In 2013, Kiyoshi Kimura, the owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain, paid $1.76 million for the first bluefin at Tsukiji, which weighed 489 pounds. Kimura had paid $736,000âa world-record price at the timeâfor the first tuna of 2012.
The Port of Singapore, Singapore. This port was opened in 1819 by a representative from the British Empire â Sir Stamford Raffles. Since its independence from the British Empire back in 1963, the port flourished. It held the title of the worldâs largest port up until 2011.
China has opened the worldâs longest sea bridge, a 26.4 mile-long structure that could easily span the English Channel. Stretching across the wide blue waters of Jiaozhou bay, the vast Y-shaped bridge connects the booming Northern port city of Qingdao with an airport built on a nearby island and the industrial suburb of Huangdao.