Bosporus Strait
44.40 vessels/day
−3.69% day
Istanbul’s 20-mile waterway links the Black Sea to the Mediterranean — the only route for Russian naval access and Ukrainian grain exports.
Nov 1 · 44.40 vessels/day · −19.3% vs the window’s open
the numbers78
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16 | 55.00 vessels/day | |
| Aug 17 | 57.60 vessels/day | +4.7% |
| Aug 18 | 57.90 vessels/day | +0.5% |
| Aug 19 | 56.60 vessels/day | −2.2% |
| Aug 20 | 57.60 vessels/day | +1.8% |
| Aug 21 | 60.70 vessels/day | +5.4% |
| Aug 22 | 64.90 vessels/day | +6.9% |
| Aug 23high | 69.00 vessels/day | +6.3% |
| Aug 24 | 67.30 vessels/day | −2.5% |
| Aug 25 | 64.30 vessels/day | −4.5% |
| Aug 26 | 65.00 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Aug 27 | 66.70 vessels/day | +2.6% |
| Aug 28 | 64.40 vessels/day | −3.4% |
| Aug 29 | 62.70 vessels/day | −2.6% |
| Aug 30 | 59.90 vessels/day | −4.5% |
| Aug 31 | 57.00 vessels/day | −4.8% |
| Sep 1 | 55.90 vessels/day | −1.9% |
| Sep 2 | 53.70 vessels/day | −3.9% |
| Sep 3 | 51.10 vessels/day | −4.8% |
| Sep 4 | 52.00 vessels/day | +1.8% |
| Sep 5 | 50.90 vessels/day | −2.1% |
| Sep 6 | 53.10 vessels/day | +4.3% |
| Sep 7 | 51.90 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Sep 8 | 52.40 vessels/day | +1.0% |
| Sep 9 | 52.30 vessels/day | −0.2% |
| Sep 10 | 52.60 vessels/day | +0.6% |
| Sep 11 | 53.40 vessels/day | +1.5% |
| Sep 12 | 54.00 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Sep 13 | 52.30 vessels/day | −3.1% |
| Sep 14 | 55.10 vessels/day | +5.4% |
| Sep 15 | 54.10 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Sep 16 | 53.10 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Sep 17 | 54.60 vessels/day | +2.8% |
| Sep 18 | 53.00 vessels/day | −2.9% |
| Sep 19 | 52.70 vessels/day | −0.6% |
| Sep 20 | 54.30 vessels/day | +3.0% |
| Sep 21 | 52.10 vessels/day | −4.1% |
| Sep 22 | 54.00 vessels/day | +3.6% |
| Sep 23 | 54.10 vessels/day | +0.2% |
| Sep 24 | 51.90 vessels/day | −4.1% |
| Sep 25 | 52.10 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Sep 26 | 51.90 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Sep 27 | 49.60 vessels/day | −4.4% |
| Sep 28 | 48.30 vessels/day | −2.6% |
| Sep 29 | 45.90 vessels/day | −5.0% |
| Sep 30 | 44.60 vessels/day | −2.8% |
| Oct 1 | 43.60 vessels/day | −2.2% |
| Oct 2 | 38.70 vessels/day | −11.2% |
| Oct 3low | 34.90 vessels/day | −9.8% |
| Oct 4 | 38.60 vessels/day | +10.6% |
| Oct 5 | 43.10 vessels/day | +11.7% |
| Oct 6 | 46.30 vessels/day | +7.4% |
| Oct 7 | 48.90 vessels/day | +5.6% |
| Oct 8 | 50.60 vessels/day | +3.5% |
| Oct 9 | 56.30 vessels/day | +11.3% |
| Oct 10 | 60.60 vessels/day | +7.6% |
| Oct 11 | 58.00 vessels/day | −4.3% |
| Oct 12 | 57.60 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 13 | 56.70 vessels/day | −1.6% |
| Oct 14 | 50.60 vessels/day | −10.8% |
| Oct 15 | 46.30 vessels/day | −8.5% |
| Oct 16 | 46.60 vessels/day | +0.6% |
| Oct 17 | 46.00 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Oct 18 | 46.60 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Oct 19 | 44.90 vessels/day | −3.6% |
| Oct 20 | 46.00 vessels/day | +2.4% |
| Oct 21 | 51.90 vessels/day | +12.8% |
| Oct 22 | 56.30 vessels/day | +8.5% |
| Oct 23 | 53.40 vessels/day | −5.2% |
| Oct 24 | 53.10 vessels/day | −0.6% |
| Oct 25 | 53.70 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Oct 26 | 53.00 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Oct 27 | 52.00 vessels/day | −1.9% |
| Oct 28 | 49.70 vessels/day | −4.4% |
| Oct 29 | 49.00 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Oct 30 | 48.40 vessels/day | −1.2% |
| Oct 31 | 46.10 vessels/day | −4.8% |
| Nov 1latest | 44.40 vessels/day | −3.7% |
Lately
Drones struck merchant shipping in the Black Sea: the Contship Jet sank off Bulgaria after 3 drone hits, and all 18 crew survived. Erdoğan then urged Russia and Ukraine to stop the attacks. Zelensky said Turkey would help restore Ukraine's grain corridor, and Rubio saw growing interest in a Black Sea ceasefire.