# Monitor Red Sea and Suez Canal shipping disruptions

**Use case:** 

Daily transit counts and disruption status for Bab el-Mandeb and the Suez Canal, plus official maritime security warnings for the area. Use it to spot traffic drops and new threats on the Asia-Europe route before they show up in freight rates. Add Hormuz, Panama or any of the 28 chokepoints.

## Input

```json
{
  "include": [
    "chokepoints",
    "warnings"
  ],
  "chokepoints": [
    "Bab el-Mandeb",
    "Suez"
  ],
  "onlyDisrupted": false,
  "dailyHistoryDays": 0,
  "warningKeywords": [
    "Red Sea",
    "Gulf of Aden"
  ],
  "securityWarningsOnly": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type"
  },
  "chokepoint": {
    "label": "Chokepoint"
  },
  "disruption": {
    "label": "Disruption"
  },
  "avgTransits7d": {
    "label": "Avg transits7d"
  },
  "avgTransits7dYearAgo": {
    "label": "Avg transits7d year ago"
  },
  "changeTransits7dVsYearAgoPct": {
    "label": "Change transits7d vs year ago pct"
  },
  "changeTankerTransits7dVsYearAgoPct": {
    "label": "Change tanker transits7d vs year ago pct"
  },
  "latestDate": {
    "label": "Latest date"
  },
  "regions": {
    "label": "Regions"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Chokepoint & Maritime Risk Monitor (Hormuz, Suez, Red Sea) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Monitor Red Sea and Suez Canal shipping disruptions". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/cKq8tkZ1AZU0g8HFn) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Monitor Red Sea and Suez Canal shipping disruptions" task

The Chokepoint & Maritime Risk Monitor (Hormuz, Suez, Red Sea) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like include, chokepoints, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Monitor Red Sea and Suez Canal shipping disruptions" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as type, chokepoint, disruption, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Monitor Red Sea and Suez Canal shipping disruptions" task via API](https://apify.com/weirworks/chokepoint-maritime-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Chokepoint & Maritime Risk Monitor (Hormuz, Suez, Red Sea)](https://apify.com/weirworks/chokepoint-maritime-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/weirworks/chokepoint-maritime-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/weirworks/chokepoint-maritime-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).