North America - Container port traffic
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
The value for Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in North America was 61,160,290 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62,424,480 in 2019 and a minimum value of 30,197,960 in 2001.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 31,227,940 |
| 2001 | 30,197,960 |
| 2002 | 32,984,200 |
| 2003 | 36,320,560 |
| 2004 | 38,827,780 |
| 2005 | 42,661,260 |
| 2006 | 45,226,900 |
| 2007 | 49,253,320 |
| 2008 | 47,132,430 |
| 2009 | 41,545,140 |
| 2010 | 46,729,980 |
| 2011 | 47,310,620 |
| 2012 | 48,654,520 |
| 2013 | 49,586,360 |
| 2014 | 51,663,620 |
| 2015 | 53,684,740 |
| 2016 | 54,179,390 |
| 2017 | 58,515,030 |
| 2018 | 61,551,160 |
| 2019 | 62,424,480 |
| 2020 | 61,160,290 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Transportation
