revision`. `data_revision` is `:`, where the canonical input is the sorted `date,value` lines for `W` and `B` joined by newlines. - Effects recompute nightly for ongoing events, weekly for all events, and immediately when any observation inside `W` or `B` gets a new revision. - A recomputation that produces a different `data_revision` or a different `method_id` inserts a new row and sets `superseded_by` on the old one. Rows are never updated in place and never deleted. The page shows the current value, the date it was computed, and a "previous computations" disclosure listing every earlier value with its date and revision. - A change to anything in this document that could change a number increments the method id: patch (`1.0.1`) for bug fixes, minor (`1.1`) for new exclusions or floors, major (`2.0`) for a different statistic. The changelog at the end of this file records each version. Old method ids remain reproducible from the tagged commit. ### 9. Reproducing a number 1. Download `/data/.csv` and filter to the `entity_id`. 2. Open `/data/events.json`, find the event, and read `measured_effect[]` for `window_start`, `window_end`, `baseline_start`, `baseline_end` and `excluded_dates`. 3. Keep baseline rows between `baseline_start` and `baseline_end`, drop `excluded_dates`, and use the revision matching the `data_revision` number (the CSV keeps superseded revisions in `/data/-revisions.csv`). 4. Apply section 5. `pipeline/effect/reproduce.py` does exactly these four steps from the public files only, with no database, and is part of the test suite. ### 10. Known limits - AIS-derived counts miss vessels with transponders off, which matters most in security incidents and sanctions contexts. PortWatch documents its own coverage limits; our method inherits them. - PortWatch volume estimates are modelled from vessel draft and capacity, not customs records. - A port with only a few calls a day cannot show a subtle effect; the floors in section 5 make its scores conservative by design. - A row measured against an ambient event (`wfm-effect-1.1`) says how much the entity moved on top of the earlier disruption. It cannot say what the level would have been without both, and two overlapping disruptions cannot be separated by this method. - Chokepoint transits fall both when a route is blocked and when demand drops. The number cannot tell those apart. The narrative and sources must. ### Changelog - `wfm-effect-1.0`, 2026-09-14: first version. - `wfm-effect-1.1`, 2026-09-20: ambient events (section 3). An earlier event in force for the whole baseline no longer excludes its days. Only rows that use this rule are re-identified as 1.1; all others are numerically identical to 1.0 and were not recomputed.