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Strait of Hormuz

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The only sea route from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean. Roughly a fifth of global petroleum liquids consumption transits it.

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Transits, latest day3vessels · 8 Nov 2026
vs 30-day average-19.8%changebaseline 3.74/day
vs 12-month average-87.5%changebaseline 24/day

Source: IMF PortWatch · retrieved 15 Nov 2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (per third-party registry, not first-party-confirmed)

Strait of Hormuz — 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 Hormuz
  • 5-year range
050100150transits/day411 Oct 2524 Nov 257 Jan 2620 Feb 265 Apr 2619 May 262 Jul 2615 Aug 2628 Sep 26
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DateStrait of Hormuz (transits/day)
2025-10-1169.0
2025-10-1255.0
2025-10-1371.0
2025-10-14120.0
2025-10-1562.0
2025-10-1651.0
2025-10-1758.0
2025-10-1872.0
2025-10-1982.0
2025-10-2082.0
2025-10-21103.0
2025-10-22116.0
2025-10-23109.0
2025-10-24104.0
2025-10-25101.0
2025-10-2699.0
2025-10-27106.0
2025-10-28103.0
2025-10-29114.0
2025-10-3095.0
2025-10-3180.0
2025-11-0174.0
2025-11-0260.0
2025-11-0351.0
2025-11-0474.0
2025-11-0578.0
2025-11-0669.0
2025-11-0777.0
2025-11-08107.0
2025-11-0971.0
2025-11-1067.0
2025-11-11100.0
2025-11-1270.0
2025-11-13100.0
2025-11-1483.0
2025-11-1569.0
2025-11-1670.0
2025-11-1760.0
2025-11-1872.0
2025-11-1964.0
2025-11-2067.0
2025-11-2149.0
2025-11-2251.0
2025-11-2361.0
2025-11-2446.0
2025-11-2567.0
2025-11-2651.0
2025-11-2749.0
2025-11-2850.0
2025-11-2957.0
2025-11-3057.0
2025-12-0165.0
2025-12-0259.0
2025-12-0351.0
2025-12-0445.0
2025-12-0544.0
2025-12-0668.0
2025-12-0764.0
2025-12-0859.0
2025-12-0982.0
2025-12-1052.0
2025-12-1150.0
2025-12-1241.0
2025-12-1346.0
2025-12-1449.0
2025-12-1547.0
2025-12-1655.0
2025-12-1750.0
2025-12-1855.0
2025-12-1931.0
2025-12-2048.0
2025-12-2154.0
2025-12-2246.0
2025-12-2358.0
2025-12-2465.0
2025-12-2568.0
2025-12-2662.0
2025-12-2766.0
2025-12-2855.0
2025-12-2950.0
2025-12-3066.0
2025-12-3171.0
2026-01-0164.0
2026-01-0251.0
2026-01-0359.0
2026-01-0449.0
2026-01-0561.0
2026-01-0661.0
2026-01-0766.0
2026-01-0862.0
2026-01-0974.0
2026-01-1063.0
2026-01-1164.0
2026-01-1252.0
2026-01-1353.0
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2026-01-1653.0
2026-01-1738.0
2026-01-1854.0
2026-01-1958.0
2026-01-2058.0
2026-01-2156.0
2026-01-2264.0
2026-01-2348.0
2026-01-2446.0
2026-01-2564.0
2026-01-2643.0
2026-01-2761.0
2026-01-2854.0
2026-01-2972.0
2026-01-3071.0
2026-01-3170.0
2026-02-0149.0
2026-02-0267.0
2026-02-0366.0
2026-02-0443.0
2026-02-0571.0
2026-02-0660.0
2026-02-0760.0
2026-02-0858.0
2026-02-0953.0
2026-02-1065.0
2026-02-1181.0
2026-02-1268.0
2026-02-13103.0
2026-02-1491.0
2026-02-1574.0
2026-02-1654.0
2026-02-1775.0
2026-02-18109.0
2026-02-19115.0
2026-02-2094.0
2026-02-2186.0
2026-02-22127.0
2026-02-23104.0
2026-02-2493.0
2026-02-25116.0
2026-02-2689.0
2026-02-2764.0
2026-02-2857.0
2026-03-0120.0
2026-03-024
2026-03-034
2026-03-040
2026-03-053
2026-03-062
2026-03-073
2026-03-082
2026-03-092
2026-03-102
2026-03-112
2026-03-121
2026-03-130
2026-03-141
2026-03-157
2026-03-164
2026-03-171
2026-03-180
2026-03-190
2026-03-203
2026-03-210
2026-03-222
2026-03-234
2026-03-242
2026-03-252
2026-03-264
2026-03-272
2026-03-286
2026-03-295
2026-03-306
2026-03-315
2026-04-017
2026-04-021
2026-04-033
2026-04-0411.0
2026-04-054
2026-04-065
2026-04-073
2026-04-083
2026-04-098
2026-04-103
2026-04-117
2026-04-1212.0
2026-04-137
2026-04-145
2026-04-157
2026-04-163
2026-04-178
2026-04-1820.0
2026-04-192
2026-04-203
2026-04-214
2026-04-225
2026-04-233
2026-04-246
2026-04-254
2026-04-263
2026-04-277
2026-04-2810.0
2026-04-2939.0
2026-04-3011.0
2026-05-017
2026-05-026
2026-05-036
2026-05-042
2026-05-050
2026-05-060
2026-05-070
2026-05-080
2026-05-091
2026-05-107
2026-05-117
2026-05-123
2026-05-134
2026-05-1410.0
2026-05-154
2026-05-167
2026-05-173
2026-05-184
2026-05-194
2026-05-208
2026-05-215
2026-05-222
2026-05-236
2026-05-245
2026-05-254
2026-05-264
2026-05-271
2026-05-282
2026-05-291
2026-05-304
2026-05-315
2026-06-012
2026-06-0211.0
2026-06-039
2026-06-043
2026-06-052
2026-06-062
2026-06-072
2026-06-087
2026-06-094
2026-06-103
2026-06-112
2026-06-121
2026-06-130
2026-06-140
2026-06-157
2026-06-1610.0
2026-06-178
2026-06-1820.0
2026-06-199
2026-06-2025.0
2026-06-216
2026-06-2216.0
2026-06-2329.0
2026-06-2451.0
2026-06-2546.0
2026-06-2630.0
2026-06-2725.0
2026-06-2816.0
2026-06-2926.0
2026-06-3016.0
2026-07-0129.0
2026-07-0228.0
2026-07-0324.0
2026-07-0417.0
2026-07-0522.0
2026-07-0625.0
2026-07-0726.0
2026-07-0820.0
2026-07-0910.0
2026-07-107
2026-07-116
2026-07-124
2026-07-1310.0
2026-07-148
2026-07-159
2026-07-166
2026-07-171
2026-07-186
2026-07-194
2026-07-205
2026-07-216
2026-07-226
2026-07-230
2026-07-243
2026-07-252
2026-07-263
2026-07-275
2026-07-285
2026-07-297
2026-07-304
2026-07-318
2026-08-015
2026-08-023
2026-08-036
2026-08-047
2026-08-055
2026-08-062
2026-08-076
2026-08-0810.0
2026-08-093
2026-08-104
2026-08-119
2026-08-123
2026-08-136
2026-08-147
2026-08-151
2026-08-161
2026-08-174
2026-08-186
2026-08-196
2026-08-205
2026-08-214
2026-08-227
2026-08-233
2026-08-243
2026-08-254
2026-08-265
2026-08-272
2026-08-287
2026-08-293
2026-08-306
2026-08-313
2026-09-014
2026-09-023
2026-09-032
2026-09-042
2026-09-052
2026-09-066
2026-09-075
2026-09-086
2026-09-093
2026-09-105
2026-09-118
2026-09-122
2026-09-138
2026-09-142
2026-09-152
2026-09-161
2026-09-173
2026-09-187
2026-09-196
2026-09-201
2026-09-212
2026-09-223
2026-09-234
2026-09-245
2026-09-253
2026-09-264
2026-09-271
2026-09-284
2026-09-291
2026-09-304
2026-10-010
2026-10-024
2026-10-032
2026-10-044
2026-10-058
2026-10-062
2026-10-076
2026-10-084
2026-10-093
2026-10-104
2026-10-112
2026-10-123
2026-10-137
2026-10-143
2026-10-152
2026-10-167
2026-10-170
2026-10-184
2026-10-194
2026-10-203
2026-10-213
2026-10-224
2026-10-235
2026-10-242
2026-10-252
2026-10-265
2026-10-274
2026-10-283
2026-10-293
2026-10-307
2026-10-318
2026-11-011
2026-11-022
2026-11-034
2026-11-045
2026-11-055
2026-11-066
2026-11-072
2026-11-083

Source: IMF PortWatch · retrieved 15 Nov 2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (per third-party registry, not first-party-confirmed)

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