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Luzon Strait

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The deep-water gap between Taiwan and Luzon — the main approach between the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea.

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Transits, latest day107vessels · 13 Sep 2026
vs 30-day average+17.2%changebaseline 91/day
vs 12-month average+43.8%changebaseline 74/day

Source: IMF PortWatch · retrieved 16 Sep 2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (per third-party registry, not first-party-confirmed)

Luzon Strait — daily transits against the five-year range

7-day rolling mean. The shaded band is the daily minimum and maximum over the previous five years, smoothed on the same window.

  • Luzon Strait
  • 5-year range
050100150transits/day102.312 Aug 2526 Sep 2510 Nov 2525 Dec 258 Feb 2625 Mar 269 May 2623 Jun 267 Aug 26
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2025-08-1230.0
2025-08-1372.0
2025-08-1485.0
2025-08-1576.0
2025-08-1691.0
2025-08-1755.0
2025-08-1875.0
2025-08-1952.0
2025-08-2071.0
2025-08-2153.0
2025-08-2272.0
2025-08-2362.0
2025-08-2460.0
2025-08-2567.0
2025-08-2659.0
2025-08-2760.0
2025-08-2865.0
2025-08-2955.0
2025-08-3075.0
2025-08-3172.0
2025-09-0177.0
2025-09-0270.0
2025-09-0368.0
2025-09-0458.0
2025-09-0556.0
2025-09-0662.0
2025-09-0779.0
2025-09-0870.0
2025-09-0957.0
2025-09-1055.0
2025-09-1159.0
2025-09-1264.0
2025-09-1357.0
2025-09-1474.0
2025-09-1584.0
2025-09-1654.0
2025-09-1748.0
2025-09-1896.0
2025-09-1983.0
2025-09-2049.0
2025-09-2115.0
2025-09-220
2025-09-2361.0
2025-09-24171.0
2025-09-25111.0
2025-09-2671.0
2025-09-2784.0
2025-09-2863.0
2025-09-2976.0
2025-09-3073.0
2025-10-0169.0
2025-10-0240.0
2025-10-0341.0
2025-10-0492.0
2025-10-0582.0
2025-10-0674.0
2025-10-0769.0
2025-10-0878.0
2025-10-0964.0
2025-10-1070.0
2025-10-1167.0
2025-10-1262.0
2025-10-1357.0
2025-10-1480.0
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2025-10-1763.0
2025-10-1874.0
2025-10-1982.0
2025-10-20119.0
2025-10-21108.0
2025-10-22100.0
2025-10-2390.0
2025-10-2495.0
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2025-10-2666.0
2025-10-2779.0
2025-10-2857.0
2025-10-2951.0
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2025-10-3163.0
2025-11-0163.0
2025-11-0262.0
2025-11-0369.0
2025-11-0489.0
2025-11-0579.0
2025-11-0654.0
2025-11-0779.0
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2025-11-119
2025-11-1295.0
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2025-11-1952.0
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2025-11-2454.0
2025-11-2549.0
2025-11-2663.0
2025-11-2766.0
2025-11-2892.0
2025-11-29120.0
2025-11-30106.0
2025-12-0185.0
2025-12-02101.0
2025-12-0365.0
2025-12-0485.0
2025-12-0579.0
2025-12-0673.0
2025-12-0761.0
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2025-12-1018.0
2025-12-1123.0
2025-12-1247.0
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2025-12-1663.0
2025-12-1761.0
2025-12-1865.0
2025-12-1963.0
2025-12-2062.0
2025-12-2162.0
2025-12-2265.0
2025-12-2366.0
2025-12-2461.0
2025-12-2548.0
2025-12-2647.0
2025-12-2761.0
2025-12-2864.0
2025-12-2974.0
2025-12-3069.0
2025-12-3171.0
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2026-01-2766.0
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2026-05-11102.0
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2026-05-18108.0
2026-05-1991.0
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2026-07-107
2026-07-11132.0
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2026-07-28104.0
2026-07-29103.0
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2026-08-0893.0
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2026-08-12124.0
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2026-08-14105.0
2026-08-15101.0
2026-08-1693.0
2026-08-1786.0
2026-08-1881.0
2026-08-1999.0
2026-08-2078.0
2026-08-2176.0
2026-08-2272.0
2026-08-2376.0
2026-08-2464.0
2026-08-2581.0
2026-08-2698.0
2026-08-27130.0
2026-08-2878.0
2026-08-29101.0
2026-08-30105.0
2026-08-3174.0
2026-09-0181.0
2026-09-0261.0
2026-09-0391.0
2026-09-0498.0
2026-09-0591.0
2026-09-0683.0
2026-09-07112.0
2026-09-08103.0
2026-09-09104.0
2026-09-1088.0
2026-09-11113.0
2026-09-12101.0
2026-09-13107.0

Source: IMF PortWatch · retrieved 16 Sep 2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (per third-party registry, not first-party-confirmed)

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