Regional shipping situations
Start with a sea, see which warnings were issued or ended, and compare its gateway traffic with the preceding week. Every figure comes with its geographic scope and observation date.
Compare recent Red Sea warning records, Suez and Bab el-Mandeb transit estimates, and sourced incident replays with clear observation dates.
30 Aug 2026 – 5 Sept 2026 · complete UTC days
Warning counts cover records assigned to the IHO Red Sea boundary. Suez Canal and Bab el-Mandeb traffic are measured separately at the gateways.
Traffic: Suez Canal / Bab el-Mandeb
Explore Red Sea →Read recent warning changes across the Persian Gulf and compare Strait of Hormuz shipping transits with the preceding week, with original records and observation dates.
30 Aug 2026 – 5 Sept 2026 · complete UTC days
Warning counts cover the full IHO Persian Gulf boundary, not just the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz transit estimates and its nearby-warning page use separate geographic coverage.
Traffic: Strait of Hormuz
Explore Persian Gulf & Hormuz →Explore recent Black Sea warning changes and original mine, exercise and navigation reports alongside Bosporus shipping transit estimates and their observation dates.
30 Aug 2026 – 5 Sept 2026 · complete UTC days
Warning counts cover records assigned to the IHO Black Sea boundary. Bosporus transit estimates describe the gateway crossing, not all shipping within the Black Sea.
Traffic: Bosporus
Explore Black Sea →Warnings are records. One incident can generate several warnings. A warning ending can mean cancellation, expiry or removal from a source list; it does not establish that a hazard disappeared.
Traffic has its own clock. PortWatch estimates use observed gateway crossings. Missing dates remain missing, and each comparison shows the actual observation window.
Coverage is incomplete. Regional broadcasts and reports without a mapped position may be absent. Low counts are not a safety assessment. Check source coverage.