GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Visualizing the World's Busiest Ports

Feb 1, 2019 | 11:00 GMT

Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship in Qingdao, a seaport in Shandong province, on March 8, 2018.

Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship in Qingdao, a seaport in Shandong province, on March 8, 2018. Qingdao is the eighth-largest port in the world in terms of trade volume, according to data from the World Shipping Council.

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Maritime shipping facilitates an estimated 90 percent of world trade, and as trade volumes continue to increase, the world's busiest ports continue to grow larger and more efficient to meet demand. While Danish company, Maersk, is still the largest shipping line, an ever-increasing share of the world's container traffic is moving through Chinese controlled ports. An estimated two-thirds of container traffic now passes through Chinese ports or ports that have received Chinese investment....

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