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Statistics and Facts about Container Shipping
In terms of value, global seaborne container trade is
believed to account for approximately 60 percent of all world
seaborne trade, and was valued at around 5.6 trillion U.S. dollars
in 2010.
While the quantity of goods carried by containers has risen from
around 100 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.5 billion metric
tons in 2012, vessels have likewise increased their capacity.
Between 1980 and 2012, the deadweight tonnage of container ships has
grown from about 11 million metric tons to around 198 million metric
tons.
In 2012, the global cellular container ship fleet had the capacity
to carry some 15.4 million standard containers. With a total
capacity of just under 2.6 million TEUs*, Danish shipping line
APM-Maersk is currently the
largest container-shipping company globally.
In 2012, eight Asian ports were ranked among the world’s ten leading
container-handling ports.The port of Shanghai was the busiest
container port in the world, handling almost 33 million TEUs of
containerized cargo. In 2012, the port of Los Angeles handled some
14 million TEUs, making it the largest container port in the United
States.
TEU: The twenty-foot
equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo
capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and
container terminals.
(Source:
Statista)
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