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8/7/2019 Top 10 Busiest Ports http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/top-10-busiest-ports 1/7 1. Top ten the world's busiest ports ,nine of them are located in Asia The World's Busiest Ports - Forbes.com In Pictures: The World's Busiest Ports - - Forbes.com The World's Busiest Ports Global consumer demand dictates the flow of container shipping, so if you want to know where trade is heaviest, follow the container. Six of the world's 10 busiest ports are in China--measured in terms of cargo shipped in standard containers, or TEUs (20-foot equivalent units)--according to data provided by ci-online. Just two ports rival the amount of traffic flowing through Asia's busiest coastal cities--and neither are in the U.S. 1. Singapore The world's busiest port handled more than 25.8 million TEUs last year. Although the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore reported a 10% jump in March from a year earlier, the 2.4 million containers shipped that month is still below the port's highest monthly record of 2.7 million TEUs reached in July 2008. The port's main operator, PSA International, is state-owned and runs five of the port's six terminals. 2.
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1. Top ten the world's busiest ports ,nine of them are located in Asia
The World's Busiest Ports - Forbes.comIn Pictures: The World's Busiest Ports - - Forbes.comThe World's Busiest Ports
Global consumer demand dictates the flow of container shipping, so if you want to know where tradeis heaviest, follow the container. Six of the world's 10 busiest ports are in China--measured in termsof cargo shipped in standard containers, or TEUs (20-foot equivalent units)--according to dataprovided by ci-online. Just two ports rival the amount of traffic flowing through Asia's busiest coastalcities--and neither are in the U.S.
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SingaporeThe world's busiest port handled more than 25.8 million TEUs last year. Although the Maritime andPort Authority of Singapore reported a 10% jump in March from a year earlier, the 2.4 millioncontainers shipped that month is still below the port's highest monthly record of 2.7 million TEUsreached in July 2008. The port's main operator, PSA International, is state-owned and runs five of the port's six terminals.
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Shanghai, ChinaChina became the world's biggest exporter after surpassing Germany last year, and Shanghai wasits busiest port with just over 25 million TEUs passing through its facilities. The country's biggest portoperator, Shanghai International Port Group, posted a profit of 1 billion yuan ($149 million) in the firstquarter after its container throughput rose 15.5%.
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Hong Kong, ChinaControlled by the billionaire Li Ka-shing, Hutchison Port Holdings is the world's largest container portoperator with terminals in six of the nine busiest ports around the world. In Hong Kong, it operates12 berths through its subsidiary and another two through a joint venture with COSCO. Last year
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Hong Kong handled almost 21 million containers.
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Shenzhen, ChinaThe second-busiest port on the mainland has been expanding its market share in southern China atthe expense of Hong Kong due to its proximity to the factories along the Pearl River Delta. ChinaMerchants Holdings is the largest container port operator in Shenzhen, which processed over 18million containers in 2009.
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Busan, South Korea
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South Korea's busiest port handled almost 12 million containers last year. Hanjin Shipping, thecountry's largest container line, expects to return to profitability this year. The company's CEO, KimYoung Min, is the current chairman of the 12-member Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, ashipping cartel that seeks to raise rates through cooperation rather than competition.
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Guangzhou, ChinaThe third port from a southern Chinese city in the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou saw just over 11.1million TEUs pass through its facilities last year. The largest operator is the state-owned GuangzhouPort Group.
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Dubai, UAEDP World, the world¶s fourth-biggest container-terminal operator, is controlled by Dubai World, thestate-owned holding company that recently had to restructure $23.5 billion of debt. DP World isseeking to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange. Last year 11.1 million containers passed
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through Dubai's port.
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Ningbo, ChinaMore than 10.5 million containers were handled by Ningbo Port, which competes with its much larger and nearby rival Shanghai International Port. Ningbo Port announced in December that it plans toraise about 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) through a Shanghai listing in the first half of 2010.
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Qingdao, ChinaDry-bulk carriers lining up at ports like Qingdao and Newcastle in Australia reflect the growing
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demand for raw materials. Last year Qingdao's container terminals processed 10.2 million TEUs.
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Rotterdam, NetherlandsEurope's largest port reported that container throughput rose 16% to 2.6 million TEUs during the firstquarter due largely to Asian trade. Almost 10 million containers passed through Rotterdam in 2009.The port reported that shipping traffic had increased sharply last quarter, particularly iron ore andscrap, other dry bulk and mineral oil products.
