In 2021, container throughput at the Hong Kong ports amounted to around 17.8 million TEUs, a slight decrease of 170 thousand TEUs from the previous year. This is the lowest container throughput since 2008.
Container throughput volume in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2021
(in million TEUs)
The term twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) is an internationally standardized measurement unit in cargo transport.
Container comprises seaborne container and river container. Seaborne container refers to container transported by vessels plying beyond the river trade limits. River container refers to container transported by vessels plying exclusively within the river trade limits. The river trade limits mean the waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong which broadly include the Pearl River, Mirs Bay and Macao, and other inland waterways in Guangdong and Guangxi which are accessible from waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong.
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Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong. (September 2, 2022). Container throughput volume in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2021 (in million TEUs) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317140/hong-kong-container-throughput/
Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong. "Container throughput volume in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2021 (in million TEUs)." Chart. September 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317140/hong-kong-container-throughput/
Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong. (2022). Container throughput volume in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2021 (in million TEUs). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317140/hong-kong-container-throughput/
Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong. "Container Throughput Volume in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2021 (in Million Teus)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317140/hong-kong-container-throughput/
Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong, Container throughput volume in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2021 (in million TEUs) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317140/hong-kong-container-throughput/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Container throughput volume in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2021 (in million TEUs) [Graph], Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong, September 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/317140/hong-kong-container-throughput/
