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America's container ports play an important role in handling U.S. merchandise trade moving to and from distant places around the world. Each year, these seaports handle exports produced at U.S. factories and farms and imports of goods such as automobiles, machinery, electronics,...
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Millions of container units of all sizes)
Annual total 2000 6.0 2001 5.6 2002 8.0 2003 9.3 2004 10....Importers are required to provide the following 10 data elements:
Seller or owner name and address Buyer or consignee name and address Importer of record number/foreign...While America's container ports serve as gateways for both merchandise imports and exports, overall they handle more TEUs of imports than exports. In 2009, the U.S. deficit in maritime container traffic—the gap between exports and imports—...
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Containerships 10.5 10.6 10.2 10.0 10.1 10.1 All Types 11.8 11.6 11.2 11.1...Excel | CSV | Graphic Version
All vessel types (left axis) Containerships (left axis) Containerships as percent of total vessels (right axis) 2002 56,596 17,138 30 2003 56,759 17,287...Since 1995, container activity at U.S. seaports has shown a greater concentration of vessel calls and cargo traffic in a few leading ports because of increased use of larger, faster, and more specialized vessels. Modern post-Panamax vessels are longer than two football...
The increased use of oceanborne containers in transporting U.S. international trade continues to affect port operations and the distribution of total maritime trade among U.S. ports. Before the mid-1980s, east coast ports handled the majority of U.S....
Modern containers carry numerous commodities, from sweaters, blouses, and flat-screen televisions to computer equipment, wood, and paper products. Containers have reduced the cost of safely transporting such goods as children's toys, clothing, and electronics from factories...
Between 2004 and 2009, the number of containership calls at U.S. ports has remained fairly steady, averaging about 18,000 per year. By contrast, container capacity of the calling vessels grew by 19 percent during this same period, from 59 million to 70 million TEUs....