The five main countries in terms of total volume of containers handled in their ports account for more than a half of total volume handled in the whole of Europe. Not surprisingly, the five busiest cargo ports in Europe, the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Algeciras, are located in the four leading countries on this list.
Leading European countries in terms of loaded and unloaded containers in 2021
(in million TEUs)
TEU, or twenty-foot equivalent unit, is an approximate unit of capacity used in the water transportation industry to describe the capacity of container ships and terminals.
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Eurostat. (November 15, 2022). Leading European countries in terms of loaded and unloaded containers in 2021 (in million TEUs) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193254/europe-containers-loaded-unloaded-in-ports/
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