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Live data from IMF PortWatch · Crisis onset 2026-02-28

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Counterfactual is fit on data BEFORE this date and projected forward.

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Global Port, Countries, Regions & Chokepoint Deviation Map

Marker color: red = decline vs counterfactual, green = increase, yellow = stable.

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Basemap:

Deviation vs YoY

Increase (> +5%)

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size = magnitude

Trade Disruptions — Chokepoint Transit Calls

Daily ship arrivals by vessel type at each global chokepoint, with a 7-day moving average and the same window from one year prior overlaid for comparison.

Suez Canal

Connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea — Asia ↔ Europe shortcut.

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