Container Trade in TEUs*
2009 Year-to-Date

*TEUs: 20-foot equivalent units or 20-foot-long cargo container

**Preliminary estimate

	Loaded Inbound	Loaded Outbound	Empties	Total Containers
January	200,588	88,510	110,197	399,295
February	149,299	92,781	75,962	318,042
March	186,450	117,674	70,007	374,131
April	199,051	112,976	96,678	408,705
May	208,591	121,064	89,900	419,555
June	206,358	114,107	92,882	413,347
July	221,719	108,420	102,874	433,013
August	249,920	130,623	112,796	493,339
September	224,924	109,337	106,103	440,364
October	227,064	119,194	106,160	452,418
November	228,347	114,283	105,521	448,151
December	232,586	123,084	111,567	467,237

Year-to-Date	2,534,897	1,352,053	1,180,647	5,067,597
YTD % Change	-20.5%	-19.9%	-26.7%	-21.9%

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).