4-12 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2008 and 2009
4-12 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2008 and 2009
(Thousands of full and empty TEUs)
| Rank
(2008) |
Rank
(2009) |
Port | Country | TEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Singapore | Singapore | 25,867 |
| 2 | 2 | Shanghai | China | 25,002 |
| 3 | 3 | Hong Kong | China | 21,040 |
| 4 | 4 | Shenzhen | China | 18,250 |
| 5 | 5 | Busan | South Korea | 11,955 |
| 8 | 6 | Guangzhou | China | 11,190 |
| 6 | 7 | Dubai Ports | United Arab Emirates | 11,124 |
| 7 | 8 | Ningbo | China | 10,503 |
| 10 | 9 | Qingdao | China | 10,280 |
| 9 | 10 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 9,743 |
| 14 | 11 | Tianjin | China | 8,700 |
| 12 | 12 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 8,581 |
| 15 | 13 | Port Kelang | Malasyia | 7,310 |
| 13 | 14 | Antwerp | Belgium | 7,310 |
| 11 | 15 | Hamburg | Germany | 7,008 |
| 16 | 16 | Los Angeles | United States | 6,749 |
| 19 | 17 | Tanjung Pelepas | Malasyia | 5,835 |
| 17 | 18 | Long Beach | United States | 5,068 |
| 22 | 19 | Xiamen | China | 4,680 |
| 18 | 20 | Bremen/Bremerhaven | Germany | 4,579 |
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 2011.