Golden Way index
One number each Monday for how smoothly cargo moves on our routes: 100 is smooth, 0 is gridlock. It is built only from data we collect ourselves.
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Early version: border history is still short, so the score moves more than it will later.
The first value is published on the first Monday with enough data.
What is in it
Border queues · weight 40%—This week's average truck queue at the crossings we track, against the 8-week average.
Sea passages · weight 40%—Hormuz (half), Bab el-Mandeb and Suez (a quarter each), as our team rates them: open 100, delays 60, restricted 30, closed 0.
Real transit times · weight 20%—Shipments we delivered in the last 8 weeks against our published typical times (shown once there are at least 3).
Past weeks
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