Source: American Association of Port Authorities.

Throughput of the World's Major Ports, 2008 (in millions of metric tons)

The position of Rotterdam as the world's largest port was unparalleled for decades, a rank it held until 2000. Then it was overtaken by Shanghai and Singapore; almost all of the word's major ports are now in Pacific Asia. The main factor behind this growth are linked with export-oriented strategies which concomitantly involve in increase in export throughputs, but also imports of parts, energy and raw materials to supply the urbanization and industrialization. 

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