Largest containerports of the world

rank port city country containers (TEU)
2007 2008
1. Singapore Singapore 27,935,500 29,918,000
2. Shanghai China 26,152,400 28,010,000
3. Hong Kong China 23,881,000 24,494,000
4. Shenzhen China 21,099,000 21,420,000
5. Busan South Korea 13,260,000 13,425,000
6. Dubai UAE 10,635,000 11,827,000
7. Guangzhou China 9,200,000 11,200,000
8. Ningbo-Zhoushan China 9,350,000 10,846,000
9. Rotterdam Netherlands 10,790,829 10,783,825
10. Qingdao China 9,462,000 10,020,000
11. Hamburg Germany 9,890,000 9,737,000
12. Kaohsiung Taiwan 10,257,000 9,677,000
13. Antwerp Belgium 8,176,000 8,663,000
14. Tianjin China 7,103,000 8,500,000
15. Port Klang Malaysia 7,118,000 7,970,000
16. Los Angeles USA 8,355,039 7,849,985
17. Long Beach USA 7,312,465 6,350,125
18. Tanjung Pelepas Malaysia 5,500,000 5,600,000
19. Bremen Germany 4,912,000 5,529,000
20. New York/New Jersey USA 5,299,105 5,265,053
source: various.
note: units are in TEU's (Twenty Feet-Equivalent-Units).