Taiwan Strait
230 vessels/day
+4.07% day
Between mainland China and Taiwan — roughly 40% of the world’s container traffic passes through, and the flashpoint of any US–China confrontation.
Sep 20 · 230.0 vessels/day · −16.1% vs the window’s open
the numbers87
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26 | 274.0 vessels/day | |
| Jun 27 | 259.0 vessels/day | −5.5% |
| Jun 28 | 249.0 vessels/day | −3.9% |
| Jun 29 | 265.0 vessels/day | +6.4% |
| Jun 30 | 260.0 vessels/day | −1.9% |
| Jul 1 | 240.0 vessels/day | −7.7% |
| Jul 2 | 234.0 vessels/day | −2.5% |
| Jul 3 | 258.0 vessels/day | +10.3% |
| Jul 4 | 232.0 vessels/day | −10.1% |
| Jul 5 | 251.0 vessels/day | +8.2% |
| Jul 6 | 242.0 vessels/day | −3.6% |
| Jul 7 | 272.0 vessels/day | +12.4% |
| Jul 8 | 278.0 vessels/day | +2.2% |
| Jul 9 | 176.0 vessels/day | −36.7% |
| Jul 10low | 28.0 vessels/day | −84.1% |
| Jul 11 | 59.0 vessels/day | +110.7% |
| Jul 12high | 401.0 vessels/day | +579.7% |
| Jul 13 | 222.0 vessels/day | −44.6% |
| Jul 14 | 283.0 vessels/day | +27.5% |
| Jul 15 | 286.0 vessels/day | +1.1% |
| Jul 16 | 253.0 vessels/day | −11.5% |
| Jul 17 | 221.0 vessels/day | −12.6% |
| Jul 18 | 238.0 vessels/day | +7.7% |
| Jul 19 | 234.0 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| Jul 20 | 251.0 vessels/day | +7.3% |
| Jul 21 | 249.0 vessels/day | −0.8% |
| Jul 22 | 271.0 vessels/day | +8.8% |
| Jul 23 | 261.0 vessels/day | −3.7% |
| Jul 24 | 203.0 vessels/day | −22.2% |
| Jul 25 | 121.0 vessels/day | −40.4% |
| Jul 26 | 202.0 vessels/day | +66.9% |
| Jul 27 | 314.0 vessels/day | +55.4% |
| Jul 28 | 239.0 vessels/day | −23.9% |
| Jul 29 | 232.0 vessels/day | −2.9% |
| Jul 30 | 229.0 vessels/day | −1.3% |
| Jul 31 | 230.0 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Aug 1 | 259.0 vessels/day | +12.6% |
| Aug 2 | 238.0 vessels/day | −8.1% |
| Aug 3 | 221.0 vessels/day | −7.1% |
| Aug 4 | 253.0 vessels/day | +14.5% |
| Aug 5 | 231.0 vessels/day | −8.7% |
| Aug 6 | 283.0 vessels/day | +22.5% |
| Aug 7 | 205.0 vessels/day | −27.6% |
| Aug 8 | 35.0 vessels/day | −82.9% |
| Aug 9 | 233.0 vessels/day | +565.7% |
| Aug 10 | 366.0 vessels/day | +57.1% |
| Aug 11 | 199.0 vessels/day | −45.6% |
| Aug 12 | 292.0 vessels/day | +46.7% |
| Aug 13 | 287.0 vessels/day | −1.7% |
| Aug 14 | 263.0 vessels/day | −8.4% |
| Aug 15 | 234.0 vessels/day | −11.0% |
| Aug 16 | 253.0 vessels/day | +8.1% |
| Aug 17 | 207.0 vessels/day | −18.2% |
| Aug 18 | 218.0 vessels/day | +5.3% |
| Aug 19 | 248.0 vessels/day | +13.8% |
| Aug 20 | 255.0 vessels/day | +2.8% |
| Aug 21 | 265.0 vessels/day | +3.9% |
| Aug 22 | 238.0 vessels/day | −10.2% |
| Aug 23 | 225.0 vessels/day | −5.5% |
| Aug 24 | 241.0 vessels/day | +7.1% |
| Aug 25 | 201.0 vessels/day | −16.6% |
| Aug 26 | 122.0 vessels/day | −39.3% |
| Aug 27 | 67.0 vessels/day | −45.1% |
| Aug 28 | 229.0 vessels/day | +241.8% |
| Aug 29 | 273.0 vessels/day | +19.2% |
| Aug 30 | 318.0 vessels/day | +16.5% |
| Aug 31 | 255.0 vessels/day | −19.8% |
| Sep 1 | 263.0 vessels/day | +3.1% |
| Sep 2 | 215.0 vessels/day | −18.3% |
| Sep 3 | 230.0 vessels/day | +7.0% |
| Sep 4 | 256.0 vessels/day | +11.3% |
| Sep 5 | 230.0 vessels/day | −10.2% |
| Sep 6 | 260.0 vessels/day | +13.0% |
| Sep 7 | 235.0 vessels/day | −9.6% |
| Sep 8 | 270.0 vessels/day | +14.9% |
| Sep 9 | 224.0 vessels/day | −17.0% |
| Sep 10 | 218.0 vessels/day | −2.7% |
| Sep 11 | 187.0 vessels/day | −14.2% |
| Sep 12 | 246.0 vessels/day | +31.6% |
| Sep 13 | 226.0 vessels/day | −8.1% |
| Sep 14 | 202.0 vessels/day | −10.6% |
| Sep 15 | 217.0 vessels/day | +7.4% |
| Sep 16 | 208.0 vessels/day | −4.1% |
| Sep 17 | 240.0 vessels/day | +15.4% |
| Sep 18 | 241.0 vessels/day | +0.4% |
| Sep 19 | 221.0 vessels/day | −8.3% |
| Sep 20latest | 230.0 vessels/day | +4.1% |
Lately
The fortnight brought US-China talks in New York ahead of a trade truce that expires November 10, and Trump greeting Xi at Andrews. None of it involved a closure, a military exercise or rerouting in the Taiwan Strait, and none of it explains the traffic.