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Table 22
Top 20 World Container Ports: 2003

(Thousands of TEUs)

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs
1	Hong Kong	China	20,499
2	Singapore	Singapore	18,411
3	Shanghai	China	11,280
4	Shenzhen	China	10,615
5	Busan	South Korea	10,408
6	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	8,843
7	Los Angeles	United States	7,149
8	Rotterdam	Netherlands	7,107
9	Hamburg	Germany	6,138
10	Antwerp	Belgium	5,445
11	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	5,152
12	Port Kalang	Malaysia	4,840
13	Long Beach	United States	4,658
14	Quingdao	China	4,239
15	New York/New Jersey	United States	4,068
16	Tanjung Pelepas	Indonesia	3,487
17	Tokyo	Japan	3,314
18	Bremen/Bremerhafen	Germany	3,190
19	Laem Chabang	Thailand	3,181
20	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,149

Note: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU.

Source: American Association of Port Authorities, World Port Rankings: 2003 (Container Traffic), available at http://www.aapa-ports.org/industryinfo/statistics.htm, as of June 2005.