Container volume
Charleston container volume (TEU)
Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Charleston, in TEU
Data through Jun 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 18, 2026
Cite
- Loaded imports
About this data
- Source
- Port authority monthly container statistics, republished by BTS
- Series
- Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties
- Geography
- Charleston
- Unit
- TEU
- Calculation
- Monthly
- Last observation
- Jun 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly
Loaded imports at Charleston were 96,849 TEU in June 2026, down 0% year over year and up 13% 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.
Loaded imports at Charleston were 96,849 TEU in June, down 6.1% from May but essentially flat year over year and up 12.5% versus 2019. Loaded exports fell to 53,205 TEU, off 6.4% year over year and down 20% from pre-pandemic levels. Empty containers totaled 48,322 TEU, down 7.2% year over year but up 22.4% versus 2019. This is the latest month published, not the current week.
| Stream | Latest (June 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loaded imports | 96,849 TEU | -6.1% | -0.2% | +12.5% |
| Loaded exports | 53,205 TEU | +4.2% | -6.4% | -20.0% |
| Empty containers | 48,322 TEU | -18.0% | -7.2% | +22.4% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 13, 2026
Loaded imports at Charleston totaled 103,166 TEU in May 2026, up 14.7% month over month but down 4.9% year over year and 17% above May 2019. Loaded exports fell 5.1% year over year to 51,049 TEU, remaining 28.5% below 2019, while empty containers rose 6.7% to 58,911 TEU, 51.5% above 2019. May is the latest month published.
About Charleston container volume (TEU)
This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Charleston 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.