United Kingdom - Container port traffic

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

The value for Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in United Kingdom was 7,388,973 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,625,102 in 2007 and a minimum value of 6,434,734 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 6,434,734
2001 7,058,054
2002 7,059,610
2003 6,700,066
2004 8,326,913
2005 8,249,587
2006 8,434,458
2007 8,625,102
2008 7,185,963
2009 6,706,854
2010 7,388,973

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation