4-15 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2004 and 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
4-15 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.