Figure 12 Top 20 World Container Ports: 2000 and 2008
Figure 12
Top 20 World Container Ports: 2000 and 2008
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(Thousands of loaded and unloaded TEUs)
| Rank
in 2000 |
Rank in 2008 | Port name | Country | 2000 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Singapore | Singapore | 17,040 | 29,918 |
| 6 | 2 | Shanghai | China | 5,613 | 27,980 |
| 1 | 3 | Hong Kong | China | 18,098 | 24,248 |
| 11 | 4 | Shenzhen | China | 3,994 | 21,414 |
| 3 | 5 | Busan | South Korea | 7,540 | 13,425 |
| 13 | 6 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 3,059 | 11,828 |
| 65 | 7 | Ningbo | China | 902 | 11,226 |
| 38 | 8 | Guangzhou | China | 1,430 | 11,001 |
| 5 | 9 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 6,280 | 10,800 |
| 24 | 10 | Quingdao | China | 2,120 | 10,320 |
| 9 | 11 | Hamburg | Germany | 4,248 | 9,700 |
| 4 | 12 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 7,426 | 9,677 |
| 10 | 13 | Antwerp | Belgium | 4,082 | 8,664 |
| 32 | 14 | Tianjin | China | 1,708 | 8,500 |
| 12 | 15 | Port Klang | Malaysia | 3,207 | 7,970 |
| 7 | 16 | Los Angeles | United States | 4,879 | 7,850 |
| 8 | 17 | Long Beach | United States | 4,601 | 6,488 |
| 113 | 18 | Tanjung Pelepas | Malaysia | 418 | 5,600 |
| 17 | 19 | Bremen/Bremerhaven | Germany | 2,712 | 5,501 |
| 14 | 20 | New York/New Jersey | United States | 3,050 | 5,265 |
KEY: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU, and one 40-foot container equals two TEUs.
SOURCES: 2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 2008: Containerization International Online, www.ci-online.co.uk, as of March 17, 2009.