23-25  Container Throughput by Main Cargo Handling Location
	(10 000 TEUs)
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Container Throughput	2198.4	2260.2	2353.9	2399.8	2449.4
Container Terminals
Inward
Laden Container	493.9	535.1	626.5	676.2	711.8
Empty Container	161.5	163.4	161.4	165.8	164.7
Outward
Laden Container	648.9	689.2	767.7	837.3	835.6
Empty Container	38.3	40.6	49.2	52.9	60.5
Other than Container Terminals
Inward
Laden Container	354.4*	364.4*	310.1*	276.3*	272.2
Empty Container	99.2*	97.0*	108.4*	85.8*	91.4
Outward
Laden Container	291.1*	256.5*	230.1*	200.9*	207.6
Empty Container	111.2*	113.9*	100.5*	104.7*	105.6
Note : TEU refers to a twenty-foot equivalent unit.