Container Trade in TEUs*
2010 Year-to-Date
*TEUs: 20-foot equivalent units or 20-foot-long cargo container
**Preliminary estimate
| |
Loaded
Inbound |
Loaded
Outbound |
Empties |
Total
Containers |
| January |
217,925 |
113,183 |
97,697 |
428,805 |
| February |
207,920 |
123,208 |
82,006 |
413,134 |
| March |
206,652 |
130,495 |
85,627 |
422,774 |
| April |
241,245
|
130,155 |
113,659 |
485,059 |
| May |
264,505
|
138,659
|
121,551 |
524,715 |
| June |
262,053 |
116,112 |
141,935 |
520,100 |
| July |
293,878 |
126,177 |
167,826 |
587,881 |
| August |
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| September |
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| October |
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| November |
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| December |
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| Year-to-Date |
1,694,178 |
877,989 |
810,301 |
3,382,468 |
| YTD % Change |
23.5% |
16.2% |
26.9% |
22.3% |
The size of cargo containers range from 20 feet long to more than 50 feet long.
The international measure is the smallest box, the 20-footer or 20-foot-equivalent unit (TEU).