Container volume

Houston container volume (TEU)

Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Houston, in TEU

Data through May 2026 · page updated Jul 10, 2026

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Houston loaded imports were 188,276 TEU in the latest month published (US port TEU data, via BTS). The Dwell. https://the-dwell.com/teu/houston

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Loaded imports at Houston were 188,276 TEU in May 2026, up 13% year over year and up 76% versus the same month of 2019. Loaded imports are the import-demand read; empties are repositioned boxes. This is the latest month published, not the current week.

The numbers
Stream	Latest (May 2026)	MoM	YoY	vs 2019
Loaded imports	188,276 TEU	+15.7%	+13.4%	+75.8%
Loaded exports	134,934 TEU	+2.0%	+1.5%	+15.6%
Empty containers	55,261 TEU	+28.0%	-14.2%	+207.8%

About Houston container volume (TEU)

This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Houston in TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units, split into loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers. Loaded imports are the demand signal a US importer watches; empties are a tell about trade imbalance and equipment. The numbers are the port authority's own, re-published by BTS, and they land weeks after the month they cover, so a reading here is the latest month available rather than the current week.

About Houston container volume (TEU)

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