IDA blend - Container port traffic

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

The value for Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in IDA blend was 7,201,419 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,077,847 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,376,037 in 2003.

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
2003 1,376,037
2004 1,781,983
2008 3,558,598
2009 3,631,717
2010 5,444,558
2011 6,146,671
2012 6,407,200
2013 6,338,009
2014 6,855,673
2015 6,755,965
2016 6,811,922
2017 7,629,536
2018 8,077,847
2019 7,914,585
2020 7,201,419

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation