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| 1 | Shanghai, China | 47.03 | 43.5 | 43.30 | 42.01 | 40.23 | English |
| 2 | Singapore | 37.49 | 36.6 | 37.20 | 36.6 | 33.67 | English |
| 3 | Ningbo-Zhoushan, China | 31.07 | 28.72 | 27.49 | 26.35 | 24.61 | Chinese |
| 4 | Shenzhen, China | 28.77 | 26.55 | 25.77 | 27.74 | 25.21 | Chinese |
| 5 | Guangzhou Harbor, China | 24.18 | 23.19 | 23.23 | 21.87 | 20.37 | English Chinese |
| 6 | Busan, South Korea | 22.71 | 21.59 | 21.99 | 21.66 | 20.49 | English Korean |
| 7 | Qingdao, China | 23.71 | 22.00 | 21.01 | 18.26 | 18.3 | English Chinese |
| 8 | Hong Kong, S.A.R, China | 17.8 | 17.95 | 18.30 | 19.6 | 20.76 | Chinese |
| 9 | Tianjin, China | 20.27 | 18.35 | 17.30 | 16 | 15.07 | English Chinese |
| 10 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | 15.3 | 14.35 | 14.82 | 14.51 | 13.73 | English Dutch German Chinese |
| 11 | Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 13.74 | 13.5 | 14.11 | 14.95 | 15.37 | English Arabic |
| 12 | Port Klang, Malaysia | 13.72 | 13.24 | 13.58 | 12.32 | 13.73 | English Bahasa Malay |
| 13 | Xiamen, China | 12.05 | 11.41 | 11.12 | 10 | 10.38 | Chinese |
| 14 | Antwerp, Belgium | 12.02 | 12.04 | 11.10 | 11.1 | 10.45 | English Nederlands |
| 15 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China | 9.86 | 9.62 | 10.42 | 10.45 | 10.27 | English Chinese |
| 16 | Dalian, China | 3.67 | 6.54 | 10.21 | 9.77 | 9.7 | English Chinese |
| 17* | Los Angeles, U.S.A | 10.68 | 9.2 | 9.30 | 9.46 | 9.43 | English |
| 18* | Hamburg, Germany | 8.72 | 8.7 | 9.30 | 8.73 | 8.86 | English German Chinese |
| 19 | Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia | 11.2 | 9.85 | 9.10 | 8.96 | 8.38 | English |
| 20 | Laem Chabang, Thailand | 8.34 | 7.55 | 8.10 | 8.07 | 7.78 | English Thai |
| 21 | Keihin Ports, Japan* |
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| 22 | Long Beach, U.S.A. | 9.38 | 8.11 | 7.63 | 8.09 | 7.54 | English |
| 23 | Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, Indonesia | 6.85 | 6.17 | 7.6, 6.81** | 7.64 | 6.09 |
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| 24 | New York-New Jersey, U.S.A. | 9.0 | 7.59 | 7.40 | 7.2 | 6.71 | English |
| 25 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 7.3 | 6.85 | 7.23 | 7.05 | 6.21 | English |
| 26 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 8.0 | 7.20 | 7.22 | 6.33 | 6.16 |
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| 27 | Suzhou, China | 8.11 |
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| 28 | Piraeus, Greece | 5.31 | 5.44 | 5.67 | 4.91 | 4.15 | Greek |
| 29 | Yingkou, China | 5.21 | 5.67 | 5.48 | 6.5 | 6.28 |
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| 30 | Valencia, Spain | 5.6 | 5.43 | 5.44 |
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| 31 | Manila, Philippines | 4.98 | 4.43 | 5.31 | 5.05 | 4.82 | English |
| 32 | Taicang, China | 7.04 |
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| 33 | Hai Phong, Vietnam | 5.7 |
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| 34 | Algeciras, Spain | 4.8 | 5.11 | 5.12 | 4.77 | 4.39 | English Spanish French |
| 35 | Jawarharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), India | 5.63 | 4.68 | 5.03 | 5.05 | 4.83 | English |
| 36 | Bremen/Bremerhaven, Germany | 5.02 |
| 4.87 | 5.42 | 5.51 | English German |
| 37 | Tanger Med, Morocco | 7.17 | 5.77 | 4.8 | 3.47 | 3.31 | English |
| 38 | Lianyungang, China | 5.09 |
| 4.78 | 4.75 | 4.72 | Chinese |
| 39 | Mundra, India | 6.66 |
| 4.73 | 4.44 | 4.24 | English |
| 40 | Savannah, U.S.A | 5.61 | 4.68 | 4.59 | 4.35 | 4.05 | English |
| 41 | Tokyo, Japan | 4.33 |
| 4.51 | 4.57 | 4.5 | English Chinese Korean Japanese |
| 42 | Rizhao, China | 5.17 | 4.86 | 4.50 | 4 | 3.24 | English Chinese |
| 43 | Foshan, China | 3.71 |
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| 44 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 4.88 |
| 4.43 | 4.12 | 4.15 | English Arabic |
| 45 | Colon, Panama | 4.92 | 4.43 | 4.38 | 3.89 | 3.89 | Spanish |
| 46 | Santos, Brazil | 4.83 |
| 4.17 | 4.12 | 3.85 | Portuguese |
| 47 | Salalah, Oman | 4.51 |
| 4.11 | 3.39 | 3.94 | English |
| 48 | Dongguan, China | 3.4 |
| 4.00 | 3.5 | 3.91 |
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| 49 | Guangxi Beibu, China | 6.01 |
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| 50 | Cai Mep, Vietnam | 5.39 | 4.41 |
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| 51 | Yingkou, China | 5.21 | 5.65 |
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| 52 | Port Said, Egypt | 4.76 | 4.01 |
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| 53 | Qinzhou, China | 4.63 | 3.95 |
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| 54 | NW Seaport Alliance, U.S.A. | 3.74 | 3.32 |
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| 55 | Felixstowe, U.K. | 3.7 | 3.5 |
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| 56 | Marsaxlokk, Malta | 2.97 | 2.44 |
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| 57 | Nanjing, China | 3.11 | 3.02 |
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| 58 | Fuzhou, China | 3.29 | 3.52 |
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| 59 | Barcelona, Spain | 3.53 | 2.96 |
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| 60 | Vancouver, Canada | 3.68 | 3.47 |
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