List of busiest container ports
This is a list of the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in shipping containers) by total number of actual twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port.

List of busiest container ports

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Table Section Text: This is a list of the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in shipping containers) by total number of actual twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port.

#	Port	Country	Region	Location	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004

1	Shanghai	China China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	40,233	37,133	36,537	35,268	33,617	32,529	31,700	29,069	25,002	27,980	26,150	21,710	18,084	14,557

2	Singapore	Singapore Singapore	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	33,666	30,904	30,922	33,869	32,240	31,649	29,937	28,431	25,866	29,918	27,932	24,792	23,192	21,329

3	Shenzhen	China China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	25,208	23,979	24,204	23,798	23,280	22,940	22,570	22,510	18,250	21,414	21,099	18,469	16,197	13,615

4	Ningbo-Zhoushan	China China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	24,607	21,560	20,620	19,450	17,351	16,670	14,686	13,144	10,502	11,226	9,349	7,068	5,208	4,006

5	Hong Kong	China China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	20,770	19,813	20,073	22,374	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984

6	Busan	South Korea South Korea	East Asia	Korean Strait	20,493	19,850	19,469	18,423	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	11,954	13,425	13,270	12,039	11,843	11,430

7	Guangzhou	China China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	20,370	18,858	17,625	16,160	15,309	14,744	14,400	12,550	11,190	11,001	9,200	6,600	4,685	3,308

8	Qingdao	China China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	18,262	18,010	17,510	16,624	15,520	14,503	13,020	12,012	10,260	10,320	9,462	7,702	6,307	5,140

9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates	Western Asia	Arab Peninsula	15,368	14,772	15,592	14,750	13,641	13,270	13,000	11,600	11,124	11,827	10,653	8,923	7,619	6,429

10	Tianjin	China China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	15,040	14,490	14,090	14,050	13,010	12,300	11,500	10,080	8,700	8,500	7,103	5,950	4,801	3,814

11	Rotterdam	Netherlands Netherlands	Western Europe	North Sea	13,734	12,385	12,235	12,453	11,621	11,866	11,877	11,146	9,743	10,784	10,791	9,655	9,287	8,281

12	Port Klang	Malaysia Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	11,978	13,170	11,887	10,736	10,350	10,000	9,604	8,870	7,309	7,970	7,120	6,326	5,544	5,244

13	Antwerp	Belgium Belgium	Western Europe	North Sea	10,451	10,037	9,654	9,136	8,578	8,635	8,664	8,468	7,309	8,663	8,176	7,019	6,482	6,064

14	Xiamen	China China	East Asia	Taiwan Strait	10,380	9,614	9,183	8,572	8,010	7,202	6,461	5,820	4,680	5,035	4,627	4,019	3,342	2,872

15	Kaohsiung	Taiwan Taiwan	East Asia	Taiwan Strait	10,271	10,465	10,264	10,593	9,938	9,781	9,636	8,872	8,581	9,677	10,257	9,775	9,471	9,714

16	Dalian	China China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	9,707	9,614	9,450	10,128	10,860	8,060	6,400	5,242	4,552	4,503	4,574	3,212	2,665	2,211

17	Los Angeles	United States United States	North America	West Coast	9,343	8,857	8,160	8,340	7,869	8,078	7,941	7,832	6,748	7,850	8,355	8,470	7,485	7,321

18	Hamburg	Germany Germany	Western Europe	Elbe River	8,860	8,910	8,821	9,729	9,302	8,864	9,022	7,900	7,007	9,737	9,890	8,862	8,088	7,003

19	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	8,261	8,281	9,120	8,500	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770	4,177	4,020

20	Laem Chabang	Thailand Thailand	Southeast Asia	Gulf of Thailand	7,670	7,227	6,780	6,518	6,032	5,830	5,731	5,068	4,538	5,134	4,642	4,123	3,834	3,529

21	Long Beach	United States United States	North America	West Coast	7,670	6,775	7,192	6,821	6,731	6,046	6,061	6,263	5,067	6,350	7,316	7,289	6,710	5,780

22	New York	United States United States	North America	East Coast	6,711	6,252	6,372	5,772	5,467	5,530	5,503	5,292	4,561	5,265	5,299	5,093	4,785	4,478

23	Yingkou	China China	East Asia	Liaodong Bay	6,278	6,086	5,922

24	Colombo	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	South Asia	Sri Lanka	6,209	5,735	5,185

25	Saigon	Vietnam Vietnam	Southeast Asia	East Vietnam Sea	6,156	5,987	5,788	6,334	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,563	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868

26	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Java Sea	6,090	5,515	5,201	5,034	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,800	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170

27	Bremerhaven	Germany Germany	Western Europe	North Sea	5,510	5,535	5,479	5,796	5,831	6,115	5,915	4,871	4,578	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469

28	Mumbai	India India	South Asia	Arabian Sea	4,833	4,432

29	Valencia	Spain Spain	Southern Europe	Western Mediterranean	4,832	4,722	4,616	4,442	4,328	4,470	4,327	4,207	3,653	3,593	3,043	2,612	2,410	2,145

30	Manila	Philippines Philippines	Southeast Asia	Manila Bay	4,782	4,523	3,976	3,673	3,770	3,705	3,250	3,257	2,815	2,977	2,800	2,638	2,625	2,698

31	Taicang	China China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	4,514	4,081	3,760

32	Lianyungang	China China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	4,711	4,703	4,703

33	Tokyo	Japan Japan	East Asia	Tokyo Bay	4,500	4,700	4,629	4,917	4,861	4,752	4,640	4,286	3,810	4,271	3,818	3,969	3,593	3,358

34	Algeciras	Spain Spain	Southern Europe	Western Mediterranean	4,340	4,761	4,516	4,457	4,501	4,114	3,603	2,810	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937

35	Mundra	India India	South Asia	Gulf of Kutch	4,240	3,320	2,895

36	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	Western Asia	Arab Peninsula	4,150	3,957	4,188	4,200	4,561	4,738	4,010	3,830	3,091	3,326	3,068	2,964	2,836	2,426

37	Piraeus	Greece Greece	Southern Europe	Eastern Mediterranean	4,145	3,737	3,330	3,164	2,745	1,680	1,198	665	434	1,373	N/A	N/A	N/A

38	Savannah	United States United States	North America	East Coast	4,046	3,645	3,737	3,346	3,034	2,966	2,945	2,825	2,356	2,616	2,604	2,160	1,902	1,662

39	Salalah	Oman Oman	Western Asia	Arabian Sea	3,946	3,325	2,569

40	Dongguan	China China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	3,910	3,640	3,363

41	Colón	Panama Panama	Central America	Caribbean coast	3,891	3,258	3,577	3,356	2,060	1,900	1,600	2,802	1,856	2,262	N/A	1,947	2,150

42	Santos	Brazil	South America	South Atlantic Ocean	3,854	3,394	3,645	3,685	3,446	3,172	2,985	2,716	2,252	2,675	2,533	2,208	2,240	1,883

43	Felixstowe	United Kingdom United Kingdom	Northern Europe	North Sea	3,850	4,000	3,980	3,680	3,740	3,700	3,519	3,400	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,000	2,700	2,717

44	Seattle/Tacoma	United States United States	North America	West Coast	3,665	3,616	3,154	3,456	3,461	3,510	3,590

45	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Madura Strait	3,553	3,355	3,154

46	Tanger-Med	Morocco Morocco	Africa	North Africa	3,312

47	Vancouver	Canada Canada	North America	West Coast	3,252

48	Rizhao	China China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	3,010	2,810

49	Nanjing	China China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	3,170,	3,084	2,940

50	Marsaxlokk	Malta Malta	Southern Europe	Eastern Mediterranean	3,150	3,084	3,064

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Felixstowe was one of the busiest container ports in the world and Europe.

final_sentence: Felixstowe was one of the busiest container ports in the world and Europe.