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.
Scroll down for video. 1  Edith Maersk, the second largest container ship in the world, leaves the Thames Estuary near Canvey Island, Essex. The ship, the largest ever to enter the River Thames, had previously docked at London Gateway after arriving from the Far East. Edith Maersk dwarfs London's biggest buildings, at almost 200ft longer than the Shard is tall.