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Strait of Gibraltar
Spain35.95°N 5.60°W
computed criticality28/100
reading
Mediterranean-Atlantic gate, = 100,000 ships/year
2023Live traffic33% of which tankers
128ships/day · 7-day average
▼13% below the 2023 median(147)this week ▼ 3%
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
Fourteen kilometres separate Europe from Africa and the Mediterranean from the Atlantic. All western Mediterranean trade and part of the LNG flow converge here.
Sources
REMPEC 2023estimate