Table 5
International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation by foreign region

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International shipping Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation by foreign region


Table summary
This table displays the results of international shipping cargo tonnage loaded loaded, unloaded, handled and total, calculated using total, variation, '000 t and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Loaded Unloaded Handled
Total Variation Total Variation Total Variation
  '000 t % '000 t % '000 t %
Europe  
2002 31,772.6 -6.3 27,097.9 -6.2 58,870.4 -6.3
2003 36,619.1 15.3 27,853.5 2.8 64,472.5 9.5
2004 34,237.3 -6.5 29,373.0 5.5 63,610.2 -1.3
2005 35,514.7 3.7 28,744.1 -2.1 64,258.8 1.0
2006 34,716.1 -2.2 25,075.5 -12.8 59,791.6 -7.0
2007 37,407.5 7.8 21,601.7 -13.9 59,009.1 -1.3
2008 39,110.1 4.6 20,062.3 -7.1 59,172.4 0.3
2009 31,258.1 -20.1 20,665.7 3.0 51,923.8 -12.3
2010 35,752.1 14.4 20,320.5 -1.7 56,072.6 8.0
2011 35,264.3 -1.4 20,023.0 -1.5 55,287.3 -1.4
Middle East  
2002 3,340.1 -27.6 6,625.9 4.1 9,966.0 -9.2
2003 3,768.3 12.8 6,333.4 -4.4 10,101.7 1.4
2004 3,004.2 -20.3 4,863.0 -23.2 7,867.2 -22.1
2005 2,902.5 -3.4 7,079.3 45.6 9,981.8 26.9
2006 4,804.5 65.5 7,158.8 1.1 11,963.3 19.9
2007 6,575.3 36.9 6,694.0 -6.5 13,269.3 10.9
2008 7,042.2 7.1 8,529.8 27.4 15,572.0 17.4
2009 7,782.0 10.5 7,225.1 -15.3 15,007.1 -3.6
2010 6,671.0 -14.3 8,525.4 18.0 15,196.4 1.3
2011 6,432.2 -3.6 9,190.2 7.8 15,622.4 2.8
Africa  
2002 4,883.5 5.1 9,174.5 7.8 14,058.0 6.8
2003 4,651.6 -4.7 14,799.2 61.3 19,450.8 38.4
2004 4,384.4 -5.7 18,194.1 22.9 22,578.5 16.1
2005 4,478.7 2.2 20,511.3 12.7 24,990.0 10.7
2006 4,859.0 8.5 19,488.9 -5.0 24,347.9 -2.6
2007 5,351.3 10.1 20,236.4 3.8 25,587.7 5.1
2008 4,441.6 -17.0 20,192.1 -0.2 24,633.7 -3.7
2009 5,149.8 15.9 18,497.8 -8.4 23,647.6 -4.0
2010 5,269.1 2.3 20,226.9 9.3 25,496.0 7.8
2011 3,823.2 -27.4 22,745.3 12.5 26,568.5 4.2
Asia, Oceania  
2002 48,435.4 -11.2 10,152.5 20.0 58,587.9 -7.0
2003 52,373.0 8.1 11,122.3 9.6 63,495.3 8.4
2004 56,934.8 8.7 12,195.8 9.7 69,130.6 8.9
2005 60,218.9 5.8 12,713.5 4.2 72,932.4 5.5
2006 62,000.6 3.0 13,896.9 9.3 75,897.5 4.1
2007 68,421.3 10.4 13,240.4 -4.7 81,661.7 7.6
2008 62,499.5 -8.7 13,642.5 3.0 76,142.0 -6.8
2009 73,564.1 17.7 11,677.7 -14.4 85,241.9 12.0
2010 85,929.3 16.8 13,741.9 17.7 99,671.3 16.9
2011 98,527.1 14.7 13,744.0 0.0 112,271.2 12.6
South America, Central America and Antilles  
2002 12,972.1 -13.5 13,969.6 -0.1 26,941.7 -7.0
2003 12,794.7 -1.4 13,019.5 -6.8 25,814.3 -4.2
2004 13,748.9 7.5 14,810.5 13.8 28,559.5 10.6
2005 12,871.9 -6.4 17,196.3 16.1 30,068.2 5.3
2006 15,295.5 18.8 16,067.1 -6.6 31,362.6 4.3
2007 15,662.8 2.4 15,482.8 -3.6 31,145.6 -0.7
2008 16,337.4 4.3 15,559.1 0.5 31,896.5 2.4
2009 11,964.2 -26.8 15,037.2 -3.4 27,001.4 -15.3
2010 17,795.3 48.7 16,961.5 12.8 34,756.8 28.7
2011 19,610.9 10.2 15,595.5 -8.1 35,206.4 1.3
United States - Atlantic and Gulf  
2002 46,612.4 24.4 6,405.1 -22.0 53,017.5 16.1
2003 51,349.7 10.2 8,094.8 26.4 59,444.5 12.1
2004 52,200.1 1.7 6,329.4 -21.8 58,529.5 -1.5
2005 54,475.2 4.4 6,851.1 8.2 61,326.3 4.8
2006 53,616.2 -1.6 7,092.2 3.5 60,708.3 -1.0
2007 52,581.0 -1.9 7,126.5 0.5 59,707.5 -1.6
2008 46,597.2 -11.4 6,901.9 -3.2 53,499.1 -10.4
2009 44,069.0 -5.4 6,724.2 -2.6 50,793.2 -5.1
2010 45,302.8 2.8 6,268.7 -6.8 51,571.5 1.5
2011 40,328.5 -11.0 7,953.4 26.9 48,282.0 -6.4
United States - Great Lakes  
2002 16,429.9 -5.3 32,122.7 -7.4 48,552.6 -6.7
2003 19,517.3 18.8 31,100.9 -3.2 50,618.1 4.3
2004 20,131.8 3.1 30,155.3 -3.0 50,287.2 -0.7
2005 19,398.4 -3.6 32,617.4 8.2 52,015.9 3.4
2006 20,155.0 3.9 31,966.0 -2.0 52,121.0 0.2
2007 17,359.5 -13.9 31,768.0 -0.6 49,127.5 -5.7
2008 17,529.8 1.0 32,934.9 3.7 50,464.7 2.7
2009 14,441.8 -17.6 20,502.0 -37.8 34,943.8 -30.8
2010 14,059.6 -2.6 24,553.8 19.8 38,613.4 10.5
2011 14,603.7 3.9 21,264.3 -13.4 35,867.9 -7.1
United States - Pacific  
2002 9,824.2 36.2 2,916.1 -3.1 12,740.3 24.6
2003 10,313.0 5.0 2,990.1 2.5 13,303.1 4.4
2004 11,388.2 10.4 3,123.7 4.5 14,511.9 9.1
2005 11,893.5 4.4 3,445.4 10.3 15,338.9 5.7
2006 10,807.7 -9.1 3,285.1 -4.7 14,092.8 -8.1
2007 10,848.5 0.4 3,584.5 9.1 14,432.9 2.4
2008 9,947.8 -8.3 4,661.1 30.0 14,609.0 1.2
2009 9,109.4 -8.4 4,084.6 -12.4 13,194.1 -9.7
2010 9,219.0 1.2 3,580.4 -12.3 12,799.4 -3.0
2011 8,686.5 -5.8 3,749.9 4.7 12,436.5 -2.8
Total Foreign Regions  
2002 174,270.2 -0.3 108,464.2 -3.3 282,734.4 -1.4
2003 191,386.7 9.8 115,313.6 6.3 306,700.4 8.5
2004 196,029.8 2.4 119,044.9 3.2 315,074.6 2.7
2005 201,753.8 2.9 129,158.3 8.5 330,912.2 5.0
2006 206,254.6 2.2 124,030.5 -4.0 330,285.0 -0.2
2007 214,207.1 3.9 119,734.2 -3.5 333,941.3 1.1
2008 203,505.7 -5.0 122,483.8 2.3 325,989.5 -2.4
2009 197,338.6 -3.0 104,414.2 -14.8 301,752.7 -7.4
2010 219,998.2 11.5 114,179.2 9.4 334,177.4 10.7
2011 227,276.5 3.3 114,265.6 0.1 341,542.0 2.2
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