Figure 18
Top 20 World Container Ports: 2000 and 2009
Figure 18
Top 20 World Container Ports: 2000 and 2009
(Thousands of loaded and unloaded TEUs)
Excel | CSV | Graphic Version
| Rank in 2000 |
Rank in 2009 | Port name | Country | 2000 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Singapore | Singapore | 17,040 | 25,866 |
| 6 | 2 | Shanghai | China | 5,613 | 25,002 |
| 1 | 3 | Hong Kong | China | 18,098 | 20,983 |
| 11 | 4 | Shenzhen | China | 3,994 | 18,250 |
| 3 | 5 | Busan | South Korea | 7,540 | 11,955 |
| 38 | 6 | Guangzhou | China | 1,430 | 11,190 |
| 13 | 7 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 3,059 | 11,124 |
| 65 | 8 | Ningbo | China | 902 | 10,503 |
| 24 | 9 | Qingdao | China | 2,120 | 10,260 |
| 5 | 10 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 6,280 | 9,743 |
| 32 | 11 | Tianjin | China | 1,708 | 8,700 |
| 4 | 12 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 7,426 | 8,581 |
| 12 | 13 | Port Klang | Malaysia | 3,207 | 7,310 |
| 10 | 14 | Antwerp | Belgium | 4,082 | 7,310 |
| 9 | 15 | Hamburg | Germany | 4,248 | 7,010 |
| 7 | 16 | Los Angeles | United States | 4,879 | 6,749 |
| 113 | 17 | Tanjung Pelepas | Malaysia | 418 | 6,000 |
| 8 | 18 | Long Beach | United States | 4,601 | 5,068 |
| 49 | 19 | Xiamen | China | 1,085 | 4,680 |
| 25 | 20 | Laem Chabang | Thailand | 2,105 | 4,622 |
KEY: TEUs = twenty-foot equivalent units. One 20-foot container equals one TEU, and one 40-foot container equals two TEUs.
NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis are the 2009 port rankings.
SOURCES: 2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from various sources. 2009: Maritime Administration, special tabulations and Containerisation International Online, www.ci-online.co.uk, as of Sept. 17, 2010.