23-25  Container Throughput by Main Cargo Handling Location
	(10 000 TEUs)
Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Container Throughput	2044.9	2198.4	2260.2	2353.9	2399.8
Container Terminals
Inward
Laden Container	433.5	493.9	535.1	626.5	676.2
Empty Container	157.5	161.5	163.4	161.4	165.8
Outward
Laden Container	579.9	648.9	689.2	767.7	837.3
Empty Container	36.1	38.3	40.6	49.2	52.9
Other than Container Terminals
Ocean
Inward
Laden Container	184.6	217.3	191.4	143.7	117.6
Empty Container	14.2	9.5	5.4	4.5	6.7
Outward
Laden Container	180.8	180.1	118.3	75.0	49.8
Empty Container	10.9	13.5	10.5	9.3	9.0
River
Inward
Laden Container	142.9	137.1	173.0	166.4	158.7
Empty Container	85.9	89.7	91.5	103.8	79.1
Outward
Laden Container	131.4	111.0	138.2	155.1	151.1
Empty Container	87.2	97.7	103.4	91.2	95.7
Note : TEU refers to Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (based on a standardised container size of 20 ft. × 8 ft. × 8 ft. ).