Note: "TEU" stands for "Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit," i.e. a 20-foot (6.1 m) long shipping container. Thus a 40-foot (12.2 m) container is 2 TEU.
Container Traffic (in thousands TEU) :
Rank Port Country 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
1 Singapore Singapore 25,866 24,645 20,645 18,546 19,835 18,745
2 Shanghai People's Republic of China 25,002 25,840 22,542 21,532 19,994 18,764
3 Hong Kong People's Republic of China 20,983 18,974 17,865 18,827 19,973 15,863
4 Shenzhen People's Republic of China 18,250 16,862 15,876 18,461 19,642 18,006
5 Busan South Korea 11,954 13,425 13,270 12,039 11,843 11,430
6 Guangzhou People's Republic of China 11,190 11,001 9,200 6,600 4,685 3,308
7 Dubai United Arab Emirates 11,124 11,827 10,653 8,923 7,619 6,429
8 Ningbo People's Republic of China 10,502 11,226 9,349 7,068 5,208 4,006
9 Qingdao People's Republic of China 10,260 10,320 9,462 7,702 6,307 5,140
10 Rotterdam Netherlands 9,743 10,784 10,791 9,655 9,287 8,281
11 Tianjin People's Republic of China 8,700 8,500 7,103 5,950 4,801 3,814
12 Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) 8,581 9,677 10,257 9,775 9,471 9,714
13 Port Klang Malaysia 7,309 7,970 7,120 6,326 5,544 5,244
14 Antwerp Belgium 7,309 8,663 8,176 7,019 6,482 6,064
15 Hamburg Germany 7,007 9,737 9,890 8,862 8,088 7,003
16 Los Angeles United States of America 6,748 7,850 8,355 8,470 7,485 7,321
17 Tanjung Pelepas Malaysia 6,000 5,600 5,500 4,770 4,177 4,020
18 Long Beach United States of America 5,067 6,350 7,316 7,289 6,710 5,780
19 Xiamen People's Republic of China 4,680 5,035 4,627 4,019 3,342 2,872
20 Bremen/Bremerhaven Germany 4,578 5,529 4,912 4,450 3,736 3,469
21 New York/New Jersey United States of America 4,561 5,265 5,299 5,093 4,785 4,478
22 Dalian People's Republic of China 4,552 4,503 4,574 3,212 2,665 2,211
23 Laem Chabang Thailand 4,538 5,134 4,642 4,123 3,834 3,529
24 Jawaharlal Nehru (Mumbai) India 4,061 3,953 4,060 3,298 2,667 2,361
25 Tokyo Japan 3,810 4,271 3,818 3,969 3,593 3,358
26 Jakarta Indonesia 3,800 3,984 3,900 3,280 3,282 3,170
27 Valencia Spain 3,653 3,593 3,043 2,612 2,410 2,145
28 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam 3,563 3,100 2,532 2,532 2,122 1,868
29 Salalah Oman 3,490 3,068 2,600 2,390 2,492 2,229
30 Colombo Sri Lanka 3,464 3,687 3,380 3,079 2,455 2,221
31 Port Said Egypt 3,300 3,202 2,127 2,127 1,522 869
32 Felixstowe United Kingdom 3,100 3,200 3,300 3,000 2,700 2,717
33 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3,091 3,326 3,068 2,964 2,836 2,426
34 Algeciras Spain 3,042 3,324 3,152 3,257 3,180 2,937
35 Lianyungang People's Republic of China 3,021 3,001 2,001 1,302 1,005 N/A
36 Gioia Tauro Italy 2,857 3,468 3,445 2,900 3,161 3,261
37 Manila Philippines 2,815 2,977 2,800 2,638 2,625 2,698
38 Khor Fakkan United Arab Emirates 2,750 2,112 1,850 1,730 1,929 1,819
39 Yokohama Japan 2,555 3,490 3,400 3,200 2,873 2,718
40 Yingkou People's Republic of China 2,537 2,030 1,371 838 634 N/A
40 Durban RSA 2,395 2,560 2,511 2,334 1,955 1,717
41 Savannah United States of America 2,356 2,616 2,604 2,160 1,902 1,662
42 Zeebrugge Belgium 2,328 2,209 2,020 1,653 1,407 N/A
43 Marsaxlokk Malta 2,260 2,300 1,887 1,458 1,321 N/A
44 Santos Brazil 2,252 2,675 2,533 2,208 2,240 1,883
45 Kobe Japan 2,247 2,432 2,432 2,413 2,250 2,177
46 Le Havre France 2,240 2,500 2,656 2,138 2,118 2,145
47 Melbourne Australia 2,237 2,323 2,139 1,925 1,910 1,721
48 Bandar-Abbas Iran 2,206 2,000 1,723 1,408 1,293 N/A
49 Vancouver Canada 2,152 2,492 2,307 2,208 1,767 1,665
50 Nagoya Japan 2,113 2,817 2,890 2,740 2,470 2,304
