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Top 20 World Container Ports: 2004 and 2005,,,,
(Thousands of TEUs),,,,
"Rank  
(2004)","Rank 
(2005)",Port,Country,TEUs
2,1,Singapore,Singapore,"23,192"
1,2,Hong Kong,China,"22,427"
3,3,Shanghai,China,"18,084"
4,4,Shenzhen,China,"16,197"
5,5,Busan,South Korea,"11,843"
6,6,Kaohsiung,Taiwan,"9,471"
7,7,Rotterdam,Netherlands,"9,287"
9,8,Hamburg,Germany,"8,088"
10,9,Dubai,United Arab Emirates,"7,619"
8,10,Los Angeles,United States,"7,485"
12,11,Long Beach,United States,"6,710"
11,12,Antwerp,Belgium,"6,482"
14,13,Qingdao,China,"6,307"
13,14,Port Klang,Malaysia,"5,544"
17,15,Ningbo,China,"5,208"
18,16,Tianjin,China,"4,801"
15,17,New York/New Jersey,United States,"4,785"
**,18,Guangzhou,China,"4,685"
16,19,Tanjung Pelepas,Malaysia,"4,177"
20,20,Laem Chabang,Thailand,"3,834"
** Guangzhou was unranked among the world's top 20 container ports in 2004.,,,,
Notes: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units.  One 20-foot container equals one TEU. ,,,,
"Source: American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), World Port Rankings: 2004 and 2005 (Container Traffic), available at http://www.aapa-ports.org/ as of October 2007.",,,,
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