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Table 4-16
Top 20 World Container Ports: 2000 and 2004
(Thousands of TEUs)
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| 1 |
1 |
Hong Kong |
China |
21,984 |
| 2 |
2 |
Singapore |
Singapore |
21,329 |
| 3 |
6 |
Shanghai |
China |
14,557 |
| 4 |
23 |
Shenzhen |
China |
13,615 |
| 5 |
3 |
Busan |
South Korea |
11,430 |
| 6 |
4 |
Kaohsiung |
Taiwan |
9,714 |
| 7 |
5 |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
8,281 |
| 8 |
7 |
Los Angeles |
United States |
7,321 |
| 9 |
9 |
Hamburg |
Germany |
7,003 |
| 10 |
13 |
Dubai |
United Arab Emirates |
6,429 |
| 11 |
10 |
Antwerp |
Belgium |
6,064 |
| 12 |
8 |
Long Beach |
United States |
5,780 |
| 13 |
12 |
Port Kalang |
Malaysia |
5,244 |
| 14 |
24 |
Quingdao |
China |
5,140 |
| 15 |
14 |
New York/New Jersey |
United States |
4,478 |
| 16 |
108 |
Tanjung Pelepas |
Malaysia |
4,020 |
| 17 |
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Ningbo |
China |
4,006 |
| 18 |
31 |
Tianjin |
China |
3,814 |
| 19 |
11 |
Tanjug Priok |
Indonesia |
3,597 |
| 20 |
25 |
Laem Chabang |
Thailand |
3,529 |
** Ningbo was unranked among the world's major ports in 2000. In
that year, it handled only 902,000 TEUs (www.nbport.com.cn).
Notes:
TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units. One
20-foot container equals one TEU.
Source: 2004-American Association of Port
Authorities (AAPA), World Port Rankings:2004 (Container Traffic), available at http://www.aapa-ports.org/, as of September 2006.
2000-Data
obtained through personal communication with AAPA, October 2006.
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