Cape of Good Hope
92 vessels/day
−1.50% 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.
Nov 1 · 92.00 vessels/day · +0.1% vs the window’s open
the numbers78
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16 | 91.90 vessels/day | |
| Aug 17 | 91.90 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Aug 18 | 88.60 vessels/day | −3.6% |
| Aug 19 | 93.70 vessels/day | +5.8% |
| Aug 20 | 95.60 vessels/day | +2.0% |
| Aug 21high | 97.60 vessels/day | +2.1% |
| Aug 22 | 93.70 vessels/day | −4.0% |
| Aug 23 | 91.60 vessels/day | −2.2% |
| Aug 24 | 94.10 vessels/day | +2.7% |
| Aug 25 | 95.10 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Aug 26 | 92.00 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| Aug 27 | 91.90 vessels/day | −0.1% |
| Aug 28 | 92.30 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Aug 29 | 91.30 vessels/day | −1.1% |
| Aug 30 | 91.90 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Aug 31 | 89.10 vessels/day | −3.0% |
| Sep 1 | 91.10 vessels/day | +2.2% |
| Sep 2 | 92.10 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Sep 3 | 89.10 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| Sep 4 | 83.40 vessels/day | −6.4% |
| Sep 5 | 79.70 vessels/day | −4.4% |
| Sep 6low | 78.60 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Sep 7 | 84.00 vessels/day | +6.9% |
| Sep 8 | 82.10 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Sep 9 | 83.30 vessels/day | +1.5% |
| Sep 10 | 86.00 vessels/day | +3.2% |
| Sep 11 | 89.40 vessels/day | +4.0% |
| Sep 12 | 90.30 vessels/day | +1.0% |
| Sep 13 | 90.60 vessels/day | +0.3% |
| Sep 14 | 87.90 vessels/day | −3.0% |
| Sep 15 | 89.90 vessels/day | +2.3% |
| Sep 16 | 86.90 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| Sep 17 | 85.40 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| Sep 18 | 85.70 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Sep 19 | 88.10 vessels/day | +2.8% |
| Sep 20 | 88.60 vessels/day | +0.6% |
| Sep 21 | 86.10 vessels/day | −2.8% |
| Sep 22 | 82.90 vessels/day | −3.7% |
| Sep 23 | 84.90 vessels/day | +2.4% |
| Sep 24 | 86.10 vessels/day | +1.4% |
| Sep 25 | 88.90 vessels/day | +3.3% |
| Sep 26 | 89.60 vessels/day | +0.8% |
| Sep 27 | 88.10 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| Sep 28 | 89.10 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Sep 29 | 87.30 vessels/day | −2.0% |
| Sep 30 | 87.00 vessels/day | −0.3% |
| Oct 1 | 87.00 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Oct 2 | 86.40 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 3 | 84.30 vessels/day | −2.4% |
| Oct 4 | 87.70 vessels/day | +4.0% |
| Oct 5 | 87.90 vessels/day | +0.2% |
| Oct 6 | 89.30 vessels/day | +1.6% |
| Oct 7 | 88.60 vessels/day | −0.8% |
| Oct 8 | 86.70 vessels/day | −2.1% |
| Oct 9 | 86.70 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Oct 10 | 85.30 vessels/day | −1.6% |
| Oct 11 | 84.00 vessels/day | −1.5% |
| Oct 12 | 84.10 vessels/day | +0.1% |
| Oct 13 | 85.00 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Oct 14 | 86.30 vessels/day | +1.5% |
| Oct 15 | 88.60 vessels/day | +2.7% |
| Oct 16 | 87.00 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Oct 17 | 87.40 vessels/day | +0.5% |
| Oct 18 | 85.70 vessels/day | −1.9% |
| Oct 19 | 85.30 vessels/day | −0.5% |
| Oct 20 | 86.30 vessels/day | +1.2% |
| Oct 21 | 83.40 vessels/day | −3.4% |
| Oct 22 | 82.10 vessels/day | −1.6% |
| Oct 23 | 81.00 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Oct 24 | 84.00 vessels/day | +3.7% |
| Oct 25 | 87.10 vessels/day | +3.7% |
| Oct 26 | 89.10 vessels/day | +2.3% |
| Oct 27 | 90.10 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Oct 28 | 92.30 vessels/day | +2.4% |
| Oct 29 | 92.90 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Oct 30 | 93.10 vessels/day | +0.2% |
| Oct 31 | 93.40 vessels/day | +0.3% |
| Nov 1latest | 92.00 vessels/day | −1.5% |
Lately
The fortnight's tanker news came from the far end of the trade: limpet mines and explosive charges struck tankers near Hormuz, and Valero says freight to Asia now costs $30-$35 a barrel. None of it is a shift in traffic rounding the Cape itself.