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Suez Canal alternate Cape of Good Hope AIS traffic count

count of large containerships/tankers rounding the Cape of Good Hope (geofenced AIS choke point) vs historical baseline

Feed detail
Measures
count of large containerships/tankers rounding the Cape of Good Hope (geofenced AIS choke point) vs historical baseline
Source
MarineTraffic/AISHub free density map filtered to Cape route geofence, or South African Ports Authority (Transnet) vessel call stats
Access
scrape-hostile
Cadence
dailyupdates once a day
Thesis
direct count of Suez-diversions via the Cape gives real-time evidence of Red Sea risk avoidance independent of canal authority self-reported stats
Maps to
freight rate spikes, Suez-sensitive container/tanker names
Crowdedness
contested
Tier
tB
Ban-risk
ban:medium
Where this stands

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