NOTE: TEUS = twenty-foot equivalent units. One twenty-foot container equals one TEU
while one forty-foot container equals two TEUs. Total includes ports for all container
ports in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.The data in this figure include both loaded and unloaded containers in U.S. international maritime activity.
It includes U.S. imports, exports, plus transshipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research
and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, based on data from the American Association of Port Authorities,
available at www.aapa-ports.org, as of November 2006.
