4-12 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2007 and 2008
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
4-12 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2007 and 2008
(Thousands of full and empty TEUs)
| Rank
(2007) |
Rank
(2008) |
Port | Country | TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Singapore | Singapore | 29,918 |
| 2 | 2 | Shanghai | China | 28,006 |
| 3 | 3 | Hong Kong | China | 24,494 |
| 4 | 4 | Shenzhen | China | 21,416 |
| 6 | 5 | Busan | South Korea | 13,446 |
| 8 | 6 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 11,827 |
| 12 | 7 | Ningbo | China | 11,226 |
| 13 | 8 | Guangzhou | China | 11,001 |
| 7 | 9 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 10,784 |
| 11 | 10 | Qingdao | China | 10,024 |
| 10 | 11 | Hamburg | Germany | 9,737 |
| 9 | 12 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 9,677 |
| 15 | 13 | Antwerp | Belgium | 8,663 |
| 18 | 14 | Tianjin | China | 8,503 |
| 17 | 15 | Port Kelang | Malasyia | 7,974 |
| 14 | 16 | Los Angeles | United States | 7,850 |
| 16 | 17 | Long Beach | United States | 6,350 |
| 21 | 18 | Bremen/Bremerhaven | Germany | 5,488 |
| 19 | 19 | Tanjung Pelepas | Malasyia | 5,466 |
| 20 | 20 | New York/New Jersey | United States | 5,265 |
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 August 2010.