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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....
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TEUs (left axis) DWT (right axis) 2002 3,020 42,158 2003 3,144 43,168 2004 3,221 43,610 2005 3,321 44,590...Throughput at U.S. container ports is expected to return to pre-recession levels as the economy rebounds from the economic downturn and the associated drop in container traffic that took place between December 2007 and June 2009 (JOC 2010b). As U.S....
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2004 2009 Less than 2,000 3,906 3,290 2,000-2,999 4,541 2,677 3,000-3,999 3,888 2,500 4,000-4,999 4,210...