List of busiest container ports
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Busiest container ports top 10 by year: 2004–2019
This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. The table lists volume in thousands of TEU per year. The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships, are 20-foot (1 TEU), and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent, that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted.[1]
# | Port | Country | Region | Location | 2020[2] | 2019[3] | 2018[3][4][5] | 2017[6] | 2016[7] | 2015[8] | 2014[8] | 2013[9] | 2012[10] | 2011[11] | 2010[12] | 2009[13] | 2008[14] | 2007[15] | 2006[16] | 2005[17] | 2004[18] |
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1 | Shanghai | ![]() |
East Asia | Yangtze Delta | 43,500 | 43,303 | 42,010 | 40,233 | 37,133 | 36,537[19] | 35,268 | 33,617 | 32,529 | 31,700 | 29,069 | 25,002 | 27,980 | 26,150 | 21,710 | 18,084 | 14,557 |
2 | Singapore | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Singapore Strait | 36,600 | 37,195 | 36,599 | 33,666 | 30,904[20] | 30,922[20] | 33,869 | 32,240 | 31,649 | 29,937 | 28,431 | 25,866 | 29,918 | 27,932 | 24,792 | 23,192 | 21,329 |
3 | Ningbo-Zhoushan | ![]() |
East Asia | Yangtze Delta | 28,720 | 27,530 | 26,351 | 24,607 | 21,560[21] | 20,620[21] | 19,450 | 17,351 | 16,670 | 14,686 | 13,144 | 10,502 | 11,226 | 9,349 | 7,068 | 5,208 | 4,006 |
4 | Shenzhen | ![]() |
East Asia | Pearl River Delta | 26,550 | 25,770 | 25,740 | 25,208 | 23,979[22] | 24,204[22] | 23,798 | 23,280 | 22,940 | 22,570 | 22,510 | 18,250 | 21,414 | 21,099 | 18,469 | 16,197 | 13,615 |
5 | Guangzhou | ![]() |
East Asia | Pearl River Delta | 23,190 | 23,236 | 21,992 | 20,370 | 18,858[23] | 17,625 | 16,160 | 15,309 | 14,744 | 14,400 | 12,550 | 11,190 | 11,001 | 9,200 | 6,600 | 4,685 | 3,308 |
6 | Qingdao | ![]() |
East Asia | Yellow Sea | 22,000 | 21,010 | 19,315 | 18,262 | 18,010[24] | 17,510 | 16,624 | 15,520 | 14,503 | 13,020 | 12,012 | 10,260 | 10,320 | 9,462 | 7,702 | 6,307 | 5,140 |
7 | Busan | ![]() |
East Asia | Korean Strait | 21,590 | 21,992 | 21,662 | 20,493 | 19,850[25] | 19,469[25] | 18,423 | 17,690 | 17,046 | 16,185 | 14,157 | 11,954 | 13,425 | 13,270 | 12,039 | 11,843 | 11,430 |
8 | Hong Kong | ![]() |
East Asia | Pearl River Delta | 20,070 | 18,361 | 19,596 | 20,770 | 19,813[26] | 20,073[26] | 22,374 | 22,352 | 23,117 | 24,384 | 23,532 | 20,983 | 24,248 | 23,881 | 23,539 | 22,427 | 21,984 |
9 | Tianjin | ![]() |
East Asia | Yellow Sea | 18,350 | 17,264 | 15,972 | 15,040 | 14,490[27] | 14,090 | 14,050 | 13,010 | 12,300 | 11,500 | 10,080 | 8,700 | 8,500 | 7,103 | 5,950 | 4,801 | 3,814 |
10 | Rotterdam | ![]() |
Europe | Rhine delta | 14,350 | 14,810 | 14,512 | 13,734 | 12,385[28] | 12,235 | 12,453 | 11,621 | 11,866 | 11,877 | 11,146 | 9,743 | 10,784 | 10,791 | 9,655 | 9,287 | 8,281 |
11 | Jebel Ali/Dubai | ![]() |
West Asia | Persian Gulf | 13,500 | 14,111 | 14,954 | 15,368 | 14,772[29] | 15,592 | 14,750 | 13,641 | 13,270 | 13,000 | 11,600 | 11,124 | 11,827 | 10,653 | 8,923 | 7,619 | 6,429 |
12 | Port Klang | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Malacca Strait | 13,240 | 13,580 | 12,316 | 11,978 | 13,170[30] | 11,887 | 10,736 | 10,350 | 10,000 | 9,604 | 8,870 | 7,309 | 7,970 | 7,120 | 6,326 | 5,544 | 5,244 |
13 | Antwerp | ![]() |
Europe | Scheldt delta | 12,040 | 11,860 | 11,100 | 10,451 | 10,037[31] | 9,654 | 9,136 | 8,578 | 8,635 | 8,664 | 8,468 | 7,309 | 8,663 | 8,176 | 7,019 | 6,482 | 6,064 |
14 | Xiamen | ![]() |
East Asia | Taiwan Strait | 11,410 | 11,122 | 10,702 | 10,380 | 9,614[32] | 9,183 | 8,572 | 8,010 | 7,202 | 6,461 | 5,820 | 4,680 | 5,035 | 4,627 | 4,019 | 3,342 | 2,872 |
15 | Tanjung Pelepas | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Malacca Strait | 9,850 | 9,100 | 8,960 | 8,261 | 8,281[33] | 9,120 | 8,500[8] | 7,628 | 7,700 | 7,500 | 6,530 | 6,000 | 5,600 | 5,500 | 4,770 | 4,177 | 4,020 |
16 | Kaohsiung | ![]() |
East Asia | Taiwan Strait | 9,620 | 10,428 | 10,445 | 10,271 | 10,465[34] | 10,264 | 10,593 | 9,938 | 9,781 | 9,636 | 8,872 | 8,581 | 9,677 | 10,257 | 9,775 | 9,471 | 9,714 |
17 | Los Angeles | ![]() |
North America | West Coast | 9,200 | 9,337 | 9,458 | 9,343 | 8,857[35] | 8,160 | 8,340 | 7,869 | 8,078 | 7,941 | 7,832 | 6,748 | 7,850 | 8,355 | 8,470 | 7,485 | 7,321 |
18 | Hamburg | ![]() |
Europe | Elbe River | 8,700 | 9,274 | 8,730 | 8,860 | 8,910[36] | 8,821 | 9,729 | 9,302 | 8,864 | 9,022 | 7,900 | 7,007 | 9,737 | 9,890 | 8,862 | 8,088 | 7,003 |
19 | Long Beach | ![]() |
North America | West Coast | 8,110 | 7,632 | 8,091 | 7,670 | 6,775[37] | 7,192 | 6,821 | 6,731 | 6,046 | 6,061 | 6,263 | 5,067 | 6,350 | 7,316 | 7,289 | 6,710 | 5,780 |
20 | New York / New Jersey | ![]() |
North America | East Coast | 7,590 | 7,471 | 7,179 | 6,711 | 6,252[38] | 6,372 | 5,772 | 5,467 | 5,530 | 5,503 | 5,292 | 4,561 | 5,265 | 5,299 | 5,093 | 4,785 | 4,478 |
21 | Laem Chabang | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Gulf of Thailand | 7,550 | 8,106 | 8,070 | 7,670 | 7,227[39] | 6,780 | 6,518 | 6,032 | 5,830 | 5,731 | 5,068 | 4,538 | 5,134 | 4,642 | 4,123 | 3,834 | 3,529 |
22 | Saigon | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | East Vietnam Sea | 7,200 | 7,220 | 6,586 | 6,156 | 5,987[40] | 5,788[8][40] | 6,334 | 5,542 | 5,060 | 4,674 | 4,100 | 3,563 | 3,100 | 2,532 | 2,532 | 2,122 | 1,868 |
23 | Colombo | ![]() |
South Asia | Sri Lanka | 6,850 | 7,228 | 7,047 | 6,209 | 5,735[41] | 5,185[8][41] | 4,910 | 2,221 | |||||||||
24 | Dalian | ![]() |
East Asia | Yellow Sea | 6,540 | 8,760 | 9,770 | 9,707 | 9,614[42] | 9,450 | 10,128 | 10,860 | 8,060 | 6,400 | 5,242 | 4,552 | 4,503 | 4,574 | 3,212 | 2,665 | 2,211 |
25 | Tanjung Priok | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Java Sea | 6,170 | 7,600 | 7,640 | 6,090 | 5,515[43] | 5,201[43] | 5,034 | 6,590 | 6,200 | 5,618 | 4,715 | 3,800 | 3,984 | 3,900 | 3,280 | 3,282 | 3,170 |
26 | Tanger-Med | ![]() |
North Africa | Western Mediterranean | 5,770 | 4,801 | 3,472 | 3,312 | 2,960 | ||||||||||||
35 | Piraeus | ![]() |
Europe | Eastern Mediterranean | 5,436 | 5,648 | 4,907 | 4,145 | 3,737 | 3,330 | 3,164 | 2,745 | 1,680 | 1,198 | 665 | 434 | 1,373 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
27 | Yingkou | ![]() |
East Asia | Liaodong Bay | 5,480 | 6,487 | 6,278 | 6,086[44] | 5,922 | 5,770 | |||||||||||
28 | Valencia | ![]() |
Europe | Western Mediterranean | 5,410 | 5,439 | 5,128 | 4,832 | 4,722 | 4,616 | 4,442 | 4,328 | 4,470 | 4,327 | 4,207 | 3,653 | 3,593 | 3,043 | 2,612 | 2,410 | 2,145 |
29 | Manila | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Manila Bay | 5,315 | 5,085 | 4,782 | 4,523 | 3,976 | 3,673 | 3,770 | 3,705 | 3,250 | 3,257 | 2,815 | 2,977 | 2,800 | 2,638 | 2,625 | 2,698 | |
30 | Taicang | ![]() |
East Asia | Yangtze Delta | 5,152 | 5,071 | 4,514 | 4,081 | 3,760 | ||||||||||||
31 | Hai Phong | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Hong River Delta | 5,133 | 4,954 | |||||||||||||||
32 | Algeciras | ![]() |
Europe | Western Mediterranean | 5,125 | 4,773 | 4,340 | 4,761[45] | 4,516[45] | 4,457 | 4,501 | 4,114 | 3,603 | 2,810 | 3,042 | 3,324 | 3,152 | 3,257 | 3,180 | 2,937 | |
33 | Nhava Sheva / Mumbai | ![]() |
South Asia | Arabian Sea | 5,100 | 5,051 | 4,833 | 4,432 | 4,490 | 4,450 | |||||||||||
34 | Bremerhaven | ![]() |
Europe | North Sea | 4,856 | 5,450 | 5,510 | 5,535 [46] | 5,479[46] | 5,796 | 5,831 | 6,115 | 5,915 | 4,871 | 4,578 | 5,529 | 4,912 | 4,450 | 3,736 | 3,469 | |
36 | Lianyungang | ![]() |
East Asia | Yellow Sea | 4,780 | 4,750 | 4,711 | 4,703 | 4,703 | ||||||||||||
37 | Mundra | ![]() |
South Asia | Gulf of Kutch | 4,732 | 4,449 | 4,240 | 3,320 | 2,895 | ||||||||||||
38 | Savannah | ![]() |
North America | East Coast | 4,599 | 4,350 | 4,046 | 3,645 | 3,737 | 3,346 | 3,034 | 2,966 | 2,945 | 2,825 | 2,356 | 2,616 | 2,604 | 2,160 | 1,902 | 1,662 | |
39 | Tokyo | ![]() |
East Asia | Tokyo Bay | 4,510 | 4,570 | 4,500 | 4,700 | 4,629 | 4,917 | 4,861 | 4,752 | 4,640 | 4,286 | 3,810 | 4,271 | 3,818 | 3,969 | 3,593 | 3,358 | |
40 | Rizhao | ![]() |
East Asia | Yellow Sea | 4,500 | 4,000 | 3,240 | 3,010[47] | 2,810[47] | ||||||||||||
41 | Jeddah | ![]() |
West Asia | Red Sea | 4,433 | 4,120 | 4,150 | 3,957 | 4,188[48] | 4,200 | 4,561 | 4,738 | 4,010 | 3,830 | 3,091 | 3,326 | 3,068 | 2,964 | 2,836 | 2,426 | |
42 | Colón | ![]() |
Central America | Caribbean coast | 4,379 | 3,890 | 3,891 | 3,258 | 3,577 | 3,356 | 2,060 | 1,900 | 1,600 | 2,802 | 1,856[49] | 2,262 | N/A | 1,947 | 2,150 | ||
43 | Santos | ![]() |
South America | South Atlantic Ocean | 4,165 | 4,120 | 3,854 | 3,394 | 3,645 | 3,685 | 3,446 | 3,172 | 2,985 | 2,716 | 2,252 | 2,675 | 2,533 | 2,208 | 2,240 | 1,883 | |
44 | Salalah | ![]() |
West Asia | Arabian Sea | 4,109 | 3,390 | 3,946 | 3,325 | 2,569 | 2,229 | |||||||||||
45 | Tanjung Perak | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | Madura Strait | 3,900 | 3,866 | 3,553 | 3,355 | 3,154 | ||||||||||||
46 | Port Said | ![]() |
North Africa | Eastern Mediterranean | 3,816 | 3,105 | 3,036 | 3,462 | 3,036 | 4,100 | 3,631 | 4,272 | 3,646 | 3,300 | 3,202 | 2,127 | 2,127 | 1,522 | |||
47 | Seattle–Tacoma | ![]() |
North America | West Coast | 3,775 | 3,798 | 3,665 | 3,616 | 3,154 | 3,456 | 3,461 | 3,510 | 3,590 | ||||||||
48 | Cai Mep | ![]() |
Southeast Asia | East Vietnam Sea | 3,742 | 3,566 | |||||||||||||||
49 | Dongguan | ![]() |
East Asia | Pearl River Delta | 3,680 | 3,500 | 3,910 | 3,640 | 3,363 | ||||||||||||
50 | Felixstowe | ![]() |
Europe | North Sea | 3,584 | 3,850 | 3,850 | 4,016 | 3,980 | 3,680 | 3,740 | 3,700 | 3,519 | 3,400 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 3,300 | 3,000 | 2,700 | 2,717 | |
51 | Fuzhou | ![]() |
East Asia | Taiwan Strait | 3,340 | 3,010 | 2,660 | 1,977 | 1,825 | 1,451 | 1,319 |
See also[]
- United States container ports
- List of largest container shipping companies
- List of largest container ships
- List of busiest ports in Europe
References[]
- ^ Assuming that all boxes are either counted as 1 or 2 TEUs (which is pretty much the case), and that for every 20-foot / single TEU box, there are at least two 40-foot (or other 2 TEU) units (meaning 2 × 2 = 4 TEUs) in circulation, the 40-footers represent at least 80% of the TEU volume; and for every 10 TEUs, on average, at least 80% of them must be divided by two, to compute the actual number of boxes, meaning the total number of boxes drops below 60% of the number of TEUs moved.
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