United Kingdom: Port traffic

The latest value from 2022 is 9.74 million containers, a decline from 10.29 million containers in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 9.59 million containers, based on data from 86 countries. Historically, the average for the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2022 is 8.68 million containers. The minimum value, 6.43 million containers, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 10.51 million containers was recorded in 2019. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

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.