10 Busiest Ports in the World

Ports are crucial infrastructure for international trade. They are the main gateway for the loading and unloading of export and import goods.

According to investmentmonitor.ai, the Port of Shanghai in China ranked as the world's busiest port in 2020. Container traffic at this port reached 43.5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units).

The Port of Shanghai was also the world's busiest port with a container volume capacity of 43.3 million TEUs.

Singapore's port ranked second busiest with traffic of 36.6 million TEUs, followed by Ningbo-Zhoushan and Shenzhen ports with container traffic of 28.72 million TEUs and 26.55 million TEUs respectively.

Below is a list of the 10 busiest ports in the world in 2020:

1. Shanghai (China) - 43.5 million TEUs
2. Singapore - 36.6 million TEUs
3. Ningbo-Zhoushan (China) - 28.72 million TEUs
4. Shenzhen (China) - 26.55 million TEUs
5. Guangzhou (China) - 23.19 million TEUs
6. Qingdao (China) - 22 million TEUs
7. Busan (South Korea) - 21.59 million TEUs
8. Hong Kong - 20.07 million TEUs
9. Tianjin (China) - 18.35 million TEUs
10. Rotterdam (Netherlands) - 14.35 million TEUs

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