Vital Signs: Seaport Activity – Bay Area
VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR
Seaport Activity (EC18)
FULL MEASURE NAME
Shipping containers moved (TEUs)
LAST UPDATED
August 2019
DESCRIPTION
Seaport activity refers to the quantity of goods moved into or out of the region through seaports. Seaport activity is measured at major ports by the number of shipping containers moved; these are known as twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
DATA SOURCE
American Association of Port Authorities: Western Hemisphere Port TEU Container Volumes
1990-2017
https://www.aapa-ports.org/unifying/content.aspx?ItemNumber=21048
Port of Oakland
1990-2018
https://www.oaklandseaport.com/performance/facts-figures/
CONTACT INFORMATION
vitalsigns.info@bayareametro.gov
METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator)
Container volumes include both empty and full containers that move through a given port; they include imports, exports, and domestic freight flows.
Querying over HTTP
Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on
this data to power Web applications. For example:
curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
SELECT *
FROM \"bayareametro-gov/vital-signs-seaport-activity-bay-area-9zi3-ni84\".\"vital_signs_seaport_activity_bay_area\"
LIMIT 100
"}
EOFSee the Splitgraph documentation
for more information.
