Singapore has lost its crown as the world’s busiest container port, losing its place to its Chinese rival Shanghai.

THE Port of Los Angeles handled 826,640 TEU in January, a surge of 17.4 per cent over the same month in 2016, making it the busiest January in the port's 110-year history. It was also the second-best month overall for the port, eclipsed only by November 2016 volumes of 877,564 TEU.