In the first three months of this year, the Bosphorus Strait was 9,195 ships were crossed for a total of 135.2 tons of gross tonnage, with declines of -1.7% and -4.2% respectively on the first three months of 2025. 2,169 tankers (-1.9%) and 7,026 other types of ships (-1.6%). Among the main types of ships, in the first quarter of 2026 in the Strait, 3,277 ships for general cargo (-5.2%), 1,833 bulk carriers (+0.2%), 984 container carriers (+3.1%), 451 chemical tanker (-30.4%), 207 liquefied petroleum gas vessels (+18.3%), 1,511 other tankers (+8.8%) and 125 other tankers transport of live livestock (-14.4%).