Figure 1	China's Growing Share of the Main Trades
	Routes/Year	2000		2003
		Total China	% share	Total China	% share
		,000 teu		,000 teu
	Asia/Us	2,900	44.0%	4,886	52.0%
	Us/Asia	645	20.0%	1,221	33.0%
	Asia/Northern	1,019	25.0%	2,325	45.0%
	Northern/Asia	380	14.2%	1,381	43.0%
	Asia/Mediterranhean	333	26.0%	844	48.0%
	Mediterranhean/Asia	76	12.0%	218	27.0%
Figure 2	World Top 10 Container Ports
Rank	Ports	2003		2002
		mTEU	%	mTEU	%
	Total	291	10.6	263	10.5
1	HK	20.45	6.8	19.14	6.9
2	Singapore	18.10	7.7	16.80	8.2
3	Shanghai	11.28	31.0	8.61	35.8
4	Shenzhen	10.61	39.2	7.62	50.3
5	Busan	10.37	9.9	9.44	19.3
6	Kaohsiung	8.84	4.1	8.49	12.5
7	LA	7.18	17.6	6.11	17.8
8	Rotterdam	7.11	9.1	6.52	6.8
9	Hamburg	6.14	14.2	5.37	14.6
10	Antwerp	5.45	14.0	4.78	13.3
	Sub-Total	105.52	13.6	92.88	15.4
Source from China Shipping Gazette (28 July 2004)