Cape of Good Hope
97 vessels/day
+16.87% day
The 3,000-mile detour around southern Africa — the alternative when the Red Sea is closed. The new default for tankers since Houthi attacks began.
Aug 2 · 97.0 vessels/day · +76.4% vs the window’s open
the numbers83
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| May 12low | 55.0 vessels/day | |
| May 13 | 100.0 vessels/day | +81.8% |
| May 14 | 119.0 vessels/day | +19.0% |
| May 15high | 161.0 vessels/day | +35.3% |
| May 16 | 150.0 vessels/day | −6.8% |
| May 17 | 101.0 vessels/day | −32.7% |
| May 18 | 95.0 vessels/day | −5.9% |
| May 19 | 73.0 vessels/day | −23.2% |
| May 20 | 112.0 vessels/day | +53.4% |
| May 21 | 110.0 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| May 22 | 105.0 vessels/day | −4.5% |
| May 23 | 80.0 vessels/day | −23.8% |
| May 24 | 109.0 vessels/day | +36.3% |
| May 25 | 97.0 vessels/day | −11.0% |
| May 26 | 82.0 vessels/day | −15.5% |
| May 27 | 78.0 vessels/day | −4.9% |
| May 28 | 98.0 vessels/day | +25.6% |
| May 29 | 88.0 vessels/day | −10.2% |
| May 30 | 121.0 vessels/day | +37.5% |
| May 31 | 100.0 vessels/day | −17.4% |
| Jun 1 | 107.0 vessels/day | +7.0% |
| Jun 2 | 86.0 vessels/day | −19.6% |
| Jun 3 | 78.0 vessels/day | −9.3% |
| Jun 4 | 69.0 vessels/day | −11.5% |
| Jun 5 | 103.0 vessels/day | +49.3% |
| Jun 6 | 96.0 vessels/day | −6.8% |
| Jun 7 | 100.0 vessels/day | +4.2% |
| Jun 8 | 101.0 vessels/day | +1.0% |
| Jun 9 | 88.0 vessels/day | −12.9% |
| Jun 10 | 105.0 vessels/day | +19.3% |
| Jun 11 | 81.0 vessels/day | −22.9% |
| Jun 12 | 76.0 vessels/day | −6.2% |
| Jun 13 | 79.0 vessels/day | +3.9% |
| Jun 14 | 107.0 vessels/day | +35.4% |
| Jun 15 | 96.0 vessels/day | −10.3% |
| Jun 16 | 97.0 vessels/day | +1.0% |
| Jun 17 | 83.0 vessels/day | −14.4% |
| Jun 18 | 93.0 vessels/day | +12.0% |
| Jun 19 | 94.0 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Jun 20 | 98.0 vessels/day | +4.3% |
| Jun 21 | 106.0 vessels/day | +8.2% |
| Jun 22 | 110.0 vessels/day | +3.8% |
| Jun 23 | 90.0 vessels/day | −18.2% |
| Jun 24 | 78.0 vessels/day | −13.3% |
| Jun 25 | 90.0 vessels/day | +15.4% |
| Jun 26 | 91.0 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Jun 27 | 105.0 vessels/day | +15.4% |
| Jun 28 | 79.0 vessels/day | −24.8% |
| Jun 29 | 88.0 vessels/day | +11.4% |
| Jun 30 | 102.0 vessels/day | +15.9% |
| Jul 1 | 100.0 vessels/day | −2.0% |
| Jul 2 | 97.0 vessels/day | −3.0% |
| Jul 3 | 101.0 vessels/day | +4.1% |
| Jul 4 | 68.0 vessels/day | −32.7% |
| Jul 5 | 115.0 vessels/day | +69.1% |
| Jul 6 | 99.0 vessels/day | −13.9% |
| Jul 7 | 97.0 vessels/day | −2.0% |
| Jul 8 | 76.0 vessels/day | −21.6% |
| Jul 9 | 85.0 vessels/day | +11.8% |
| Jul 10 | 88.0 vessels/day | +3.5% |
| Jul 11 | 91.0 vessels/day | +3.4% |
| Jul 12 | 97.0 vessels/day | +6.6% |
| Jul 13 | 102.0 vessels/day | +5.2% |
| Jul 14 | 103.0 vessels/day | +1.0% |
| Jul 15 | 87.0 vessels/day | −15.5% |
| Jul 16 | 95.0 vessels/day | +9.2% |
| Jul 17 | 89.0 vessels/day | −6.3% |
| Jul 18 | 84.0 vessels/day | −5.6% |
| Jul 19 | 90.0 vessels/day | +7.1% |
| Jul 20 | 81.0 vessels/day | −10.0% |
| Jul 21 | 93.0 vessels/day | +14.8% |
| Jul 22 | 100.0 vessels/day | +7.5% |
| Jul 23 | 93.0 vessels/day | −7.0% |
| Jul 24 | 81.0 vessels/day | −12.9% |
| Jul 25 | 91.0 vessels/day | +12.3% |
| Jul 26 | 100.0 vessels/day | +9.9% |
| Jul 27 | 68.0 vessels/day | −32.0% |
| Jul 28 | 68.0 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Jul 29 | 72.0 vessels/day | +5.9% |
| Jul 30 | 99.0 vessels/day | +37.5% |
| Jul 31 | 123.0 vessels/day | +24.2% |
| Aug 1 | 83.0 vessels/day | −32.5% |
| Aug 2latest | 97.0 vessels/day | +16.9% |
Lately
Traffic ran about 8% below its own 90-day baseline in the last week, with rough seas and waves to 3.5m at the Cape. The pull factor has not gone away: a tanker reported two explosions near Hormuz on 6 August, Iran's Guard claimed two tankers disabled on 31 July, and another tanker was attacked off the Yemeni coast.