Chokepoint
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is the artificial waterway linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, giving shipping the shortest route between Europe and Asia without rounding Africa. Its southern approach runs through Bab el-Mandeb, so a blockage or a Red Sea security threat that reroutes traffic around the Cape of Good Hope adds days of transit and materially raises freight costs.
Current status
Suez Canal disruption pulse
The traffic-light badge is a disruption score, not an operational closure declaration. Transit metrics appear only when the current vessel snapshot has coverage.
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ConnectsMediterranean ↔ Red Sea
Position30.5°N, 32.3°E
Energy shock modelYes
Major trade routes through Suez Canal
- China → Europe (Suez) · 47M+ TEU/year · Container
- China → US East Coast (Suez) · 12M+ TEU/year · Container
- Persian Gulf → Europe (Oil) · 6.5M+ bpd · Energy
- Qatar LNG → Europe · 77M+ tonnes/year · Energy
- Singapore → Mediterranean · 10M+ TEU/year · Container
- India → Europe · 6M+ TEU/year · Container
Related
Source: src/config/chokepoint-registry.ts and src/config/trade-routes.ts. Methodology: how chokepoint disruption is scored.