Author: Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Format: Print
(Soft Cover, 11 pages)
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Price: Free
Publisher: Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publication Date: March 2007
Publication Number: N/A
This report presents statistics on domestic and international maritime container traffic and ports.
Five decades ago, the containership revolution started in the United States, changing how the United States and the world handle international freight transportation. In 2006, world maritime container traffic was estimated at 417 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) (loaded and empty) - 10 percent more than the 378 million TEUs transported in 2005. Today, one container in every nine carrying global trade is bound for or is coming from the United States, comprising 11 percent of worldwide container traffic.
