Bahrain's main container port held near 409,000 TEU as transshipment fell

The published total changed by just 453 TEU

The sum of the port's monthly total-throughput records gives 409,382 TEU for 2024 and 408,929 in 2025. The decline is about 0.1%. The earlier rise from 404,236 TEU in 2023 puts both later years above the 2023 baseline. Source 1 Source 2

Imports and exports dominated the tally

The 2025 dataset records 203,399 TEU under imports and 199,947 under exports. Together those two categories account for about 98.6% of the separately reported throughput total. A TEU records container size equivalents, with no cargo value measure in these rows. Source 1

Transshipment and restowing moved in opposite directions

Transshipment declined from 8,278 TEU in 2023 to 2,450 in 2025. Restowed containers increased from 994 to 3,133 over the same period. The data portal distinguishes those operations, so their opposing changes can be seen even while aggregate throughput stayed broadly stable. Source 1

How the annual totals were built

The portal lists five categories for each month. Summing the 12 total records produces each annual total and matches the ministry's published 2024 figure. The same calculation was applied to each category. The independently reported 2023 total is 18 TEU below the sum of its components. Source 1 Source 2

Sources

• Bahrain Open Data Portal, monthly container statistics at Khalifa Bin Salman Port
• Bahrain Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, Ports and Maritime Affairs 2024 report