4-12 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2009 and 2010 (thousands of full and empty TEUs)
Friday, January 18, 2013
|
Rank (2009) |
Rank (2010) |
Port | Country | TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Shanghai | China | 29,069 |
| 1 | 2 | Singapore | Singapore | 28,431 |
| 3 | 3 | Hong Kong | China | 23,669 |
| 4 | 4 | Shenzhen | China | 22,510 |
| 5 | 5 | Busan | South Korea | 14,194 |
| 8 | 6 | Ningbo | China | 13,144 |
| 6 | 7 | Guangzhou | China | 12,487 |
| 9 | 8 | Qingdao | China | 12,012 |
| 7 | 9 | Dubai Ports | United Arab Emirates | 11,576 |
| 10 | 10 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 11,146 |
| 11 | 11 | Tianjin | China | 10,080 |
| 12 | 12 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 9,121 |
| 13 | 13 | Port Kelang | Malaysia | 8,872 |
| 14 | 14 | Antwerp | Belgium | 8,468 |
| 15 | 15 | Hamburg | Germany | 7,896 |
| 16 | 16 | Los Angeles | United States | 7,832 |
| 17 | 17 | Tanjung Pelepas | Malaysia | 6,299 |
| 18 | 18 | Long Beach | United States | 6,263 |
| 19 | 19 | Xiamen | China | 5,824 |
| 21 | 20 | New York/New Jersey | United States | 5,292 |
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/ accessed September 2012.