Unit
metres/month
Total absolute draught change reported by merchant vessels while inside a US gateway, per month. A proxy for cargo worked: a ship that arrives deep and leaves shallow has discharged. It is a proxy and not a measurement — draught is crew-entered, so a ship that works cargo and never updates is missed. This undercounts and never invents.
We watched it happen: our own AIS receivers (via the aisstream.io terrestrial network), our timestamps, our archive.
| Period | metres/month |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 645.2 |
| 2026-07 | 326.4 |
This address is permanent. If this figure is revised or corrected, the change is printed here with its size.
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