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Mancalë Index · method v0.2

Suez Canal

Is the news about this chokepoint louder or quieter than the ships passing through it justify? Measured each week against a fixed 2019–22 normal.

Aligned

Week of 2 November 2026

Ship traffic: 44.4 ships a day, −20% against a normal of 55.5; news coverage 0.8× its normal. Gap −1.66. Aligned for 4 weeks.

Ship transits, % of the 2019–22 normal

Suez Canal: ship transits each week from 31 Dec 2018 to 02 Nov 2026. In the latest week, 44.4 a day, −20% against normal. Lowest week: 22 Mar 2021, −64%.

News coverage, multiple of its 2019–22 normal (log scale)

Suez Canal: news coverage each week as a multiple of normal. Latest week: 0.8×. Loudest week: 22 Mar 2021, 131×.

Mancalë gap: attention minus flow stress

Suez Canal: the gap each week. Latest week: −1.66. Highest: +5.38 in the week of 29 Mar 2021. Lowest: −3.35 in the week of 25 Nov 2024.

Read with care: Most Suez traffic also passes Bab el-Mandeb, so the two readings usually move together. The news query needs a shipping word next to "Suez Canal", so coverage of the canal in other contexts does not count.

Other chokepoints

The same reading elsewhere

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