FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Ship traffic through the Strait of Magellan has surged as vessels increasingly reroute around South America to avoid constraints at the Panama Canal, highlighting how climate-related disruption and geopolitical risks are reshaping global shipping routes. Data from the Chilean Navy cited by Bloomberg analysts show that requests for pilots to transit the Strait of Magellan increased by more than 70% year on year in both August and September. The rise began in July, pointing to a sustained shift rather than a short-term increase in traffic. RelatedNews India-EU green shipping corridor targets cleaner maritime trade BIMCO: LR2 tankers shift to crude amid Hormuz disruption var jnews_module_21410643_0_6ac76d4a26aa8 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21410643","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"639,372,1081,1582","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone"