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Table 2 2012 TEUs port ranking and free zones models

From: Free ports: towards a network of trade gateways

2012 TEUs Ranking

Major Container Ports

Free Port

Type of Free Port

1

Shanghai

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone

5.3

2

Singapore

Singapour, Jurong, Sembawang, Pasir Pajang, Changji FTZ

2.1

3

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Free Port

2.1

4

Shenzhen

Shenzhen Futian Free Trade Zone

5.1

Shenzhen

Shenzhen Shatoujiao Free Trade Zone

Shenzhen

Shenzhen Yantiangang Free Trade Zone

5

Busan

Busan Harbor Tariff Free Zone

4.3

6

Ningbo-Zhoushan

Ningbo Free Trade Zone

5.2

7

Guangzhou

Guangzhou Free Trade Zone

5.2

8

Qingdao

Qingdao Free Trade Zone

5.2

9

Dubaï Ports

Jebel Ali Free Zone

5.2

10

Tianjin

Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone

5.2

11

Rotterdam

Schiphol Airport Free Zone

4.3

12

Port Klang

Port Klang Free Zone

4.3

13

Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung Free Trade Zone

4.3

14

Hamburg

Port of Hamburg Free Trade Zonea

2.1

15

Antwerp

None

 

16

Los Angeles

FTZ No. 202 Los Angeles

4.1

17

Dalian

Dalian Free Trade Zone

5.2

18

Tanjung Pelepas

Pelepas Free Zone

4.3

19

Xiamen

Xiamen Xiangyu Free Trade Zone

5.1

20

Tanjung Priok

Tanjung Priok Export Processing Zone

5.2

21

Bremen/Bremerhaven

Freihafen I

2.1

22

Long Beach

FTZ No. 50 Long Beach

4.1

23

Laem Chabang

304 Industrial Park Chachoengsao

4.1

24

New York/New Jersey

FTZ No. 49 Newark/Elizabeth

4.1

25

Saigon Port

Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone

5.1

  1. Adapted from AAPA’s World Port Ranking 2012
  2. aIn 2013, Hamburg forfeited its free port status that it held for more than 125 years as part of the Zollverein, and before that since 1189. Advances in EU trade regulations, particularly between member countries, conferred less advantages for this status. Further, the free port was occupying valuable real estate in the port’s proximity, which was afterwards redeveloped to new uses