Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Oakland Port
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. At the port of Oakland, one of the busiest of the West Coast, the number of empty containers imported was 14,035 TEUs in October 2025, compared to 11,229 in September 2025. This marks a gain of 24.99 percent.
Sample. This monthly time series has 334 records. The series covers the time range going from January 1998 to October 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: container throughput recorded a maximum of 30,819 TEUs in March 2011; it hit a minimum of 9,124 in October 2021; it had an average value of 17,508.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 11169.0 |
| 2025-09-30 | 11229.25 |
| 2025-10-31 | 14035.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Number of empty TEU containers imported |
| Country | California, United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) |
| Source | Port of Oakland |
| Source type | Municipal corporation |
| Data licence | Unknown |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
Series in the same data set: Total throughput
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Seaport: Total number of TEU containers imported and exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 334 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |
Series in the same data set: Full containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Seaport: Number of full TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 334 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 334 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of full TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 334 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |
Series in the same data set: Empty containers
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 334 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 334 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |
| Oakland Seaport: Number of empty TEU containers exported and imported (TEU) - United States - Port of Oakland - Monthly | 334 | 1998-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |