Chokepoint
Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope is the deep-water route around the southern tip of Africa. It has no canal tolls and no width limits, which makes it the default fallback when the Suez–Bab el-Mandeb corridor is disrupted — at the cost of thousands of extra nautical miles and days of transit.
Current status
Cape of Good Hope disruption pulse
The traffic-light badge is a disruption score, not an operational closure declaration. Transit metrics appear only when the current vessel snapshot has coverage.
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ConnectsAtlantic ↔ Indian Ocean
Position34.36°S, 18.49°E
Major trade routes through Cape of Good Hope
- Brazil → China (Bulk) · 350M+ tonnes/year · Bulk
- Persian Gulf → Americas (Cape Route) · 2M+ bpd · Energy
- Asia → Europe (Cape Route) · 5M+ TEU/year · Container
Related
Source: src/config/chokepoint-registry.ts and src/config/trade-routes.ts. Methodology: how chokepoint disruption is scored.