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Strait of Gibraltar

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The Mediterranean's Atlantic gate, 14 km wide at its narrowest.

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Transits, latest day139vessels · 13 Sep 2026
vs 30-day average+6.32%changebaseline 131/day
vs 12-month average+4.03%changebaseline 134/day

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

Strait of Gibraltar — 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.

  • Strait of Gibraltar
  • 5-year range
050100150200transits/day145.012 Aug 2526 Sep 2510 Nov 2525 Dec 258 Feb 2625 Mar 269 May 2623 Jun 267 Aug 26
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DateStrait of Gibraltar (transits/day)
2025-08-12137.0
2025-08-13137.0
2025-08-14147.0
2025-08-15147.0
2025-08-16122.0
2025-08-17130.0
2025-08-18120.0
2025-08-19137.0
2025-08-20130.0
2025-08-21125.0
2025-08-22115.0
2025-08-23150.0
2025-08-24126.0
2025-08-25123.0
2025-08-26132.0
2025-08-27125.0
2025-08-28136.0
2025-08-29102.0
2025-08-30137.0
2025-08-31139.0
2025-09-01134.0
2025-09-02145.0
2025-09-03141.0
2025-09-04137.0
2025-09-05112.0
2025-09-06123.0
2025-09-07172.0
2025-09-08132.0
2025-09-09144.0
2025-09-10137.0
2025-09-11143.0
2025-09-12150.0
2025-09-13162.0
2025-09-14126.0
2025-09-15146.0
2025-09-16134.0
2025-09-17118.0
2025-09-18133.0
2025-09-19162.0
2025-09-20134.0
2025-09-21119.0
2025-09-22146.0
2025-09-23120.0
2025-09-24142.0
2025-09-25135.0
2025-09-26144.0
2025-09-27149.0
2025-09-28138.0
2025-09-29127.0
2025-09-30117.0
2025-10-01125.0
2025-10-02162.0
2025-10-03142.0
2025-10-04134.0
2025-10-05143.0
2025-10-06125.0
2025-10-07106.0
2025-10-08137.0
2025-10-09156.0
2025-10-10122.0
2025-10-11124.0
2025-10-12144.0
2025-10-13162.0
2025-10-14141.0
2025-10-15136.0
2025-10-16133.0
2025-10-17127.0
2025-10-18136.0
2025-10-19139.0
2025-10-20121.0
2025-10-21136.0
2025-10-22134.0
2025-10-23126.0
2025-10-24126.0
2025-10-25121.0
2025-10-26125.0
2025-10-27137.0
2025-10-28156.0
2025-10-29125.0
2025-10-30129.0
2025-10-31154.0
2025-11-01138.0
2025-11-02133.0
2025-11-03121.0
2025-11-04121.0
2025-11-05140.0
2025-11-06106.0
2025-11-07125.0
2025-11-08146.0
2025-11-09158.0
2025-11-10152.0
2025-11-11140.0
2025-11-12148.0
2025-11-13125.0
2025-11-14118.0
2025-11-15148.0
2025-11-16145.0
2025-11-17135.0
2025-11-18158.0
2025-11-19150.0
2025-11-20142.0
2025-11-21133.0
2025-11-22146.0
2025-11-23137.0
2025-11-24137.0
2025-11-25129.0
2025-11-26136.0
2025-11-27128.0
2025-11-28143.0
2025-11-29126.0
2025-11-30137.0
2025-12-01148.0
2025-12-02156.0
2025-12-03122.0
2025-12-04126.0
2025-12-05133.0
2025-12-06126.0
2025-12-07149.0
2025-12-08138.0
2025-12-09120.0
2025-12-10108.0
2025-12-11118.0
2025-12-12166.0
2025-12-13135.0
2025-12-14138.0
2025-12-15149.0
2025-12-16139.0
2025-12-17143.0
2025-12-18148.0
2025-12-19145.0
2025-12-20116.0
2025-12-21130.0
2025-12-22146.0
2025-12-23139.0
2025-12-24166.0
2025-12-25153.0
2025-12-26148.0
2025-12-27123.0
2025-12-28153.0
2025-12-29138.0
2025-12-30139.0
2025-12-31141.0
2026-01-01157.0
2026-01-02138.0
2026-01-0396.0
2026-01-04142.0
2026-01-05120.0
2026-01-06115.0
2026-01-07115.0
2026-01-08121.0
2026-01-09108.0
2026-01-10122.0
2026-01-11121.0
2026-01-12117.0
2026-01-1399.0
2026-01-14120.0
2026-01-15164.0
2026-01-16166.0
2026-01-17142.0
2026-01-18141.0
2026-01-19127.0
2026-01-20131.0
2026-01-21139.0
2026-01-22140.0
2026-01-23100.0
2026-01-2495.0
2026-01-2572.0
2026-01-2678.0
2026-01-27104.0
2026-01-2863.0
2026-01-29119.0
2026-01-30199.0
2026-01-31146.0
2026-02-01134.0
2026-02-02144.0
2026-02-03113.0
2026-02-04118.0
2026-02-05129.0
2026-02-06156.0
2026-02-07105.0
2026-02-08153.0
2026-02-09157.0
2026-02-10181.0
2026-02-11163.0
2026-02-12135.0
2026-02-13105.0
2026-02-1496.0
2026-02-15137.0
2026-02-16168.0
2026-02-17143.0
2026-02-18167.0
2026-02-19140.0
2026-02-20140.0
2026-02-21126.0
2026-02-22147.0
2026-02-23162.0
2026-02-24154.0
2026-02-25151.0
2026-02-26168.0
2026-02-27131.0
2026-02-28132.0
2026-03-01117.0
2026-03-02132.0
2026-03-03157.0
2026-03-04122.0
2026-03-05134.0
2026-03-06145.0
2026-03-07130.0
2026-03-08156.0
2026-03-09142.0
2026-03-10153.0
2026-03-11143.0
2026-03-12148.0
2026-03-13129.0
2026-03-14153.0
2026-03-15132.0
2026-03-16136.0
2026-03-17137.0
2026-03-18144.0
2026-03-19143.0
2026-03-20134.0
2026-03-21118.0
2026-03-22139.0
2026-03-23172.0
2026-03-24134.0
2026-03-25120.0
2026-03-26145.0
2026-03-27143.0
2026-03-28115.0
2026-03-29134.0
2026-03-30119.0
2026-03-31116.0
2026-04-01151.0
2026-04-02130.0
2026-04-03114.0
2026-04-04104.0
2026-04-05145.0
2026-04-06127.0
2026-04-07150.0
2026-04-08118.0
2026-04-09135.0
2026-04-10120.0
2026-04-11125.0
2026-04-12107.0
2026-04-13132.0
2026-04-14145.0
2026-04-15131.0
2026-04-16110.0
2026-04-17132.0
2026-04-18154.0
2026-04-19128.0
2026-04-20120.0
2026-04-21142.0
2026-04-22159.0
2026-04-23124.0
2026-04-24144.0
2026-04-25116.0
2026-04-26142.0
2026-04-27123.0
2026-04-28138.0
2026-04-29151.0
2026-04-30129.0
2026-05-01145.0
2026-05-02123.0
2026-05-03123.0
2026-05-04133.0
2026-05-05120.0
2026-05-06156.0
2026-05-07141.0
2026-05-08153.0
2026-05-09121.0
2026-05-10120.0
2026-05-11123.0
2026-05-12135.0
2026-05-13112.0
2026-05-14133.0
2026-05-15117.0
2026-05-16157.0
2026-05-17126.0
2026-05-18135.0
2026-05-19160.0
2026-05-20147.0
2026-05-21120.0
2026-05-22143.0
2026-05-23134.0
2026-05-24135.0
2026-05-25143.0
2026-05-26145.0
2026-05-27125.0
2026-05-28146.0
2026-05-29133.0
2026-05-30138.0
2026-05-31151.0
2026-06-01122.0
2026-06-02136.0
2026-06-03112.0
2026-06-04134.0
2026-06-05112.0
2026-06-06142.0
2026-06-07120.0
2026-06-08141.0
2026-06-09124.0
2026-06-10131.0
2026-06-11142.0
2026-06-12123.0
2026-06-13163.0
2026-06-14114.0
2026-06-15141.0
2026-06-16137.0
2026-06-17123.0
2026-06-18140.0
2026-06-19132.0
2026-06-20163.0
2026-06-21125.0
2026-06-22149.0
2026-06-23133.0
2026-06-24125.0
2026-06-25116.0
2026-06-26137.0
2026-06-27140.0
2026-06-28129.0
2026-06-29142.0
2026-06-30133.0
2026-07-01134.0
2026-07-02127.0
2026-07-03128.0
2026-07-04132.0
2026-07-05131.0
2026-07-06126.0
2026-07-07132.0
2026-07-08129.0
2026-07-09120.0
2026-07-10135.0
2026-07-11112.0
2026-07-12145.0
2026-07-13133.0
2026-07-14126.0
2026-07-15121.0
2026-07-16125.0
2026-07-17128.0
2026-07-18120.0
2026-07-19119.0
2026-07-20129.0
2026-07-21135.0
2026-07-22136.0
2026-07-23129.0
2026-07-24116.0
2026-07-25136.0
2026-07-26131.0
2026-07-27136.0
2026-07-28134.0
2026-07-29118.0
2026-07-30122.0
2026-07-31126.0
2026-08-01136.0
2026-08-02125.0
2026-08-03114.0
2026-08-04133.0
2026-08-05146.0
2026-08-06128.0
2026-08-07149.0
2026-08-08144.0
2026-08-09112.0
2026-08-10118.0
2026-08-11129.0
2026-08-12136.0
2026-08-13138.0
2026-08-14125.0
2026-08-15120.0
2026-08-16150.0
2026-08-17130.0
2026-08-18121.0
2026-08-19123.0
2026-08-20128.0
2026-08-21118.0
2026-08-22124.0
2026-08-23119.0
2026-08-24134.0
2026-08-25126.0
2026-08-26123.0
2026-08-27120.0
2026-08-28127.0
2026-08-29133.0
2026-08-30123.0
2026-08-31135.0
2026-09-01140.0
2026-09-02146.0
2026-09-03129.0
2026-09-04139.0
2026-09-05144.0
2026-09-06142.0
2026-09-07129.0
2026-09-08110.0
2026-09-09115.0
2026-09-10129.0
2026-09-11146.0
2026-09-12166.0
2026-09-13139.0

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

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