Malacca Strait
246 vessels/day
+14.42% day
Between Malaysia and Sumatra — the fastest route between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Over 80,000 ships a year, including most of China’s oil imports.
Aug 2 · 246.0 vessels/day · +6.5% vs the window’s open
the numbers83
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| May 12 | 231.0 vessels/day | |
| May 13 | 219.0 vessels/day | −5.2% |
| May 14 | 235.0 vessels/day | +7.3% |
| May 15 | 215.0 vessels/day | −8.5% |
| May 16 | 202.0 vessels/day | −6.0% |
| May 17 | 221.0 vessels/day | +9.4% |
| May 18 | 197.0 vessels/day | −10.9% |
| May 19 | 205.0 vessels/day | +4.1% |
| May 20 | 207.0 vessels/day | +1.0% |
| May 21 | 219.0 vessels/day | +5.8% |
| May 22 | 228.0 vessels/day | +4.1% |
| May 23 | 195.0 vessels/day | −14.5% |
| May 24 | 230.0 vessels/day | +17.9% |
| May 25 | 216.0 vessels/day | −6.1% |
| May 26 | 247.0 vessels/day | +14.4% |
| May 27 | 215.0 vessels/day | −13.0% |
| May 28 | 208.0 vessels/day | −3.3% |
| May 29 | 202.0 vessels/day | −2.9% |
| May 30 | 198.0 vessels/day | −2.0% |
| May 31 | 207.0 vessels/day | +4.5% |
| Jun 1 | 207.0 vessels/day | 0.0% |
| Jun 2 | 197.0 vessels/day | −4.8% |
| Jun 3 | 214.0 vessels/day | +8.6% |
| Jun 4 | 213.0 vessels/day | −0.5% |
| Jun 5 | 191.0 vessels/day | −10.3% |
| Jun 6 | 222.0 vessels/day | +16.2% |
| Jun 7 | 193.0 vessels/day | −13.1% |
| Jun 8 | 223.0 vessels/day | +15.5% |
| Jun 9 | 240.0 vessels/day | +7.6% |
| Jun 10 | 222.0 vessels/day | −7.5% |
| Jun 11 | 218.0 vessels/day | −1.8% |
| Jun 12 | 211.0 vessels/day | −3.2% |
| Jun 13 | 227.0 vessels/day | +7.6% |
| Jun 14 | 224.0 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Jun 15 | 227.0 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Jun 16 | 232.0 vessels/day | +2.2% |
| Jun 17 | 204.0 vessels/day | −12.1% |
| Jun 18 | 210.0 vessels/day | +2.9% |
| Jun 19 | 193.0 vessels/day | −8.1% |
| Jun 20 | 223.0 vessels/day | +15.5% |
| Jun 21 | 235.0 vessels/day | +5.4% |
| Jun 22high | 263.0 vessels/day | +11.9% |
| Jun 23 | 233.0 vessels/day | −11.4% |
| Jun 24 | 217.0 vessels/day | −6.9% |
| Jun 25 | 239.0 vessels/day | +10.1% |
| Jun 26 | 235.0 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| Jun 27 | 232.0 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Jun 28 | 215.0 vessels/day | −7.3% |
| Jun 29 | 189.0 vessels/day | −12.1% |
| Jun 30 | 246.0 vessels/day | +30.2% |
| Jul 1 | 236.0 vessels/day | −4.1% |
| Jul 2 | 211.0 vessels/day | −10.6% |
| Jul 3 | 240.0 vessels/day | +13.7% |
| Jul 4 | 241.0 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Jul 5 | 235.0 vessels/day | −2.5% |
| Jul 6 | 238.0 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Jul 7 | 234.0 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| Jul 8 | 246.0 vessels/day | +5.1% |
| Jul 9 | 232.0 vessels/day | −5.7% |
| Jul 10 | 184.0 vessels/day | −20.7% |
| Jul 11 | 221.0 vessels/day | +20.1% |
| Jul 12 | 233.0 vessels/day | +5.4% |
| Jul 13 | 223.0 vessels/day | −4.3% |
| Jul 14 | 224.0 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Jul 15 | 221.0 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Jul 16 | 235.0 vessels/day | +6.3% |
| Jul 17 | 241.0 vessels/day | +2.6% |
| Jul 18 | 191.0 vessels/day | −20.7% |
| Jul 19low | 170.0 vessels/day | −11.0% |
| Jul 20 | 213.0 vessels/day | +25.3% |
| Jul 21 | 201.0 vessels/day | −5.6% |
| Jul 22 | 237.0 vessels/day | +17.9% |
| Jul 23 | 240.0 vessels/day | +1.3% |
| Jul 24 | 251.0 vessels/day | +4.6% |
| Jul 25 | 207.0 vessels/day | −17.5% |
| Jul 26 | 235.0 vessels/day | +13.5% |
| Jul 27 | 251.0 vessels/day | +6.8% |
| Jul 28 | 223.0 vessels/day | −11.2% |
| Jul 29 | 217.0 vessels/day | −2.7% |
| Jul 30 | 214.0 vessels/day | −1.4% |
| Jul 31 | 200.0 vessels/day | −6.5% |
| Aug 1 | 215.0 vessels/day | +7.5% |
| Aug 2latest | 246.0 vessels/day | +14.4% |
Lately
Traffic has run close to its own 90-day baseline, with the low of 170 vessels on Jul 19 an outlier rather than a trend. The Hormuz closure is the pressure now working through this route: Gulf crude arriving in Malaysia has dropped, and Hormuz vessel transits have fallen to a fraction of normal, reshaping which cargoes reach Malaysian refineries rather than how many ships cross Malacca.