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Taiwan Strait
Taiwan24.50°N 119.60°E
computed criticality43/100
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≈20% of the world container fleet passes through
2022Live traffic19% of which tankers
208ships/day · 7-day average
▼14% below the 2023 median(241)this week ▼ 16%
Not refreshed for 70 dSource : IMF PortWatch — Daily Chokepoints Data (AIS) ↗
AIS observation, distinct from the structural share above. Meaning comes from the gap between the two.
Fault line
A 130 km stretch of sea between China and Taiwan carrying a large share of global container traffic, on top of the semiconductors made on the island. A blockade would freeze two chains at once.
Depends on 2
Strait of MalaccaChokepoints · Planetary chokepoint↗Shipbuilding, China · Korea · JapanChokepoints · Critical anchor↗Feeds 2
Port of Shanghai, YangshanChokepoints↗TSMC, HsinchuSilicon↗Sources
Bloomberg ; MarineTraffic 2022estimate