Table 4.

Rank
(2007)

Port positin (a)

World Port Traffic - Port traffic league by TEU of

total containers handled - 2004-2008
Country

3
Singapore
China PR of
China PR of
China PR of
Korea,Rep. of
UAE
China, PR of
China PR of
Netherland
China PR of
Germany
Taiwan
Belgium
China PR of
Malaysia
US
US

(In 000 TEUs)

Avg. yearly
growth
2003-2007

Period

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Year on
year
growth
2007

4
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY

5
29918
27981
24494
21416
13446
11827
11220
11000
10784
10320
9737
9677
8663
8500
7974
7850
6488

6
27936
26150
23999
21099
13255
10650
9430
9259
10791
9462
9917
10257
8176
7103
7119
8355
7312

7
24792
19631
23539
18253
12039
8923
7037
6477
9690
7685
8882
9775
7019
5949
6326
8470
7290

8
23192
16879
22602
15898
11837
7619
5181
4603
9228
6307
8095
9471
6482
4802
5544
7485
6710

9
21329
14018
21984
13655
11415
6429
4006
3308
8271
5139
7011
9714
6064
3815
5244
7273
5780

10
7.1
7.0
2.1
1.5
1.4
11.1
19.0
18.8
-0.1
9.1
-1.8
-5.7
6.0
19.7
12.0
-6.0
-11.3

11
8.8
18.9
2.7
11.9
4.2
16.5
29.4
35.0
6.9
19.0
8.6
-0.1
9.3
22.2
11.0
1.9
2.9

1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

2
Singapore
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Shenzhen
Busan
Dubai Ports
Ningbo
Guangzhou
Rotterdam
Qingdao
Hamburg
Kaohsiung
Antwerp
Tianjin
Port Kelang
Los Angels
Long Beach

18

Bremen Ports

Germany

CY

5488

4892

4444

3744

3469

12.2

12.2

19
20

Tanjung Pelepas
New York/New Jersey

Malaysia
US

CY
CY

5466
5265

5298
5299

4637
5093

4045
4785

3836
4478

3.2
-0.6

9.3
4.1

21

Laem Chabang

Thailand

FY

5128

4641

3964

3766

3530

10.5

9.8

22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38

Xiamen
Dalian
Tanjung Priok
Nhava Sheva
Tokyo
Colombo
Valencia
Yokohama
Gioia Tauro
Jeddah
Algeciras-La Linea
Felixstowe
Mina Raysuf
Manila
Nagoya
Saigon New Port
Santos

China PR of
China, PR of
Indonesia
India
Japan
Sri Lanka
Spain
Japan
Italy
Saudi Arabia
Spain
United Kingdom
Oman
Philippines
Japan
Viet Nam
Brazil

CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY

5035
4399
3984
3953
3727
3690
3602
3481
3481
3326
3324
3251
3068
2997
2817
2728
2675

4627
3813
3690
4060
3721
3382
3043
3428
3445
3068
3421
3342
2639
2943
2896
1850
2533

4013
3212
3420
3298
3696
3079
2612
3200
2938
2908
3257
3034
2390
2719
2752
1470
2446

3343
2651
3282
2670
3598
2455
2398
2873
3209
2835
3180
2756
2492
2660
2491
1084
2268

2868
2212
3248
2371
3358
2221
2145
2718
3170
2426
2936
2716
2229
2699
2304
880
1883

8.8
15.4
8.0
-2.6
0.2
9.1
18.4
1.5
1.0
8.4
-2.8
-2.7
16.3
1.8
-2.7
47.5
5.6

15.1
18.8
5.2
13.6
2.6
13.5
13.8
6.4
2.4
8.2
3.2
4.6
8.3
2.7
5.2
32.7
9.2

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Durban
South Africa
FY
2642
2479
2199
1899
1691
40
Savannah
US
CY
2616
2604
2160
1901
1663
41
Barcelona
Spain
CY
2570
2610
2318
2071
1916
42
Kobe
Japan
CY
1985
1885
1851
2557
2019
43
Vancouver
Canada
CY
2492
2307
2208
1767
1665
44
Le Havre
France
CY
2450
2638
2138
2119
2132
45
Melbourne
Australia
CY
2323
2257
2093
1930
1910
46
Marsaxiokk
Malta
CY
2300
1901
1485
1309
1461
47
Oakland
US
CY
2234
2388
2392
2274
2048
48
Zeebrugge
Belgium
CY
1653
1408
1197
2210
2021
49
Balboa
Panama
CY
989
664
465
2168
1834
50
East Port Said Port
Egypt
CY
2121
1713
1648
699

(a) Ranking is based on latest available figures; ISL Port Data Base comprising more than400 ports.
FY - Fiscal Year
CY -Calendar Year
Source: Shipping Statistics Year Book 2009 published by Institute of Shipping Economics And Logistics(ISL)

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6.6
0.5
-1.5
26.6
8.0
-7.1
2.9
21.0
-6.4
9.4
18.2
23.8

11.8
12.0
7.6
8.4
10.6
3.5
5.0
12.0
2.2
16.6
46.9