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Suez Canal

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The Mediterranean–Red Sea canal; the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia.

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Transits, latest day21vessels · 13 Sep 2026
vs 30-day average-48.7%changebaseline 41/day
vs 12-month average-48.7%changebaseline 41/day

Source: IMF PortWatch · retrieved 16 Sep 2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (per third-party registry, not first-party-confirmed)

Suez Canal — daily transits against the five-year range

7-day rolling mean. The shaded band is the daily minimum and maximum over the previous five years, smoothed on the same window.

  • Suez Canal
  • 5-year range
020406080100transits/day36.512 Aug 2526 Sep 2510 Nov 2525 Dec 258 Feb 2625 Mar 269 May 2623 Jun 267 Aug 26
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DateSuez Canal (transits/day)
2025-08-1237.0
2025-08-1328.0
2025-08-1443.0
2025-08-1541.0
2025-08-1638.0
2025-08-1735.0
2025-08-1843.0
2025-08-1943.0
2025-08-2061.0
2025-08-2125.0
2025-08-2236.0
2025-08-2340.0
2025-08-2445.0
2025-08-2534.0
2025-08-2640.0
2025-08-2734.0
2025-08-2832.0
2025-08-2942.0
2025-08-3031.0
2025-08-3144.0
2025-09-0147.0
2025-09-0237.0
2025-09-0347.0
2025-09-0444.0
2025-09-0537.0
2025-09-0639.0
2025-09-0747.0
2025-09-0835.0
2025-09-0944.0
2025-09-1039.0
2025-09-1149.0
2025-09-1251.0
2025-09-1350.0
2025-09-1447.0
2025-09-1537.0
2025-09-1634.0
2025-09-1744.0
2025-09-1837.0
2025-09-1951.0
2025-09-2039.0
2025-09-2131.0
2025-09-2245.0
2025-09-2340.0
2025-09-2452.0
2025-09-2545.0
2025-09-2636.0
2025-09-2735.0
2025-09-2846.0
2025-09-2939.0
2025-09-3038.0
2025-10-0145.0
2025-10-0242.0
2025-10-0346.0
2025-10-0436.0
2025-10-0542.0
2025-10-0639.0
2025-10-0732.0
2025-10-0842.0
2025-10-0941.0
2025-10-1036.0
2025-10-1140.0
2025-10-1243.0
2025-10-1348.0
2025-10-1443.0
2025-10-1531.0
2025-10-1651.0
2025-10-1750.0
2025-10-1832.0
2025-10-1951.0
2025-10-2047.0
2025-10-2132.0
2025-10-2234.0
2025-10-2349.0
2025-10-2440.0
2025-10-2547.0
2025-10-2650.0
2025-10-2745.0
2025-10-2839.0
2025-10-2936.0
2025-10-3037.0
2025-10-3135.0
2025-11-0145.0
2025-11-0236.0
2025-11-0349.0
2025-11-0439.0
2025-11-0546.0
2025-11-0637.0
2025-11-0752.0
2025-11-0838.0
2025-11-0948.0
2025-11-1048.0
2025-11-1148.0
2025-11-1243.0
2025-11-1344.0
2025-11-1447.0
2025-11-1540.0
2025-11-1645.0
2025-11-1738.0
2025-11-1828.0
2025-11-1944.0
2025-11-2050.0
2025-11-2145.0
2025-11-2234.0
2025-11-2341.0
2025-11-2449.0
2025-11-2547.0
2025-11-2640.0
2025-11-2751.0
2025-11-2844.0
2025-11-2928.0
2025-11-3044.0
2025-12-0154.0
2025-12-0232.0
2025-12-0340.0
2025-12-0444.0
2025-12-0536.0
2025-12-0644.0
2025-12-0734.0
2025-12-0845.0
2025-12-0938.0
2025-12-1031.0
2025-12-1141.0
2025-12-1243.0
2025-12-1343.0
2025-12-1450.0
2025-12-1548.0
2025-12-1634.0
2025-12-1732.0
2025-12-1844.0
2025-12-1951.0
2025-12-2038.0
2025-12-2142.0
2025-12-2245.0
2025-12-2339.0
2025-12-2436.0
2025-12-2546.0
2025-12-2637.0
2025-12-2733.0
2025-12-2833.0
2025-12-2932.0
2025-12-3039.0
2025-12-3138.0
2026-01-0127.0
2026-01-0228.0
2026-01-0338.0
2026-01-0444.0
2026-01-0544.0
2026-01-0641.0
2026-01-0729.0
2026-01-0843.0
2026-01-0939.0
2026-01-1035.0
2026-01-1135.0
2026-01-1236.0
2026-01-1334.0
2026-01-1427.0
2026-01-1537.0
2026-01-1651.0
2026-01-1749.0
2026-01-1845.0
2026-01-1940.0
2026-01-2040.0
2026-01-2126.0
2026-01-2244.0
2026-01-2338.0
2026-01-2437.0
2026-01-2544.0
2026-01-2643.0
2026-01-2750.0
2026-01-2838.0
2026-01-2946.0
2026-01-3041.0
2026-01-3142.0
2026-02-0139.0
2026-02-0238.0
2026-02-0331.0
2026-02-0436.0
2026-02-0536.0
2026-02-0645.0
2026-02-0748.0
2026-02-0849.0
2026-02-0944.0
2026-02-1039.0
2026-02-1145.0
2026-02-1248.0
2026-02-1341.0
2026-02-1444.0
2026-02-1538.0
2026-02-1651.0
2026-02-1742.0
2026-02-1841.0
2026-02-1936.0
2026-02-2034.0
2026-02-2142.0
2026-02-2236.0
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2026-02-2436.0
2026-02-2545.0
2026-02-2646.0
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2026-03-0136.0
2026-03-0240.0
2026-03-0355.0
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2026-03-1151.0
2026-03-1238.0
2026-03-1340.0
2026-03-1425.0
2026-03-1548.0
2026-03-1633.0
2026-03-1742.0
2026-03-1843.0
2026-03-1943.0
2026-03-2032.0
2026-03-2138.0
2026-03-2247.0
2026-03-2340.0
2026-03-2441.0
2026-03-2551.0
2026-03-2641.0
2026-03-2742.0
2026-03-2845.0
2026-03-2937.0
2026-03-3037.0
2026-03-3143.0
2026-04-0151.0
2026-04-0248.0
2026-04-0335.0
2026-04-0452.0
2026-04-0548.0
2026-04-0637.0
2026-04-0739.0
2026-04-0840.0
2026-04-0934.0
2026-04-1046.0
2026-04-1147.0
2026-04-1243.0
2026-04-1342.0
2026-04-1435.0
2026-04-1543.0
2026-04-1637.0
2026-04-1734.0
2026-04-1835.0
2026-04-1943.0
2026-04-2047.0
2026-04-2147.0
2026-04-2250.0
2026-04-2347.0
2026-04-2432.0
2026-04-2543.0
2026-04-2643.0
2026-04-2734.0
2026-04-2838.0
2026-04-2945.0
2026-04-3049.0
2026-05-0139.0
2026-05-0223.0
2026-05-0333.0
2026-05-0435.0
2026-05-0536.0
2026-05-0640.0
2026-05-0746.0
2026-05-0846.0
2026-05-0944.0
2026-05-1031.0
2026-05-1147.0
2026-05-1241.0
2026-05-1332.0
2026-05-1437.0
2026-05-1542.0
2026-05-1642.0
2026-05-1733.0
2026-05-1838.0
2026-05-1943.0
2026-05-2041.0
2026-05-2137.0
2026-05-2242.0
2026-05-2349.0
2026-05-2437.0
2026-05-2549.0
2026-05-2637.0
2026-05-2729.0
2026-05-2845.0
2026-05-2943.0
2026-05-3044.0
2026-05-3131.0
2026-06-0143.0
2026-06-0245.0
2026-06-0325.0
2026-06-0446.0
2026-06-0544.0
2026-06-0643.0
2026-06-0743.0
2026-06-0849.0
2026-06-0946.0
2026-06-1039.0
2026-06-1136.0
2026-06-1229.0
2026-06-1340.0
2026-06-1440.0
2026-06-1539.0
2026-06-1622.0
2026-06-1730.0
2026-06-1838.0
2026-06-1947.0
2026-06-2041.0
2026-06-2148.0
2026-06-2240.0
2026-06-2348.0
2026-06-2437.0
2026-06-2551.0
2026-06-2639.0
2026-06-2739.0
2026-06-2844.0
2026-06-2934.0
2026-06-3047.0
2026-07-0134.0
2026-07-0244.0
2026-07-0349.0
2026-07-0441.0
2026-07-0546.0
2026-07-0636.0
2026-07-0741.0
2026-07-0844.0
2026-07-0937.0
2026-07-1044.0
2026-07-1148.0
2026-07-1239.0
2026-07-1343.0
2026-07-1434.0
2026-07-1542.0
2026-07-1639.0
2026-07-1744.0
2026-07-1846.0
2026-07-1943.0
2026-07-2036.0
2026-07-2140.0
2026-07-2244.0
2026-07-2346.0
2026-07-2446.0
2026-07-2537.0
2026-07-2642.0
2026-07-2746.0
2026-07-2843.0
2026-07-2939.0
2026-07-3047.0
2026-07-3138.0
2026-08-0142.0
2026-08-0231.0
2026-08-0344.0
2026-08-0435.0
2026-08-0543.0
2026-08-0639.0
2026-08-0743.0
2026-08-0835.0
2026-08-0948.0
2026-08-1043.0
2026-08-1157.0
2026-08-1227.0
2026-08-1340.0
2026-08-1439.0
2026-08-1539.0
2026-08-1641.0
2026-08-1746.0
2026-08-1839.0
2026-08-1945.0
2026-08-2033.0
2026-08-2155.0
2026-08-2239.0
2026-08-2337.0
2026-08-2446.0
2026-08-2551.0
2026-08-2641.0
2026-08-2733.0
2026-08-2839.0
2026-08-2938.0
2026-08-3053.0
2026-08-3130.0
2026-09-0151.0
2026-09-0241.0
2026-09-0341.0
2026-09-0456.0
2026-09-0542.0
2026-09-0630.0
2026-09-0739.0
2026-09-0843.0
2026-09-0937.0
2026-09-1037.0
2026-09-1148.0
2026-09-1240.0
2026-09-1321.0

Source: IMF PortWatch · retrieved 16 Sep 2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (per third-party registry, not first-party-confirmed)

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