United Arab Emirates - Container port traffic

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

The value for Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in United Arab Emirates was 15,174,020 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,174,020 in 2010 and a minimum value of 5,055,801 in 2000.

Definition: Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes., and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.

Source: Containerisation International, Containerisation International Yearbook.

See also:

Year Value
2000 5,055,801
2001 5,081,964
2002 5,872,240
2003 6,955,202
2004 8,661,636
2005 9,851,709
2006 10,967,050
2007 13,182,410
2008 14,756,130
2009 14,425,040
2010 15,174,020

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation