Bab el-Mandeb
31vessels a day
2026-10-11 · 7 tankers
3 against seven days earlier
Live monitor
The Chokepoint Monitor
Live transit counts at the chokepoints that carry Gulf trade, with the ledger board underneath. Chokepoint level only; no port series for any country.
4 tracked rows on the mapData refreshed 19 October 2026 at 09:26 UTCRefreshes every three hours
tracked row dated data only recorded earthquake, 30 days
Chokepoint transits
IMF PortWatch · 19 October 2026Suez Canal
43vessels a day
2026-10-11 · 20 tankers
3 against seven days earlier
Strait of Hormuz
2vessels a day
2026-10-11 · 1 tankers
2 against seven days earlier
Daily AIS line-crossings recorded at the chokepoint. No port-level series is shown for any country.
Prices
US EIA via Datahub · 19 October 2026Brent crude, spot
$126.55a barrel
2026-10-14
29.7% against thirty sessions earlier
Currencies per US dollar
Currency API · 19 October 2026UAE dirham3.6725Saudi riyal3.75Qatari riyal3.64Kuwaiti dinar0.3105Omani rial0.3847Bahraini dinar0.376Egyptian pound53.4108Jordanian dinar0.709Moroccan dirham9.7451
Gulf currencies are pegged; the row records the rate, not a movement.
Ledger rollup
This outlet's ledgerThe Monitor shows commercial and physical data only. It carries no military, conflict, security or political layer, and no port throughput, call count or utilisation series for any country. Chokepoint level data is transit counts recorded at the strait or canal. See Method.