Transportation & Logistics » Logistics » Container Shipping | World seaborne trade - carried by containers 2016

World seaborne trade - carried by containers 1980-2016

International seaborne trade carried by container ships from 1980 to 2016 (in million tons loaded)

The data describes the volume of international seaborne trade carried by container ships from 1980 through 2016. Globally, seaborne containerized cargo amounted to around 1.7 billion tons loaded in 2016.

1980	102
1985	152
1990	234
1995	371
2000	598
2005	1001
2010	1280
2011	1393
2012	1464
2013	1544
2014	1640
2015	1661
2016	1720

World seaborne trade - carried by containers 1980-2016

StatInvestor