Dover Strait
165 vessels/day
-11.29% day
The busiest shipping lane on Earth — 400+ ships a day squeeze through the English Channel’s 21-mile narrows.
Aug 2 · 165.0 vessels/day · −1.2% vs the window’s open
the numbers83
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| May 12 | 167.0 vessels/day | |
| May 13 | 172.0 vessels/day | +3.0% |
| May 14 | 159.0 vessels/day | −7.6% |
| May 15 | 169.0 vessels/day | +6.3% |
| May 16 | 179.0 vessels/day | +5.9% |
| May 17 | 181.0 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| May 18 | 149.0 vessels/day | −17.7% |
| May 19 | 173.0 vessels/day | +16.1% |
| May 20 | 175.0 vessels/day | +1.2% |
| May 21 | 172.0 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| May 22 | 173.0 vessels/day | +0.6% |
| May 23high | 210.0 vessels/day | +21.4% |
| May 24 | 175.0 vessels/day | −16.7% |
| May 25 | 155.0 vessels/day | −11.4% |
| May 26 | 150.0 vessels/day | −3.2% |
| May 27 | 154.0 vessels/day | +2.7% |
| May 28 | 169.0 vessels/day | +9.7% |
| May 29 | 156.0 vessels/day | −7.7% |
| May 30 | 178.0 vessels/day | +14.1% |
| May 31 | 164.0 vessels/day | −7.9% |
| Jun 1 | 161.0 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Jun 2 | 166.0 vessels/day | +3.1% |
| Jun 3 | 156.0 vessels/day | −6.0% |
| Jun 4 | 160.0 vessels/day | +2.6% |
| Jun 5 | 146.0 vessels/day | −8.8% |
| Jun 6 | 172.0 vessels/day | +17.8% |
| Jun 7 | 165.0 vessels/day | −4.1% |
| Jun 8 | 169.0 vessels/day | +2.4% |
| Jun 9 | 160.0 vessels/day | −5.3% |
| Jun 10 | 171.0 vessels/day | +6.9% |
| Jun 11 | 158.0 vessels/day | −7.6% |
| Jun 12 | 172.0 vessels/day | +8.9% |
| Jun 13 | 173.0 vessels/day | +0.6% |
| Jun 14 | 167.0 vessels/day | −3.5% |
| Jun 15 | 146.0 vessels/day | −12.6% |
| Jun 16 | 160.0 vessels/day | +9.6% |
| Jun 17 | 160.0 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Jun 18 | 145.0 vessels/day | −9.4% |
| Jun 19 | 164.0 vessels/day | +13.1% |
| Jun 20 | 155.0 vessels/day | −5.5% |
| Jun 21 | 176.0 vessels/day | +13.5% |
| Jun 22 | 153.0 vessels/day | −13.1% |
| Jun 23 | 154.0 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Jun 24 | 174.0 vessels/day | +13.0% |
| Jun 25 | 146.0 vessels/day | −16.1% |
| Jun 26 | 158.0 vessels/day | +8.2% |
| Jun 27 | 162.0 vessels/day | +2.5% |
| Jun 28 | 166.0 vessels/day | +2.5% |
| Jun 29low | 130.0 vessels/day | −21.7% |
| Jun 30 | 162.0 vessels/day | +24.6% |
| Jul 1 | 154.0 vessels/day | −4.9% |
| Jul 2 | 147.0 vessels/day | −4.5% |
| Jul 3 | 179.0 vessels/day | +21.8% |
| Jul 4 | 173.0 vessels/day | −3.4% |
| Jul 5 | 145.0 vessels/day | −16.2% |
| Jul 6 | 177.0 vessels/day | +22.1% |
| Jul 7 | 165.0 vessels/day | −6.8% |
| Jul 8 | 159.0 vessels/day | −3.6% |
| Jul 9 | 158.0 vessels/day | −0.6% |
| Jul 10 | 173.0 vessels/day | +9.5% |
| Jul 11 | 165.0 vessels/day | −4.6% |
| Jul 12 | 154.0 vessels/day | −6.7% |
| Jul 13 | 146.0 vessels/day | −5.2% |
| Jul 14 | 163.0 vessels/day | +11.6% |
| Jul 15 | 134.0 vessels/day | −17.8% |
| Jul 16 | 149.0 vessels/day | +11.2% |
| Jul 17 | 179.0 vessels/day | +20.1% |
| Jul 18 | 165.0 vessels/day | −7.8% |
| Jul 19 | 165.0 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Jul 20 | 162.0 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Jul 21 | 139.0 vessels/day | −14.2% |
| Jul 22 | 151.0 vessels/day | +8.6% |
| Jul 23 | 167.0 vessels/day | +10.6% |
| Jul 24 | 148.0 vessels/day | −11.4% |
| Jul 25 | 174.0 vessels/day | +17.6% |
| Jul 26 | 153.0 vessels/day | −12.1% |
| Jul 27 | 145.0 vessels/day | −5.2% |
| Jul 28 | 147.0 vessels/day | +1.4% |
| Jul 29 | 151.0 vessels/day | +2.7% |
| Jul 30 | 150.0 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Jul 31 | 155.0 vessels/day | +3.3% |
| Aug 1 | 186.0 vessels/day | +20.0% |
| Aug 2latest | 165.0 vessels/day | −11.3% |
Lately
Traffic sits close to its 90-day baseline, with calm water and no weather alert. The strait's most visible events have not been commercial: on 4 August a dinghy carrying about 160 people caught fire mid-crossing, drawing a rescue operation into lanes that ferries and freight share.