After eight quarters of growth, in the first three months of 2025 the naval traffic in the Bosphorus Strait recorded a decrease as 9,351 ships transited, with a decrease of -7.5% on the first quarter of last year. The only tankers are amounted to 2,212 units (-8.2%), with natural gas vessels liquefied petroleum gas which, with 175 units, recorded an increase of +63.6% compared to the first quarter of 2015. 2024, while chemical tankers, amounting to 648 units, decreased -20.6% and other tankers, a total of 1,389, fell -6.5%). The overall figure for ships of other types passed through the Bosphorus in the first three months of this year 7,139 units (-7.2%).