United Kingdom: Port traffic

The latest value from 2024 is 9.62 million containers, an increase from 9.09 million containers in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 8.90 million containers, based on data from 101 countries. Historically, the average for the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2024 is 9.44 million containers. The minimum value, 7.98 million containers, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 10.51 million containers was recorded in 2019. See the global rankings 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.