worlds busiest container ports

Container Traffic (in thousands TEU):

Rank	Port	Country	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
1	Singapore	Singapore	25,866	29,918	27,932	24,792	23,192	21,329
2	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	25,002	27,980	26,150	21,710	18,084	14,557
3	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984
4	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	18,250	21,414	21,099	18,469	16,197	13,615
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	Laem Chabang	Thailand	4,621	5,134	4,642	4,123	3,834	3,529
21	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	4,564	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469
22	New York	United States of America	4,561	5,265	5,299	5,093	4,785	4,478
23	Dalian	People's Republic of China	4,552	4,503	4,574	3,212	2,665	2,211
24	Jawaharlal Nehru (Mumbai)	India	4,061	3,953	4,060	3,298	2,667	2,361
-	Jakarta	Indonesia	N/A	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170
25	Tokyo	Japan	3,744	4,271	3,818	3,969	3,593	3,358
26	Valencia	Spain	3,653	3,593	3,043	2,612	2,410	2,145
27	Salalah	Oman	3,490	3,068	2,600	2,390	2,492	2,229
28	Port Said	Egypt	3,470	3,202	2,127	2,127	1,522	869
29	Colombo	Sri Lanka	3,464	3,687	3,380	3,079	2,455	2,221
30	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,000	2,700	2,717
-	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	Vietnam	N/A	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868
31	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	3,091	3,326	3,068	2,964	2,836	2,426
32	Algeciras	Spain	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937
-	Manila	Philippines	N/A	2,977	2,800	2,638	2,625	2,698
33	Gioia Tauro	Italy	2,800	3,468	3,445	2,900	3,161	3,261
34	Yokohama	Japan	2,798	3,490	3,400	3,200	2,873	2,718
35	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	2,750	2,112	1,850	1,730	1,929	1,819
36	Durban	RSA	2,395	2,560	2,511	2,334	1,955	1,717
37	Savannah	United States of America	2,356	2,616	2,604	2,160	1,902	1,662
38	Zeebrugge	Belgium	2,328	2,209	2,020	1,653	1,407
39	Malta Freeport (Marsaxlokk Harbour)	Malta	2,260	2,300	1,887	1,458	1,321
40	Santos	Brazil	2,252	2,675	2,533	2,208	2,240	1,883
41	Kobe	Japan	2,247	2,432	2,432	2,413	2,250	2,177
42	Le Havre	France	2,200	2,500	2,656	2,138	2,118	2,145
43	Nagoya	Japan	2,112	2,817	2,890	2,740	2,470	2,304
44	Vancouver	Canada	2,152	2,492	2,307	2,208	1,767	1,665
45	Oakland	United States of America	2,051	2,236	2,388	2,390	2,271	2,043
46	Melbourne	Australia	2,044	2,323	2,139	1,925	1,910	1,721
47	Balboa	Panama	2,011	2,167	988	663
48	Colon	Panama	1,856 [7]	2,262	N/A	1,947	2,150
49	Ambarli (Istanbul)	Turkey	1,835	2,262
50	Osaka	Japan	1,834	2,242	1,970	1,906	2,117	2,009