b'JUNE 20 - JULY 24, 2022GLOBAL CONTAINER PORTS17(NOTEScontinued fromTEUs) is an example as is the page 12) unionofSeattle-Tacomaas10 Million TEU Clubawhopping14.39milliontheNorthwestSeaportAlli-TEUs behind the present total.ance(3.76millionTEUs)RankPort Nation 2019 TEUs2020 TEUs2021 TEUsAccordingtorecentreports,oreventheChineseportof1Shanghai China 43,303,00043,500,00047,030,000thePortpostedmorethanaNingbo-Zhoushan,whichat 3 million TEU throughput in27.53millionTEUs,ranks2Singapore Singapore 37,196,00036,870,00037,500,000April and could be on courseonly behind nearby Shanghai.3Ningbo-Zhoushan China 27,535,00028,720,00031,080,000for a 37 million TEU year. TheAntwerp-Brugesuni- 4ShenzhenChina 25,769,00026,548,00028,760,000p ortC lusters a ntWerp - ficationispartofatrend5GuangzhouChina 22,223,00023,170,00024,180,000b rugesJ oins thep arty amongports.Socalledport6Qingdao China 21,012,00022,010,00023,710,000clustersarebecomingmore Of course, Chinas portscommonplaceasnewter- 7Busan Korea 21,992,00022,700,00022,700,000are the story when it comes tominalsarebuiltoutsidethe8Tianjin China 17,301,00018,350,00020,270,000boxports. The AJOTs currenttraditionalportareas,often9Hong Kong China/SAR 18,303,00017,960,00017,772,000list includes seventeen portsingreenfieldlocations.For10Rotterdam Netherlands 14,811,00014,349,00014,800,000intheTop100.Andthereexample, in South China the could have been more ChinesePort of Nansha is part of the11Dubai (Port of Jebel Ali)UAE 14,111,00014,153,33313,700,000ports on the list but inconsis- Guangzhou Port system along12Port Kelang Malaysia 13,580,00013,244,41413,700,000tencies in TEU reporting datathePearlRiver.Shenzhen,13Xiamen China 11,000,00011,410,00012,050,000caused a number of ports toanotherportintheregion14Antwerp Belgium 11,860,00012,014,18011,800,000bedroppedoff.Asia,itselfnorth of Hong Kong, includes15Tanjung Pelepas Malaysia 9,100,0009,800,00011,200,000had 34 entries, far and awayYantian and Chiwan, as part of the most from any region inthe cluster. Another complex16Los Angeles USA 9,337,6329,213,39510,700,000theworld.Infact,theonlyof ports is located in Vietnam.Sources: Port Authorities, Terminal Operators, Investor Presentations, Press Reportsnon-Asian port in the top ten wasRotterdamat14.8mil- t heb igk eep ong etting Ningbo-Zhoushanbotharelargest customers. A de factonomic development. lion TEUs, although Antwerpb igger likely to pass 40 million TEUstrade-warwiththeUShasStill, should China need 11.8millionTEUsrankedOverall,themega-portsin just a few years. Of course,beenunderwayforclosetoaneconomicboost,the 14 th .InDecemberAntwerpkeep growing (with the nota- port throughputs are dictatedadecade,althoughithasntexport economy remains a andZeebruggeagreedtoble exception of Hong Kongby trade flow and China is theinfluencedtradenumberspotentwaytorefillgovern-unite as the Port of Antwerp- at17.96millionTEUs)andkey. Eight of the top 16 portsasmuchastheCOVID-19mentcoffersandrepresents Bruges. Collectively the uni- many of the regional hubs areare in China. In fact 5 out ofpandemic. Similarly, westernthe best avenue of diplomacy fied port would have postedalso expanding at a rapid clip.the top six are Chinese ports.Europe has begun to considerfor Beijing. And for Chinas atotalof14millionTEUsTake a look at the 10 MillionWill the same level of growthscalingbackChinabusi- cadres,itiswellwornpath for 2021, ranking 11 thin theTEU Club chart (formerly thein trade support the same levelness.TheRussianinvasiontoeconomicprosperity.So, world,justbehindRotter- 5MillionTEUClubChart).ofgrowthinportsovertheofUkrainehasalsobeenawilltheChinasportscon-dam. Port unification isnt allAs mentioned above, Shang- next decade? It is a difficultreminderthattheembersoftinue their amazing growth? that new.hai with just moderate growthand complex question.the Cold War still can flare upA definite, maybe.ThePortofNewYork/ will soon eclipse the 50 mil- Thereisade-couplingat any time. And China itself(NOTEScontinued on NewJersey(7.85millionlion TEU mark. Singapore andofChinawithmanyofitsis looking inward to spur eco- page 24)Buildingwhat your customers needPort Houston is investing in infrastructure now to increase capacity and improve efciency. Our largest-ever STS cranes at Bayport Container Terminal, double the number of truck gate entrances at Barbours Cut Container Terminal and expanding the Houston Ship Channel to accommodate larger vessels arejust the beginning. Get your cargo to your customers faster bywww.porthouston.com choosing Port Houston.www.porthouston.com'