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Shanghai's port handled 29.05 million TEU, whereas Singapore's was a half million TEU behind. [2] [3] Shanghai handled 43.3 million TEU in 2019. [4] Shanghai is one of only four port-cities in the world to be categorised as a large-port Megacity, due to its high volumes of port traffic and large urban population. [5]
This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. The table lists volume in thousands of TEU per year.
Top 60 container ports of 2023 The Port of Miami is the world's busiest cruise port. List of busiest container ports – by number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port List of countries by container port traffic; List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage – by weight of cargo transported through the port
The port of Shanghai is the largest port in the world in both cargo tonnage and activity. It regained its position as the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage and the world's busiest container port in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
PortMiami, the world's largest passenger port and one of its busiest container ports. As the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas," the port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk, vehicles and industrial equipment. It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States.
A massive deep-water port for container ships is being built in Chancay, about 45 miles north of Lima, and it is being financed largely by China, Peru’s largest trading partner. The port will ...
In 2020, Rotterdam was the world's tenth-largest container port in terms of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled. [5] In 2017, Rotterdam was also the world's tenth-largest cargo port in terms of annual cargo tonnage. [6] Covering 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi), the port of Rotterdam now stretches over a distance of 40 kilometres (25 mi).
The port has been one of the busiest container ports in the world for many years, and at times the busiest. It was the world's busiest container port from 1987 to 1989, from 1992 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2004.