![]() ![]() While others in the top 10 have seen tremendous growth, Hong Kong actually has seen less traffic in its port over the recent years. As recently as 2004, Hong Kong was the busiest container port in the world. Officially, Hong Kong is an administrative region of China, after being transferred from British rule in 1997, though Hong Kong operates with a high degree of autonomy. The other non-Chinese ports in the top 10 are Hong Kong (5) Busan, South Korea (6), and Dubai, United Arab Emirates (9). ![]() China’s other cities in the top 10 are Shenzhen (3), Ningbo-Zhoushan (4), Qingdao (7), Guangzhou (8), and Tianjin (10). China’s largest city has been top since 2010, when it surpassed Singapore (now number two). Shanghai is number one, by over 5 million containers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, six of the top 10 ports are in China. A TEU is the equivalent of a single shipping container, the metal structures stacked on large ships and shuttled across the oceans. What does busy mean? It’s measured by thousands of “TEUs,” twenty-foot equivalent units. On the map above, you can find the 50 busiest ports in the world across 30 countries. View Busiest Container Ports in the World in a full screen map In fact, an entire industry is named after it: shipping. Yet, another type of ship continues to rule the sea. These days, cruises take those who can afford the luxury on purposefully slow-paced journeys. Then ships became the primary method of long distance transportation, and remained that way for centuries. In the days of world exploration, ships were the way to we discovered new land, new routes, and anything new. ![]()
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