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Total transit calls are about 86% below the trailing 52-week average

Total transit calls currently average 5.3 per day, down from the trailing 52-week mean of 37.9. This marks a small absolute bounce from 3.1 in the previous period, but remains far below the average.

Transit calls, total

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Current 5.3/day·vs 52w avg -86%·4w trend -6.3%·Latest data update: Sep 13, 2026

Snapshot as posted · Weekly (ISO) · lines

About the data

Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Method
AIS-derived vessel transit data
Latest data update
Sep 13, 2026
Coverage
Jan 2019 – Oct 2026

Weekly average of daily transit calls

Source data may be revised by the IMF.

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About this data

PortWatch is an IMF platform that uses AIS vessel-tracking data to estimate maritime activity at ports and major chokepoints. It is strong institutional data, but derived from vessel movements rather than a customs record.