The Mould Loft

Instrument 07 · runs in your browser

Chokepoint

Use throughput volumes, which are officially estimated. Do not use daily vessel counts, which are not.

Throughput

Does it reroute?

The consequence chain
    Reading level

    What this instrument will not do — Daily vessel transits

    No official source gives a baseline. Circulating figures differ by methodology; one widely cited number is roughly 73 a day. The architecture as first written said traffic collapsed “from 125–140 daily transits to a handful”. That did not survive verification, so this instrument has no input for it.

    EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook, 11 Aug 2026 — via Case Engine Module 06. Brent: $69 (2 July 2026, low); $105 (23 July 2026, high); $89 (August 2026, traded near $88–90).