Hong Kong, "Ta Kung Pao," quoted London "The Times" recently opened in 2008 the world's top 20 container port rankings show that the Greater China region has eight ports on the list, the top 10 actually accounted for 6, which shows China's Rapid economic growth and foreign trade volume, creating a rapid development of the port volume throughput.
According to reports, the Greater China region to enter the 20 largest container port in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Ningbo - Zhoushan, Qingdao, Kaohsiung, Tianjin. Among them, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong's highest increase in the two boxes, respectively, 19.7% and 18.8% of the two digits. The total container volume of 8 ports is 124 million boxes, accounting for 50.2% of the total 20 containers. One of the main reasons for the increase in container volume in Guangzhou is that the port of Nansha has gradually emerged from the status of a river port that traditionally belongs to the port of Sham Shui Po and leaped to the stage of the Pearl River estuary to attract some companies. Ocean routes, from the port economic structure has undergone a qualitative change. The port of Tianjin in the increase in investment and local timely development of the right policies and a series of measures to facilitate the development of Hong Kong, together with the port dug deep channel, the ship is free to enter, the performance by leaps and bounds.
Statistics show that the world's 20 largest container port in 2008 total throughput of 247 million boxes, an increase of 4.7%, the top 5 position remained unchanged. Which Hong Kong's throughput by the final check the customs declaration list, the annual box volume of 24.49 million boxes, unexpectedly 2.1% of the micro-increase, rather than negative growth. According to many aspects of verification and investigation, the reason why the volume of Hong Kong ports last year, but not soared slightly, a major reason is the terminal operators to focus and focus on Southeast Asia near the regional branch to FCL transit business, rather than from The Pearl River Delta's intense competition was gradually diverted supply of new aspects. Relying on this little effort and tilt, so as to maintain the world last year, the third.
Singapore is still the world's largest container port, but wishful thinking is 30 million boxes as the goal, the results of a financial crisis smashed his wishful thinking. Despite the 7.3% increase in the year, the increase in the number of units in the past five years, compared with the average annual increase of 2 digits, has become very helpless. Most of the increase occurred in the first half of the port, but to the first quarter has been the first 3.4% decline, this decline has continued into the first two months of 2009, down as high as 19.7%, nearly 2 percent decline is nearly 10% Years to see. The above situation has become the world's 20 major container ports in 2008 the volume of the general changes in volume, the second half of the different King Jing bad bad two samples, is the performance of last year's active container port characteristics.
European ports can be included in the 20 largest container port is only four, namely, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Bremen, in addition to Antwerp and Bremen Harbor has increased, Rotterdam, Hamburg recorded a decline, showing Eurasian trade Rise and decline of these two important port performance is how important.
The United States can enter the top 20 out of three: Los Angeles, Long Beach and New York, New Jersey, Hong Kong. The situation is much the same with the European ports, with the exception of New York, New Jersey, a 3.3% increase in the port, the rest of Los Angeles, Long Beach, the volume of cargo were down. The two US ports of the West Bank Long Beach, Los Angeles, Hong Kong this year in February the amount of import and export volume decline in the intensified record of two to three percent, the situation is a bit out of hand.