In 2024, the a total of 41,363 ships, with an increase of +6.1% on the year of which 9,669 tankers (+4.1%) and 31,694 other type (+6.7%). Among the types of ships with the largest number of transits, last year the Strait was crossed from 15,490 general cargo ships (+0.4%), from 8,777 ships bulk carriers (+5.9%), from 6,233 tankers excluding LNG, LPG and chemical tankers (+1.0%), 3,533 container ships (+4.7%) and 2,910 chemical tankers (+8.9%).

Last year, the nearby Dardanelles Strait was crossed by a total of 45,849 ships (+2.1%).

In the fourth quarter of 2024 alone, ship traffic in the Bosphorus Strait amounted to 10,202 ships, with a increase of +3.0% over the same period of the year while in the Dardanelles Strait traffic is 11,203 ships (-0.7%).