4-15Top 20 World Container Ports: 2005 and 2006
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
4-15Top 20 World Container Ports: 2005 and 2006
Thousands of full and empty TEUs
| Rank (2005) |
Rank (2006) |
Port | Country | TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Singapore | Singapore | 24,792 |
| 2 | 2 | Hong Kong | China | 23,539 |
| 3 | 3 | Shanghai | China | 21,710 |
| 4 | 4 | Shenzhen | China | 18,469 |
| 5 | 5 | Busan | South Korea | 12,039 |
| 6 | 6 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 9,775 |
| 7 | 7 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 9,655 |
| 9 | 8 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 8,923 |
| 8 | 9 | Hamburg | Germany | 8,862 |
| 10 | 10 | Los Angeles | United States | 8,470 |
| 13 | 11 | Qingdao | China | 7,702 |
| 11 | 12 | Long Beach | United States | 7,289 |
| 15 | 13 | Ningbo | China | 7,068 |
| 12 | 14 | Antwerp | Belgium | 7,019 |
| 18 | 15 | Guangzhou | China | 6,600 |
| 14 | 16 | Port Klang | Malaysia | 6,326 |
| 16 | 17 | Tianjin | China | 5,950 |
| 17 | 18 | New York/New Jersey | United States | 5,093 |
| 19 | 19 | Tanjung Pelepas | Indonesia | 4,770 |
| 21 | 20 | Bremen/Bremerhaven | Germany | 4,450 |
Notes: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU.
Source: American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), World Port Rankings: 2005 and 2006 (Container Traffic), available at http://www.aapa-ports.org/ as of October 2008.