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
September
October
November
December

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).