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ChokepointsI Geo-Economics

Bosphorus transits

Number of commercial vessels transiting the Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) per day.

62

ships/day · daily · 25 Oct

1D
+26.5%
30D
+3.3%
1Y
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Last 12 months · markers link to event pages

637689913001/0318/0404/0622/0707/0925/10

Why it matters

The exit gate for Black Sea grain, oil and Russian exports; under the Montreux regime a fall is the first physical trace of regional risk.

Threshold · < 30

The threshold signals a marked contraction in Black Sea trade.

Normal · warning zone < 38

Last 30 observations
DateValuevs previous observation
25 October 202662+13
24 October 202649+1
23 October 202648−3
22 October 202651−6
21 October 202657+1
20 October 202656+3
19 October 202653−5
18 October 202658+7
17 October 202651−17
16 October 202668+48
15 October 202620+4
14 October 202616−32
13 October 202648−17
12 October 202665+11
11 October 202654−1
10 October 202655−11
9 October 202666+16
8 October 202650−9
7 October 202659+5
6 October 202654−14
5 October 202668−4
4 October 202672+47
3 October 202625−1
2 October 202626−12
1 October 202638−3
30 September 202641+9
29 September 202632−4
28 September 202636−10
27 September 202646−6
26 September 202652—