Although the world's busiest port is a hotly contested title, in 2006 the world's busiest harbour by cargo tonnage was the Port of Shanghai.

In 2005 Shanghai Port Management Department reported that its Shanghai port became the world's largest cargo port, processing cargo topping 443 million tons and surpassing Singapore's port.

The Port of Shanghai is presently undergoing significant upgrades.

Shanghai Model Port Alliance is responsible for many of the upgrades that are expected to make Shanghai's port more automated, minimizing the loss of goods and time while helping Customs collect more accurate tariffs.

In 2007, the Port of Singapore is ranked the world's busiest port once again, surpassing Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Unilever is multinational with operating companies and factories on every continent ( except Antarctica ) and research laboratories at: Colworth and Port Sunlight in England ; Vlaardingen in the Netherlands ; Trumbull, Connecticut and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in the United States ; Bangalore in India ( see also Hindustan Unilever Limited ); and Shanghai in China.

Above the 32. 5 kilometres ( 20. 2 mi ) Donghai Bridge which connects mainland Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan Port which is one part of the Port of Shanghai which is the world's busiest container port.

Born in Shanghai, Soong arrived in the United States at the Port of San Francisco, CA on June 30, 1904 aboard the SS Korea at the age of 14 to begin her education at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

The most prominent agreement was with the Port of LA and the Ports of Beijing and Shanghai, expanding service to the Port of Los Angeles, ensuring that Asian cargo ships are plugged into natural power, and sharing technology and resources between the ports.

From there, the cable could be connected to the main telegraphic network at Shanghai, thus enabling telegraph communication with Port Hamilton.

The courses of “ Communications & Transport Planning and Management ”, “ Industrial Economics ”, and “ Power Electronics & Electrical Drive ”, “ International Law ”, “ Mechanical Design & Theory ”, “ Logistics Management & Engineering ”, “ Delivery Means Utilization Engineering ” and “ Port Machinery Electronics Engineering ” have been designated as key specialties by the Ministry of Communications and Shanghai Municipality.

The Shanghai government sought to feature Yangshan as the chief port on China's east coast and refused to allow a cross-bay bridge to be built on its territory, which would improve access to the Port of Ningbo at Beilun.

Spioenkop visited Singapore from 3 – 8 October, Shanghai in the People ’ s Republic of China from 16 – 20 October, Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia from 25 – 29 October, Ho Chi Minh City in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 31 October to 5 November ), Cochin in India from 14 – 20 November and Port Louis in Mauritius from 26 November to 1 December.

It was also the busiest port in terms of total cargo tonnage handled until 2005, when it was surpassed by the Port of Shanghai.

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* Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery

* Port of Shanghai, China ( since 2003 )

In November 1886 additional offices opened in Shanghai, Chefoo, Hankow with offices in Port Arthur, and Dairen following soon afterwards.

Though economically devastated by the Revolutionary War, the Port of Boston was again prospering with trade with various foreign ports such as Shanghai.

The LY-60 / FD-60 / PL-10 is a family of PRC missiles developed by the Shanghai Academy of Science and Technology, largely based on the Italian Aspide missile-a version of the Sparrow.

Hairy crab is a highly sought after local delicacy in Shanghai, as it can be found in lakes within the region.

The first is the " elitist coalition " or Shanghai clique which contains mainly officials who have risen from the more prosperous provinces.

Helsinki-Vantaa airport is Finland's global gateway with scheduled non-stop flights to such places as Bangkok, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nagoya, New York, Osaka, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

The rival stock exchange of the future is expected to be the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

As of 2006, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing ( HKEX ) has an average daily turnover of 33. 4 billion dollars, which is 12 times that of Shanghai.

The target is to allow Shanghai to catch up to New York by 2040-2050, with the eventual projection that China will be Asia's most prosperous economy by 2040.

Kazakhstan is a member of the United Nations, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( which it chaired in 2010 ), North Atlantic Cooperation Council, Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and NATO's Partnership for Peace program.

There is a major telecommunications project under construction-The Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optic Line, connecting Shanghai, China and Frankfurt, Germany, with the capacity of 622 Mbit / s, where Kyrgyzstan has completed its part.

It is the second largest metro system in the world in terms of route miles, after the Shanghai Metro and part of the largest system in terms of route miles when taken together with the Docklands Light Railway. The light metro lines in London are operated by the Docklands Light Railway, whereas the Shanghai Metro is a group of four companies which operate heavy rail rapid transit and light metro lines.

* In the People's Republic of China, a direct-controlled municipality ( 直辖市 in pinyin: zhíxiáshì ) is a city with equal status to a province: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing ( see Municipality of China )

Another theory is that a nobleman living in the Shanghai area created the game between 1870 and 1875.

BI has roughly 1500 students in China through its close relationship with Fudan University in Shanghai, and is also the majority shareholder of the ISM University of Management and Economics ( previously known as International School of Management ) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania.

The removal of Shanghai Municipality Party Secretary Chen Liangyu in September 2006 is the latest example.

* Shanghai: A BRT line running between Shanghai West Railway Station and Shanghai West Railway Station is on the way

The Shanghai trolleybus system, which remains in operation, opened in 1914 and is the longest-lived trolleybus system in the world.

Shanghai has the 2nd largest amount of air traffic in China through its two airports combined, the Shanghai Pudong International Airport ( PVG ), which is located southeast of central Shanghai, and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport ( SHA ), which is located west of central Shanghai.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities, a ranking with an emphasis on bibliometric data and scientific research, ranked Caltech 6th in the world and 5th in the U. S. for 2011.

While studying in Shanghai, he had closely examined the catalogs for various institutions of higher learning around the world.

In 2011, it ranked 1st among comprehensive universities in Scandinavia and 80th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, it was in the 101-150 category.

* 2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record () for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

Shanghai is the largest city by population in the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) and the largest city proper by population in the world.

In 2009, the Shanghai Stock Exchange ranked third among worldwide stock exchanges in terms of trading volume and sixth in terms of the total capitalization of listed companies, and the trading volume of six key commodities including rubber, copper and zinc on the Shanghai Futures Exchange all ranked first in the world.

In the last two decades Shanghai has been one of the fastest developing cities in the world.

Located at the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai has the world ’ s busiest container port, which handled 29. 05 million TEUs in 2010.

This is where the Shanghai Muslim Association is also located, which has a reputation known throughout the world.

In 2010, Shanghai took the top spot in the latest round of the most comprehensive assessment of the world ’ s state schools.

According to Program for International Student Assessment ( PISA ) results, Shanghai students, including migrant children, scored highest in every aspect ( Math, Reading and Science ) in the world.

The study also claimed that public-funded schools in Shanghai have the highest educational quality in the world.

Shanghai Metro is the longest metro network in the world

In 2011, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, published annually by Shanghai Jiaotong University, ranked UCSF 2nd in the world for Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy and 3rd in the world for Life and Agricultural Sciences.

The university is rated as the best university in the Netherlands by both the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2011 and the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 2012, and ranked as the 12th best European university and the 68th best university of the world by the former ranking and 12th best European university and 53th best of the world by the latter.

Improving technology and increasing control of world markets allowed British traders to develop a commercial chain in which raw cotton fibers were ( at first ) purchased from colonial plantations, processed into cotton cloth in the mills of Lancashire, and then exported on British ships to captive colonial markets in West Africa, India, and China ( via Shanghai and Hong Kong ).

The declaration had few material effects on the Western world, which was burdened by the Great Depression, and Japan went on to bomb Shanghai.

Including 2 antennas, the John Hancock Center has a height of 1, 500 feet ( 457. 2 m ), making it the fifth-tallest building in the world when measured to pinnacle height ( after Burj Khalifa, Willis Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and Taipei 101 ).