Table 4.4 lists the top performing container terminals
as ranked by JOC.11 The results show that Japan,
China and the United Arab Emirates are the only three
countries to feature in the top 10, with China accounting
for eight terminals. Interestingly, in terms of the UNCTAD
country ranking by port throughput volume (see http://
stats.unctad.org/TEU), Japan is ranked in seventh
position while China ranks in first place, illustrating that
a high volume of throughput is not needed to achieve
berth efficiency. In terms of ports, Yokohama is ranked
first in terms of berth efficiency but forty-first in terms
of volume. Four different terminals within the port of
Tianjin, China, are positioned in the top 10, signifying
the high level of berth efficiency at that port