In the third quarter of this year, the Bosphorus Strait was A total of 10,329 ships transited, with a decrease of -0.5% over the same period of 2024, for a total of 169.3 million gross tonnage (+2.7%). Tanker transits are 2,404 (-0.1%) and those of other types of ships 7,925 (-0,6%). In particular, among the main types of ships transited, in the period July-September 2025 the Strait was crossed by 3,654 general cargo ships (-3.2%), 2,005 bulk carriers (-10.6%), 963 container ships (+9.6%) and 604 chemical tankers (+1,7%).

In the first nine months of 2025, total transits were 29,710, with a reduction of -4.7% on the same period of 2010, last year, of which 7,100 tankers (-2.8%) and 22,610 tankers other types (-5.2%). Among the main types of naval units transited, there were 10,886 ships for general cargo (-6.7%), bulk carriers 5,484 (-18.2%), other tankers 4,600 (-3.5%), container carriers 2,953 (+12.2%) and chemical tankers 1,954 (-10.0%).