Freight Facts and Figures 2013
Table 3-4. Containership Calls at U.S. Ports by Vessel Size and Number of Vessels: 2006-2011
From 2006 to 2011, the number of calls by containership with capacities of 5,000 TEUs or greater has increased by nearly 80 percent. These large container ships accounted for 27 percent of total containership calls at U.S. ports in 2011, up from 17 percent in 2006.
Table 3-4
| Vessel Size (TEUs) | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Calls |  |
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| < 2,000 | (R) 4,143 | (R) 3,900 | (R) 3,492 | (R) 3,287 | (R) 3,707 | 4,563 |
| 2,000-2,999 | (R) 3,985 | 4,099 | (R) 3,344 | (R) 2,676 | (R) 2,760 | 2,878 |
| 3,000-3,999 | 3,333 | 2,866 | 2,460 | (R) 2,499 | (R) 2,052 | 2,363 |
| 4,000-4,999 | 4,782 | 5,033 | (R) 5,120 | (R) 5,303 | (R) 5,876 | 6,421 |
| > 4,999 | 3,344 | 3,961 | (R) 4,313 | 4,434 | 5,126 | 5,997 |
| Total Calls | (R) 19,587 | (R) 19,859 | (R) 18,729 | (R) 18,199 | (R) 19,521 | 22,222 |
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| < 2,000 | 212 | 195 | 196 | 179 | 178 | 182 |
| 2,000-2,999 | 257 | 230 | 219 | 220 | 206 | 184 |
| 3,000-3,999 | 177 | 166 | 141 | 147 | 130 | 131 |
| 4,000-4,999 | 258 | 271 | 284 | 306 | 315 | 307 |
| > 4,999 | 260 | 277 | 326 | 366 | 396 | 418 |
| Total Vessels | 1,164 | 1,140 | 1,166 | 1,218 | 1,225 | 1,222 |
Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit; R = revised.
Source:
Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit, Vessel Movements Data Files, 2006-2011 (London: Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit, 2007-2012); Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit, Seasearcher (London: Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit, 2012); and Clarkson Research Studies, Clarkson's Vessel Registers (London: Clarkson Research Studies, January 2012); as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Vessel Calls Snapshot, 2011 (Washington, DC: 2013), available at www.marad.dot.gov/documents/Vessel_Calls_at_US_Ports_Snapshot.pdf as of September 25, 2013.
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