The worlds 10 biggest ports - Ship Technologyfile:/C|/Users/lei/Desktop/The%20worlds%2010%20biggest%20ports%20-%20Ship%20Technology.htm2013/11/16 19:13:22Ship Technology Market & Customer Insight Log In Request Demo About Market & Customer InsightJump to page content Accessibility News, views and contacts from the global Ship industryHome Products & Services Company A - Z Projects Features Videos White Papers News Events Advertise With UsLatest Features | Features A - Z | ContributorsThe worlds 10 biggest ports14 October 2013Seven of the 10 biggest ports in the world by cargo volume are in China. The remaining three are in Singapore,the Netherlands and South Korea. Ship-technology.com profiles the worlds ten biggest ports based on 2012 cargo volume.Port of ShanghaiThe Port of Shanghai is the biggest port in the world based on cargo throughput. The Chinese port handled 744 million tonnes of cargo in 2012, including 32.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers.The port is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River covering an area of 3,619km. Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) owns the port facility. Wusongkou, Waigaoqiao and Yangshan are the three main container port areas.The port comprises of 125 berths with a total quay length of about 20km. It serves more than 2,000 container ships on a monthly basis and accounts for a quarter of Chinas total foreign trade.Port of SingaporeThe Port of Singapore, which handled 537.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2012, is the second biggest port in the world. The ports container throughput crossed the 30 million TEUs mark for the first time in 2012.The port terminals are located at Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, Brani, Pasir Panjang, Sembawang and Jurong. The terminals are managed by PSA Singapore and Jurong Port.Enter KeywordSearchThe worlds 10 biggest ports - Ship Technologyfile:/C|/Users/lei/Desktop/The%20worlds%2010%20biggest%20ports%20-%20Ship%20Technology.htm2013/11/16 19:13:22The port receives an average of 140,000 vessels on an annual basis and connects to 600 ports globally. It is equipped with 204 quay cranes and a number of gantry cranes.A major terminal expansion project is currently underway at the Port of Singapore, which, when fully commissioned in 2020, will add 15 more berths.Port of TianjinThe third biggest port in the world is the Port of Tianjin (formerly Tanggu), which in 2012 witnessed remarkable increase of cargo and container throughputs by 5.3% and 6.2% respectively. It handled 476 million tonnes of cargo and 12.3 million TEUs of containers in 2012.Located in the mouth of Haihe River in northern China, the port covers an area of 336km of water and 131km of land. It connects to more than 500 ports and serves 189 countries. Tianjin Port Group Companies is the operator.The port features 159 berths and is made up of the northern port, southern harbour, Dongjiang Port, an economic zone in the southern region, the south-east region and other auxiliary harbours.Port of GuangzhouThe Port of Guangzhou handled more than 460 million tonnes of cargo in 2012, making it the fourth biggest port in the world based on cargo traffic. The port is located in the middle of the Pearl River Delta.It is operated by Guangzhou Port Authority and handled the first 100 million tonnes of cargo in 1999. The cargo traffic has increased significantly since then.The port comprises four main areas including Downtown Port, Huangpu Port, Xinsha Port and Nansha Port Area. It is currently the largest loading and discharging port for coal in China.Port of NingboPort of Ningbo, which handled more than 453 million tonnes of cargo in 2012, is the fifth biggest port in the world. The ports TEU capacity also reached 15.6 million tonnes in the same year.The port is located in the coastal province of Zhejiang and is comprised of Beilun Port Area, Zhenhai Port Area, Ningbo Port Area, Daxie Port Area and Chuanshan Port Area. Ningbo Port Group is the operator of the port.Comprising of 309 berths, the port connects to more than 600 ports in more than 100 countries. It was recently been merged with the Port of Zhoushan. The combined TEU capacity of the two ports reached 16.83 million tonnes in 2012.Port of RotterdamThe Port of Rotterdam is currently the biggest port in Europe and the sixth biggest in the world by annual cargo throughput. The port handled 441.5 million tonnes of cargo in 2012.The port, including an industrial complex within its vicinity, stretches across a length of about 42km, covering an area of approximately 12,426ha. It is managed and operated by the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoRA).It is the only port in north-western Europe that offers unrestricted access to ships with the deepest draughts. A major port expansion project, dubbed as Maasvlakte 2, was launched in 2008. The first phase of the expansion was opened in May 2013 and will eventually double the ports container transfer capacity.Port of SuzhouPort of Suzhou, which achieved a cargo thro