Dover Strait
185 vessels/day
+4.89% day
The busiest shipping lane on Earth — 400+ ships a day squeeze through the English Channel’s 21-mile narrows.
Nov 1 · 184.6 vessels/day · +19.6% vs the window’s open
the numbers78
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16 | 154.4 vessels/day | |
| Aug 17 | 155.7 vessels/day | +0.8% |
| Aug 18 | 152.1 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Aug 19 | 155.0 vessels/day | +1.9% |
| Aug 20 | 150.7 vessels/day | −2.8% |
| Aug 21 | 150.0 vessels/day | −0.5% |
| Aug 22 | 149.6 vessels/day | −0.3% |
| Aug 23 | 149.0 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Aug 24 | 150.1 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Aug 25 | 152.6 vessels/day | +1.7% |
| Aug 26 | 152.3 vessels/day | −0.2% |
| Aug 27 | 158.6 vessels/day | +4.1% |
| Aug 28 | 160.7 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Aug 29 | 157.0 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Aug 30 | 156.0 vessels/day | −0.6% |
| Aug 31 | 152.3 vessels/day | −2.4% |
| Sep 1 | 155.9 vessels/day | +2.4% |
| Sep 2 | 154.1 vessels/day | −1.2% |
| Sep 3 | 151.9 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Sep 4 | 148.6 vessels/day | −2.2% |
| Sep 5 | 154.4 vessels/day | +3.9% |
| Sep 6 | 159.1 vessels/day | +3.0% |
| Sep 7 | 163.7 vessels/day | +2.9% |
| Sep 8 | 162.3 vessels/day | −0.9% |
| Sep 9 | 164.4 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Sep 10 | 166.4 vessels/day | +1.2% |
| Sep 11 | 172.6 vessels/day | +3.7% |
| Sep 12 | 171.6 vessels/day | −0.6% |
| Sep 13 | 167.3 vessels/day | −2.5% |
| Sep 14 | 168.4 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Sep 15 | 166.7 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Sep 16 | 164.7 vessels/day | −1.2% |
| Sep 17 | 165.1 vessels/day | +0.2% |
| Sep 18 | 162.0 vessels/day | −1.9% |
| Sep 19 | 158.1 vessels/day | −2.4% |
| Sep 20 | 162.6 vessels/day | +2.8% |
| Sep 21 | 163.7 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Sep 22 | 163.4 vessels/day | −0.2% |
| Sep 23 | 166.3 vessels/day | +1.8% |
| Sep 24 | 167.0 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Sep 25 | 171.1 vessels/day | +2.5% |
| Sep 26 | 175.0 vessels/day | +2.3% |
| Sep 27 | 172.3 vessels/day | −1.5% |
| Sep 28 | 173.3 vessels/day | +0.6% |
| Sep 29 | 175.1 vessels/day | +1.0% |
| Sep 30 | 177.3 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Oct 1 | 171.6 vessels/day | −3.2% |
| Oct 2 | 167.7 vessels/day | −2.3% |
| Oct 3 | 167.9 vessels/day | +0.1% |
| Oct 4 | 169.0 vessels/day | +0.7% |
| Oct 5 | 166.0 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Oct 6 | 164.4 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Oct 7 | 163.7 vessels/day | −0.4% |
| Oct 8 | 167.4 vessels/day | +2.3% |
| Oct 9 | 165.9 vessels/day | −0.9% |
| Oct 10 | 161.9 vessels/day | −2.4% |
| Oct 11 | 164.0 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Oct 12 | 167.6 vessels/day | +2.2% |
| Oct 13 | 168.9 vessels/day | +0.8% |
| Oct 14 | 167.7 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 15 | 173.3 vessels/day | +3.3% |
| Oct 16 | 172.1 vessels/day | −0.7% |
| Oct 17 | 176.7 vessels/day | +2.7% |
| Oct 18 | 175.0 vessels/day | −1.0% |
| Oct 19 | 169.3 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| Oct 20 | 167.7 vessels/day | −0.9% |
| Oct 21 | 165.6 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Oct 22 | 153.4 vessels/day | −7.4% |
| Oct 23 | 148.1 vessels/day | −3.5% |
| Oct 24 | 134.1 vessels/day | −9.5% |
| Oct 25low | 128.7 vessels/day | −4.0% |
| Oct 26 | 134.7 vessels/day | +4.7% |
| Oct 27 | 141.4 vessels/day | +5.0% |
| Oct 28 | 142.0 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Oct 29 | 154.9 vessels/day | +9.1% |
| Oct 30 | 163.1 vessels/day | +5.3% |
| Oct 31 | 176.0 vessels/day | +7.9% |
| Nov 1latest | 184.6 vessels/day | +4.9% |
Lately
The news from either shore over the fortnight was France's cost-of-living protests and union strikes and Fitch's cut to France's outlook. None of it touched the ports or the crossing, and none of it accounts for the traffic.