Benin - Container port traffic

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

The value for Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in Benin was 510,896 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 510,896 in 2019 and a minimum value of 272,820 in 2009.

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: UNCTAD (http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx)

See also:

Year Value
2008 300,000
2009 272,820
2010 316,700
2011 334,800
2012 348,200
2013 341,500
2014 344,850
2015 288,000
2016 310,500
2017 333,000
2018 321,750
2019 510,896

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation