Office of Operations Freight Management and Operations

Anticipated Growth in Freight Traffic

This bar chart shows the following anticipated growth in freight traffic in millions of twenty-foot equivalents (TEU) from 1988 through 2007:

  • 1988 – 22 TEU
  • 1989 – 25 TEU
  • 1990 – 27 TEU
  • 1991 – 28 TEU
  • 1992 – 30 TEU
  • 1993 – 32 TEU
  • 1994 – 37 TEU
  • 1995 – 40 TEU
  • 1996 – 41 TEU
  • 1997 – 45 TEU
  • 1998 – 47 TEU
  • 1999 – 50 TEU
  • 2000 – 52 TEU
  • 2001 – 55 TEU
  • 2002 – 60 TEU
  • 2003 – 62 TEU
  • 2004 – 67 TEU
  • 2005 – 70 TEU
  • 2006 – 75 TEU
  • 2007 – 82 TEU

Note: 8.5 percent average annual growth rate (compounded annually).

Source: Clarkson Research Studies and WestLB Panmure.

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