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T o p 1 0 G l o b a l P o r t s

( h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / a u t h o r s / / ) - T o p 1 0 ( h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / t o p 1 0 ) - O c t 1 7 , 2 0 1 4

T h e p r e s t i g i o u s t i t l e o f b e i n g t h e w o r l d ’ s b i g g e s t o r b u s i e s t s e a p o r t h a s a l w a y s b e e n c o n t e s t e d b e t w e e n n u m e r o u s

p o r t s o v e r t h e y e a r s d u e t h e c u m b e r s o m e t a s k o f w o r k i n g o u t h o w a p o r t i s b i g g e r o r m o r e ‘ b u s y ’

t h a n a n o t h e r .

1 0 P o r t o f F e l i x s t o w e , E n g l a n d

I t m a y c o m e a s a s l i g h t s u r p r i s e t o s e e F e l i x s t o w e o n t h e l i s t , b u t i t i s t h e U K ’

s l a r g e s t c o n t a i n e r p o r t a n d d e a l s w i t h

n e a r l y h a l f o f B r i t a i n ’

s c o n t a i n e r i s e d t r a d e . W o r k h a s a l s o s t a r t e d o n e x p a n d i n g b e r t h 9 s o F e l i x s t o w e c o u l d m o v e u p

f u t u r e l i s t s .

9 P o r t o f M o m b a s a , K e n y a

T h i s s e a p o r t s e r v e s a s a g a t e w a y t o e a s t e r n A f r i c a n c o u n t r i e s s u c h a s U g a n d a , R w a n d a , B u r u n d i , D R C , a n d

S o u t h e r n S u d a n . P o r t o f M o m b a s a e n c o m p a s s e s K i l i n d i n i H a r b o u r a n d P o r t R e i t z o n t h e e a s t e r n s i d e o f t h e

M o m b a s a I s l a n d a n d t h e O l d P o r t a n d P o r t T u d o r t o t h e n o r t h . F a c i l i t i e s i n c l u d e 1 6 d e e p w a t e r b e r t h s a n d t w o o i l

t e r m i n a l s .

8 P o r t o f B u s a n , S o u t h K o r e a

( h t t p : / / w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / s h a r e r . p h p ?

u = h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / t o p 1 0 / 3 6 7 0 / T o p -

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G l o b a l -

P o r t s )

( h t t p : / / t w i t t e r . c o m / h o m e ?

s t a t u s = h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / t o p 1 0 / 3 6 7 0 / T o p -

1 0 -

G l o b a l -

P o r t s )

( h t t p s : / / p l u s . g o o g l e . c o m / s h a r e ?

u r l = h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / t o p 1 0 / 3 6 7 0 / T o p -

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T h e B u s a n P o r t A u t h o r i t y ( B P A ) h a s o n l y b e e n r u n n i n g t h e P o r t o f B u s a n f o r a d e c a d e , b u t i n t h a t t i m e t h e p o r t h a s

d e v e l o p e d i n t o o n e o f t h e w o r l d ’

s l e a d i n g p o r t s . B u s a n h a n d l e d o v e r 1 7 m i l l i o n c o n t a i n e r s i n 2 0 1 2 a l o n e .

7 P o r t o f H a m b u r g , G e r m a n y

T h e P o r t o f H a m b u r g m a n a g e d t o a c h i e v e a b o v e - a v e r a g e g r o w t h r a t e s b o t h i n c a r g o - h a n d l i n g o p e r a t i o n s o v e r a l l a n d

i n c o n t a i n e r t r a f

c l a s t y e a r . S t r a t e g i c a l l y p l a c e d 1 1 0 k m f r o m t h e N o r t h S e a a n d w i t h a t o t a l h a n d l i n g v o l u m e o f 1 4 0 m

t o n n e s , H a m b u r g i s s e t t o f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e i t s m a r k e t s h a r e i n E u r o p e .

6 P o r t o f S a n t o s , B r a z i l

T h i s B r a z i l i a n f a c i l i t y i s t h e b u s i e s t c o n t a i n e r p o r t i n L a t i n A m e r i c a a n d t h e r e f o r e v i t a l f o r t h e e x p o r t o f g o o d s f r o m t h e

c o n t i n e n t . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e P o r t o f S a n t o s e x p o r t e d 1 2 . 8 m i l l i o n t o n n e s o f s u g a r i n t h e r s t e i g h t m o n t h s o f 2 0 1 3

a l o n e .

5 P o r t o f S o u t h L o u i s i a n a , U S A

S p r a w l e d a s t a g g e r i n g 5 4 m i l e s a l o n g t h e M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r , t h e P o r t o f S o u t h L o u i s i a n a i s t h e l a r g e s t t o n n a g e p o r t

d i s t r i c t i n t h e w e s t e r n h e m i s p h e r e . T h e l a r g e s t p o r t i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s s e e s o v e r 4 , 0 0 0 o c e a n - g o i n g v e s s e l s a n d

5 5 , 0 0 0 b a r g e s c a l l a t t h e p o r t e a c h y e a r .

4 P o r t o f N i n g b o - Z h o u s h a n , C h i n a

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T h e p o r t h a s r e m a i n e d t h e s e c o n d i n c a r g o t h r o u g h p u t i n C h i n a a n d h a s 3 0 9 p r o d u c t i v e b e r t h s . T h e r a p i d

d e v e l o p m e n t o f N i n g b o - Z h o u s h a n h a s a l s o s e e n t h r o u g h p u t c a p a c i t y a n d c a r g o t h r o u g h p u t a l l s u r p a s s 1 0 0 m i l l i o n

t o n n e s . T h i s h u g e p o r t i s a l s o s e t t o e x p a n d f u r t h e r i n t h e c o m i n g y e a r s .

3 P o r t o f R o t t e r d a m , H o l l a n d

T h e P o r t o f R o t t e r d a m u s e d t o h a v e t h e t i t l e o f w o r l d ’

s b u s i e s t p o r t i n t e r m s o f c a r g o t o n n a g e , b u t w a s o v e r t a k e n b y

F a r E a s t c o u n t e r p a r t s i n r e c e n t y e a r s . I t i s s t i l l b y f a r t h e b i g g e s t s e a p o r t i n E u r o p e t h o u g h - t h e 4 0 k i l o m e t r e f a c i l i t y

d e a l s w i t h a n a n n u a l t h r o u g h p u t o f 4 5 0 m i l l i o n t o n n e s o f c a r g o a y e a r .

2 P o r t o f S i n g a p o r e , S i n g a p o r e

A c c o u n t i n g f o r o n e - s e v e n t h o f t h e w o r l d ’ s c o n t a i n e r t r a n s h i p m e n t t h r o u g h p u t a n d h a v i n g h a n d l e d 3 2 . 2 4 m i l l i o n

T E U ’

s o f c o n t a i n e r s , t h e P o r t o f S i n g a p o r e i s a t r u l y g i a n t p o r t . A l s o o n e o f t h e g l o b e ’

s l a r g e s t r e f r i g e r a t e d c o n t a i n e r

p o r t s , S i n g a p o r e i s c o n n e c t e d t o m o r e t h a n 6 0 0 o t h e r p o r t s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d .

1 S h a n g h a i , C h i n a

S h a n g h a i ’

s s e a p o r t c o v e r s t h e s i z e o f 4 7 0 f o o t b a l l p i t c h e s a n d h a n d l e d m o r e t h a n 7 3 6 m i l l i o n t o n n e s o f c a r g o i n o n e

y e a r , m a k i n g i t t h e b u s i e s t p o r t i n t h e w o r l d . T h e p o r t h a s i n n o s m a l l p a r t h e l p e d C h i n a l e a p f r o g t h e U S a n d b e c o m e

t h e w o r l d ’

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R e l a t e d A r t i c l e s

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S i g n I n t o C o m m e n t

B a s e d a t t h e g a t e w a y o f t h e E a s t C h i n a S e a , w h e r e t h e Y a n g t s e R i v e r k n o w n a s t h e G o l d e n W a t e r w a y

o w s i n t o

s e a , S h a n g h a i h o l d s a v i t a l l o c a t i o n f o r f o r e i g n t r a d e . I n f a c t , t h e a n n u a l i m p o r t a n d e x p o r t t r a d e t h r o u g h o u t S h a n g h a i

a c c o u n t s f o r a q u a r t e r o f C h i n a ’

s f o r e i g n t r a d e i n t e r m s o f v a l u e .

W i t h S h a n g h a i ’

s i n c r e a s i n g e x p a n s i o n a n d C h i n a ’

s b r e a k n e c k e c o n o m i c g r o w t h , t h e p o r t i s s e t t o r e m a i n a t t h e t o p

o f t h e l i s t a n d k e e p t h e t i t l e o f b e i n g t h e w o r l d l a r g e s t a n d b u s i e s t p o r t .

T a g s : T o p 1 0 , ( h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / a r t i c l e / t a g s / 1 0 2 / T o p - 1 0 ) s e a f r e i g h t , ( h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / a r t i c l e / t a g s / 2 3 3 / s e a - f r e i g h t )

G l o b a l p o r t s ( h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / a r t i c l e / t a g s / 7 9 5 6 / G l o b a l - p o r t s )

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A b o u t ( / a b o u t _ u s ) | A d v e r t i s e | C o n t a c t ( / c o n t a c t _ u s ) | S u b m i t N e w s ( / n e w s ) |

P r e s s R e l e a s e s ( / p r e s s _ r e l e a s e s ) | T e s t i m o n i a l s ( / t e s t i m o n i a l s ) | N e w s l e t t e r ( / n e w s l e t t e r ) | E v e n t s ( / e v e n t s )

G e t t h e N e w s l e t t e r

T o p 1 0 S u p p l y C h a i n C E O s

( h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / t o p 1 0 / 3 6 5 2 / T o p -

1 0 - S u p p l y - C h a i n - C E O s )

T o p 1 0 S u p p l y C h a i n C E O s


1 0 - S u p p l y - C h a i n - C E O s )

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1 0 - b e s t - S u p p l y - C h a i n - M a s t e r s - c o u r s e s -

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1 0 - b e s t - S u p p l y - C h a i n - M a s t e r s -

c o u r s e s - w o r l d w i d e )

J u n 1 4 , 2 0 1 3


1 0 - G l o b a l - P o r t s )

T o p 1 0 G l o b a l P o r t s

( h t t p : / / w w w . s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l . c o m / t o p 1 0 / 2 5 0 9 / T o

1 0 - G l o b a l - P o r t s )

J u l 1 1 , 2 0 1 3

E m a i l a d d r e s s

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( h t t p s : / / i s s u u . c o m / s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l / d o c s / s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l - m a r c h 2 0 1 6 ? e = 1 2 4 5 7 8 3 5 / 3 3 9 8 3 3 4 0 )

M a r 2 0 1 6

( h t t p : / / i s s u u . c o m / s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l / d o c s / s u p p l y c h a i n - d i g i t a l - f e b r u a r y - 2 0 1 6 ? e = 1 2 4 5 7 8 3 5 / 3 3 3 4 1 0 0 4 )

M a r 2 0 1 6

( h t t p s : / / i s s u u . c o m / s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l / d o c s / s c d - j a n u a r y 2 0 1 6 ? e = 1 2 4 5 7 8 3 5 / 3 2 0 5 8 1 6 7 )

J a n 2 0 1 6

( h t t p : / / i s s u u . c o m / s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l / d o c s / s u p p l y c a h i n d i g i t a l - d e c e m b e r 2 0 1 5 ? e = 1 2 4 5 7 8 3 5 / 3 1 6 7 8 6 8 7 )

D e c 2 0 1 5

C o p y r i g h t 2 0 1 6 S u p p l y C h a i n D i g i t a l . A l l r i g h t s

r e s e r v e d

P r i v a c y P o l i c y ( / p r i v a c y ) |

T e r m s o f S e r v i c e ( / t e r m s ) |

S i t e m a p ( / s i t e m a p . x m l )

S u b s c r i b e

( / r s s . x m l )

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( h t t p : / / i s s u u . c o m / s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l / d o c s / s c d - n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 3 ? e = 1 2 4 5 7 8 3 5 / 3 0 8 9 6 1 4 9 )

N o v 2 0 1 5

( h t t p : / / i s s u u . c o m / s u p p l y c h a i n d i g i t a l / d o c s / s c d - o c t o b e r - 2 0 1 5 ? e = 1 2 4 5 7 8 3 5 / 3 0 4 2 0 0 5 8 )

O c t 2 0 1 5
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