The Port of Shanghai has become the first to handle 30 million TEUs in a year, according to reports last week from China.
The port handled its 30th million TEU on Dec. 23, 2011, cementing its position as the busiest port in the world. Shanghai handled 29.1 million TEUs in 2010, the year it passed Singapore as the biggest box port. It reached the 10 million-TEU mark in 2003 and 20 million in 2006.
Shanghai tops 30 million TEUs
