Application of a New Hybrid Fuzzy AHP Model to the Location Choice

Table 1

The container throughputs and the rankings for the world’s top 20 container ports (unit: thousand TEUs).

2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	Name of port	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
1	2	2	2	3	Shanghai	29,069	25,002	27,780	26,150	21,720
2	1	1	1	1	Singapore	28,430	25,866	29,918	27,935	24,792
3	3	3	3	2	Hong Kong	23,611	20,925	24,248	23,881	23,539
4	4	4	4	4	Shenzhen	22,509	18,250	21,400	21,090	18,468
5	5	5	5	5	Busan	14,180	11,980	13,452	13,261	12,038
6	8	8	11	13	Ningbo	13,146	10,502	10,933	9,360	7,140
7	6	7	12	15	Guangzhou	12,545	11,190	11,001	9,200	6,656
8	9	10	10	11	Qingdao	12,012	10,260	10,020	9,462	7,702
9	7	6	6	8	Dubai	11,613	11,150	11,830	11,000	8,923
10	10	9	7	7	Rotterdam	11,145	9,800	10,784	10,791	9,690
11	11	14	17	17	Tianjin	10,086	8,700	8,500	7,102	5,950
12	12	12	8	6	Kaohsiung	9,181	8,581	9,676	10,256	9,774
13	13	13	14	14	Antwerp	8,483	7,309	8,663	8,176	7,018
14	14	15	16	16	Klang	8,146	7,300	7,973	7,118	6,326
15	15	11	9	9	Hamburg	7,900	7,010	9,737	9,890	8,861
16	16	16	13	10	Los Angeles	7,831	6,748	7,849	8,355	8,469
17	17	18	18	19	Tanjung Pelepas	6,603	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770
18	18	17	15	12	Long Beach	6,263	5,067	6,487	7,312	7,289
19	19	22	22	22	Xiamen	5,824	4,680	5,034	4,627	4,018
20	20	21	21	21	Laem Chabang	5,640	4,640	5,130	4,640	4,123

Source: Chou et al. [1].