The busiest port in the world (with photos and LIST)

Dear reader, look at your back. Probably, some of the things you see in your living room, desk or Office, have been in the port of Shanghai, the busiest in the world.

The port of Shanghai pass, all years, 32 million containers, carrying 736 million tonnes of goods for everyone â€" a strategy that goes to the unsustainability.

To see one of the photos that we publish below to understand the dimension of global trade, the way the products arrive at our hands. And Shanghai, still the largest port in the world, is just one of dozens of large ports.

The total value of imports and Chinese exports reached €2,8 billion ($ 8.4 billion) in 2012, surpassing, for example, the United States. Much of this value is due to the port of Shanghai, which lies in an area of 3.9 square kilometers, the equivalent of 470 football fields.

See the list of the ten busiest ports in the world.

1. Shanghai, China (31.7 million containers per year)

2. Singapore, Singapore (29.9 million)

3. Hong Kong (24.3 million)

4. Shenzhen, China (22.5 million)

5. Busan, South Korea (16.1 million)

6. Ningbo-Zhoushan, China (14.7 million)

7. Guangzhou, China (14.2 million)

8. Qingdao, China (13 million)

9. Dubai (13 million)

10. Rotterdam, Netherlands (11.8 million)

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