Taiwan's Kaohsiung Harbour maintained its 6th ranking among world container ports in 2006 while the Shanghai Port is moving closer to the top place, the Kaohsiung Harbour said in a report on Wednesday.
According to the report, the rankings of the top ten container ports remained unchanged in 2006, with Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai being the top three, and Kaohsiung Harbour rating sixth.
But Shanghai Port is moving closer to the top place because in the first quarter of 2007, Shanghai Port has surpassed Hong Kong in container volume.
The world's top 30 container ports registered steady growth in 2006, with China's Guangzhou Port showing the biggest growth, 40.9 per cent, according to the report based on the Containerization International monthly and the online shipping information provider Liner Intelligence.
Five Chinese ports - Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian, Xiamen - reported growth of more than 20 per cent, the report said.
Shanghai Port is expected to replace Hong Kong as the world's second-busiest container port in 2007 because its first quarter container volume surged 28 per cent to 5.88 million 20-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), while Hong Kong's volume was only 5.5 million TUEs.
Kaohsiung Harbour used to be the world's third-busiest container port, but its ranking has been falling due to Taiwan's ban on direct sea links with China and the economic boom in neighboring countries, especially China.
Kaohsiung Harbour's world ranking dropped to the fourth place in 2000, fifth place in 2005 and sixth place in 2006.
According to the London-base Containerization International magazine, the world'stop-10 container ports in 2006 were:
1) Singapore (24.79 million TEUs, up 6.96 per cent year-on-year) 2) Hong Kong (23.54 million TEUs, up 3.6 per cent) 3) Shanghai (21 71 million TEUs, up 20.1 per cent) 4) Shenzhen (18.47 million TEUs, up 14 per cent) 5) Busan (12.04 million TEUs, up 1.6 per cent) 6) Kaohsiung (9.77 million TEUs, up 3.2 per cent) 7) Rotterdam (9.6 million TEUs, up 3.2 per cent) 8) Dubai (8.9 million TEUs, up 17.1 per cent) 9) Hamburg (8.8 million TEUs, up 9.6 per cent) 10) Los Angeles (8.4 million TEUs, up 13.2 per cent)
According to the report, the rankings of the top ten container ports remained unchanged in 2006, with Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai being the top three, and Kaohsiung Harbour rating sixth.
But Shanghai Port is moving closer to the top place because in the first quarter of 2007, Shanghai Port has surpassed Hong Kong in container volume.
The world's top 30 container ports registered steady growth in 2006, with China's Guangzhou Port showing the biggest growth, 40.9 per cent, according to the report based on the Containerization International monthly and the online shipping information provider Liner Intelligence.
Five Chinese ports - Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian, Xiamen - reported growth of more than 20 per cent, the report said.
Shanghai Port is expected to replace Hong Kong as the world's second-busiest container port in 2007 because its first quarter container volume surged 28 per cent to 5.88 million 20-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), while Hong Kong's volume was only 5.5 million TUEs.
Kaohsiung Harbour used to be the world's third-busiest container port, but its ranking has been falling due to Taiwan's ban on direct sea links with China and the economic boom in neighboring countries, especially China.
Kaohsiung Harbour's world ranking dropped to the fourth place in 2000, fifth place in 2005 and sixth place in 2006.
According to the London-base Containerization International magazine, the world'stop-10 container ports in 2006 were:
1) Singapore (24.79 million TEUs, up 6.96 per cent year-on-year) 2) Hong Kong (23.54 million TEUs, up 3.6 per cent) 3) Shanghai (21 71 million TEUs, up 20.1 per cent) 4) Shenzhen (18.47 million TEUs, up 14 per cent) 5) Busan (12.04 million TEUs, up 1.6 per cent) 6) Kaohsiung (9.77 million TEUs, up 3.2 per cent) 7) Rotterdam (9.6 million TEUs, up 3.2 per cent) 8) Dubai (8.9 million TEUs, up 17.1 per cent) 9) Hamburg (8.8 million TEUs, up 9.6 per cent) 10) Los Angeles (8.4 million TEUs, up 13.2 per cent)