World Chokepoint Status Board
The world's trade runs through a handful of narrow straits and canals. When one closes, oil, gas, food and the price of almost everything move with it. Each status below is derived continuously from the EAGLE Intelligence maritime wire — 500+ signals a day, graded and mapped.
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The world's most important oil artery — roughly a fifth of global oil and much of its LNG passes through this narrow strait between Iran and Oman.
Latest high-severity signal20% Cargo Fine, Temporary Seizure Set as Penalties for Violations in Strait of Hormuz - wanaen.com
The southern gate to the Red Sea and Suez. Attacks here decide whether ships take the canal or the long way around the Cape of Good Hope.
Latest high-severity signalSaudi Aramco boosts crude loadings after pipeline disruption
The only sea route in or out of the Black Sea — the outlet for Ukrainian grain and Russian oil, and a bellwether for that war's maritime front.
Latest high-severity signalRussia repurposes Arctic port's fertiliser gear to move grain around Black Sea blockade
The Asia–Europe shortcut carrying about 12% of global trade. When Suez slows, goods reroute around Africa and delivery times jump by weeks.
The Americas' shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic — vital for grain, fuel and container traffic to and from the US East Coast and Asia.
Asia's main sea lane between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific — about a quarter of the world's traded goods pass this narrow channel.
Latest high-severity signalVideo: Panama-Flagged Bulk Carrier Collides With Chinese Vessel Near Singapore Strait
This board grades the world's six critical maritime chokepoints — the Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama Canal, Strait of Malacca and the Bosphorus / Turkish Straits — as SEVERE, ELEVATED or MONITORING, refreshed continuously from the EAGLE Intelligence maritime wire.
Each tier is computed from the volume and severity of open-source maritime signals near each chokepoint over the last 24 hours and 7 days — attacks, seizures, closures, casualties and official advisories detected by the EAGLE wire, which ingests 500+ signals a day.
No. Statuses are Eagle Intelligence assessments derived from open sources, not official navigational, flag-state or insurance advisories. Always confirm operational decisions against official sources such as UKMTO warnings and your flag state.
The underlying wire ingests signals around the clock. Every status on this board is re-derived from the wire each time the page is regenerated — on a one-hour fallback timer, or within minutes of a new wire batch when the pipeline triggers a refresh.
