23-18      Container Throughput by Main Cargo Handling Location

 

 

 

 

 

Thousand TEUs

Item

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Container Throughput

13460

14567

(14386)

14582

16211

18098

Container Terminals

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Inward

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Laden Container

3328

3708

(3698)

3432

3584

3862

        Empty Container

819

856

(856)

1214

1251

1644

    Outward

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Laden Container

4148

4474

(4558)

4470

5072

5747

        Empty Container

391

451

(451)

439

389

349

Other than Container Terminals

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Ocean

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Inward

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Laden Container

1401

1374

(1326)

1258

1360

1528

            Empty Container

224

258

(258)

200

182

171

        Outward

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Laden Container

1220

1270

(1063)

874

1037

1128

            Empty Container

201

253

(253)

309

259

205

    River

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Inward

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Laden Container

406

439

(439)

599

765

861

            Empty Container

475

545

(545)

582

885

912

        Outward

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Laden Container

601

666

(666)

856

983

1121

            Empty Container

248

272

(272)

349

444

568

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:Starting from 1998, a new series of container throughput statistics has been compiled. To facilitate comparison,

 

        figures for 1997 under the new series are presented in brackets.

 

 

 

 

          TEU refers to Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (based on a standardized container size of 20 ft. x 8 ft. x 8 ft. ).