(in millions of TEUs - domestic, international and empty repositioning)
Rank in 2006
Seaport
Country
2006 TEUs
2005 TEUs
1
Singapore1
Singapore
24.79
23.19
2
Hong Kong1
China
23.54
22.43
3
Shanghai1
China
21.71
18.08
4
Shenzhen1
China
18.47
16.20
5
Busan1
South Korea
12.04
11.84
6
Kaohsiung1
Taiwan
9.78
9.47
7
Rotterdam1
Netherlands
9.66
9.29
8
Dubai1
United Arab Emirates
8.92
7.62
9
Hamburg1
Germany
8.86
8.09
10
Los Angeles
United States
8.47
7.49
11
Qingdao
China
7.70
6.31
12
Long Beach
United States
7.29
6.71
13
Ningbo
China
7.07
5.21
14
Antwerp1
Belgium
7.02
6.48
15
Guangzhou
China
6.60
4.69
16
Port Klang1
Malaysia
6.33
5.54
17
Tianjin
China
5.95
4.80
18
New York/New Jersey
United States
5.09
4.79
19
Tanjung Pelepas1
Indonesia
4.77
4.18
20
Bremen/Bremerhaven1
Germany
4.45
3.74
21
Laem Chabang1
Thailand
4.12
3.83
22
Xiamen
China
4.02
3.34
23
Tokyo1
Japan
3.97
3.59
24
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
3.30
2.67
25
Tanjung Priok
Indonesia
3.28
3.28
1 Port participates in the Container Security Initiative of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
NOTES: TEU = Twenty-foot equivalent unit.
SOURCES: TEUs—American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), World Port Rankings (Alexandria, VA: annual releases 2005, 2006). CSI—Department of Homeland Security, Container Security Initiative (CSI) Ports, available at http://www.dhs.gov/ as of Oct. 5, 2007.
