4-16 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2006 and 2007
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
4-16 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2006 and 2007
Thousands of full and empty TEUs
| Rank (2006) |
Rank (2007) |
Port | Country | TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Singapore | Singapore | 27,936 |
| 3 | 2 | Shanghai | China | 26,152 |
| 2 | 3 | Hong Kong | China | 23,998 |
| 4 | 4 | Shenzhen | China | 21,104 |
| a | 5 | Yingkou(Liaoning) | China | 13,713 |
| 5 | 6 | Busan | South Korea | 13,255 |
| 7 | 7 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 10,791 |
| 8 | 8 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 10,653 |
| 6 | 9 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 10,257 |
| 9 | 10 | Hamburg | Germany | 9,917 |
| 11 | 11 | Qingdao | China | 9,431 |
| 13 | 12 | Ningbo | China | 9,259 |
| 15 | 13 | Guangzhou | China | 9,200 |
| 10 | 14 | Los Angeles | United States | 8,355 |
| 14 | 15 | Antwerp | Belgium | 8,176 |
| 12 | 16 | Long Beach | United States | 7,312 |
| 16 | 17 | Port Klang | Malaysia | 7,119 |
| 17 | 18 | Tianjin | China | 7,102 |
| 19 | 19 | Tanjung Pelepas | Malaysia | 5,500 |
| 18 | 20 | New York/New Jersey | United States | 5,299 |
a Yingkou was unranked among the world's top 20 container ports in 2006.
Notes: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU.
Source: American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), Port Industry Statistics, World Port Rankings (Container Traffic), available at http://www.aapa-ports.org/ as of September 2009.