Shanghai now world's busiest port

Shanghai overtook Rotterdam to become the world''s busiest port in 2004. Growth this year of 20% brought total throughput to 370 million tonnes, compared to the 350 million tonnes handled by Rotterdam, which is itself a record. Box traffic rose by 25% to14.5mTEUs, while that at Rotterdam was on course ...

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