How can I track ships through the Suez Canal, Panama Canal or Strait of Hormuz?

{
  "ref": "r3",
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-19",
    "to": "2026-10-25",
    "compared_with": "the same seven days of the week, 52 weeks earlier"
  },
  "columns": [
    "chokepoint",
    "ships",
    "tankers",
    "container_ships",
    "ships_a_year_earlier",
    "change_percent",
    "…"
  ],
  "rows": [
    [
      "Malacca Strait",
      1596,
      531,
      427,
      1660,
      -3.9,
      "…"
    ],
    [
      "Korea Strait",
      1389,
      369,
      382,
      1474,
      -5.8,
      "…"
    ],
    [
      "Taiwan Strait",
      1330,
      307,
      476,
      1062,
      25.2,
      "…"
    ],
    [
      "Bohai Strait",
      1148,
      245,
      141,
      1164,
      -1.4,
      "…"
    ],
    [
      "Dover Strait",
      901,
      310,
      195,
      1088,
      -17.2,
      "…"
    ],
    [
      "Gibraltar Strait",
      815,
      257,
      210,
      889,
      -8.3,
      "…"
    ],
    "…"
  ],
  "meaning": "Ship transits in seven days. Name one chokepoint for its weekly series.",
  "source": "IMF PortWatch (https://portwatch.imf.org), from satellite AIS tracking of ships",
  "limits": [
    "These are estimates from ships' own tracking signals. A ship that turns its signal off is not counted, and that happens most in conflict zon…",
    "The latest days can be revised, and the data arrives about a week or more after the day it covers.",
    "Ship counts say how much moved through a place. They do not say what any one company shipped, and nothing here shows they predict a price."
  ]
}