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Transport > Container port traffic: Countries Compared

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.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 88.55 million TEU 2005
2 United States 38.52 million TEU 2005
3 Singapore 23.19 million TEU 2005
4 Japan 16.78 million TEU 2005
5 South Korea 15.11 million TEU 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 13.61 million TEU 2005
6 Germany 13.51 million TEU 2005
7 Malaysia 12.03 million TEU 2005
8 Italy 9.86 million TEU 2005
9 United Arab Emirates 9.85 million TEU 2005
10 Netherlands 9.52 million TEU 2005
11 Spain 9.17 million TEU 2005
12 United Kingdom 8.6 million TEU 2005
13 Belgium 7.89 million TEU 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 6.32 million TEU 2004
14 Brazil 5.6 million TEU 2005
15 Indonesia 5.5 million TEU 2005
16 Thailand 5.12 million TEU 2005
17 India 4.94 million TEU 2005
18 Australia 4.83 million TEU 2005
19 Canada 4.16 million TEU 2005
20 France 3.84 million TEU 2005
21 Egypt 3.69 million TEU 2005
22 Philippines 3.63 million TEU 2005
23 Turkey 3.17 million TEU 2005
24 Panama 3.07 million TEU 2005
25 South Africa 2.87 million TEU 2005
26 Oman 2.73 million TEU 2005
27 Vietnam 2.69 million TEU 2005
28 Sri Lanka 2.46 million TEU 2005
29 Mexico 2.15 million TEU 2005
30 Chile 1.81 million TEU 2005
31 Russia 1.8 million TEU 2005
32 Greece 1.78 million TEU 2005
33 Puerto Rico 1.73 million TEU 2005
34 Jamaica 1.67 million TEU 2005
35 New Zealand 1.61 million TEU 2005
36 Israel 1.52 million TEU 2005
37 Pakistan 1.39 million TEU 2005
38 Malta 1.38 million TEU 2005
39 Iran 1.33 million TEU 2005
40 Denmark 1.32 million TEU 2005
41 Finland 1.31 million TEU 2005
42 Sweden 1.22 million TEU 2005
43 The Bahamas 1.21 million TEU 2005
44 Argentina 1.2 million TEU 2005
45 Colombia 1.17 million TEU 2005
46 Venezuela 1.12 million TEU 2005
47 Peru 991,681 TEU 2005
48 Ireland 979,740 TEU 2005
49 Portugal 904,702 TEU 2005
50 Bangladesh 900,983 TEU 2005
51 Saudi Arabia 897,167 TEU 2005
52 Costa Rica 778,651 TEU 2005
53 Guatemala 776,395 TEU 2005
54 Romania 771,126 TEU 2005
55 Cote d'Ivoire 710,000 TEU 2005
56 Ecuador 632,722 TEU 2005
57 Ukraine 579,476 TEU 2005
58 Morocco 560,682 TEU 2004
59 Honduras 553,013 TEU 2005
60 Dominican Republic 537,317 TEU 2004
61 Nigeria 512,610 TEU 2004
62 Trinidad and Tobago 440,370 TEU 2003
63 Poland 428,373 TEU 2004
64 Mauritius 381,470 TEU 2003
65 Yemen 377,367 TEU 2001
66 Algeria 311,111 TEU 2001
67 Uruguay 301,641 TEU 2001
68 Lebanon 299,400 TEU 2001

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Interesting observations about Transport > Container port traffic

  • China has had the highest container port traffic since 2000.
  • United States ranked first for container port traffic amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
  • Germany ranked first for container port traffic amongst European Union in 2005.
  • All of the top 2 countries by container port traffic are Cold countries'.
  • Japan ranked second for container port traffic amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
  • Brazil ranked third for container port traffic amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
  • Italy ranked first for container port traffic amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
  • Philippines ranked first for container port traffic amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2005.
  • Ireland ranked last for container port traffic amongst English speaking countries in 2005.
  • Sweden ranked last for container port traffic amongst Non-religious countries in 2005.
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