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 signalTanker reports explosion while leaving Strait of Hormuz - 巴士的報
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 signalIran war latest: UN maritime agency condemns Houthi attacks on international shipping - The National
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 signalFrance Keeps Maritime Patrol Plane In Black Sea As Attacks On Ships Increase
The Asia–Europe shortcut carrying about 12% of global trade. When Suez slows, goods reroute around Africa and delivery times jump by weeks.
Latest high-severity signalAnother Maersk-Hapag Lloyd joint service returns to Suez Canal
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.
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.
