Claims
The following ports have variously made claims (or had claims made for them):
- Port of Shanghai, China
- World's busiest port by cargo tonnage since 2005
- World's busiest container port since 2010
- Port of Singapore, Singapore
- World's busiest transshipment port
- World's busiest bunkering port since 1988
- Was the world's busiest container port in 1990, 1991, 1998, 2005-2009
- Was the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage until overtaken by Shanghai in 2005.
- Port of Hong Kong, China
- Was the world's busiest container port from 1987 to 1989, from 1992 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2004.
- Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Was the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage since 1962 until it was overtaken by Shanghai in 2004.
- Was the world's busiest container port in 1986.
- Port of Kobe, Japan
- Was the world's busiest container port from 1973 to 1978.
- Port of Dover, United Kingdom
- World's busiest passenger port.
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