The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is the shipping industry’s standard unit of measure. Throughput is defined as the total volume of cargo handled.
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The figure for the Manzanillo Port is for 2021 and was taken from this .
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Largest container ports in North America based on throughput 2022
In 2022, the Los Angeles Port was the largest container port in North America. That year, the Los Angeles Port handled about **** million TEUs of containers. The New York/New Jersey Port ranked second, with a container volume of nearly *** million TEUs in 2022.
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