List of busiest container ports

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]

Container traffic (in thousand TEUs, based on World Shipping Council 2019 figures)[2]
# Port Country / Territory Region Location 2023[3] 2022[4] 2021[5] 2020[5][6] 2019[7] 2018[7][8][9] 2017[10] 2016[11] 2015[12] 2014[12] 2013[13] 2012[14] 2011[15] 2010[16] 2009[17] 2008[18] 2007[19] 2006[20] 2005[21] 2004[22]
1Shanghai ChinaEast AsiaYangtze Delta 49,000 47,303 47,030 43,500 43,303 42,010 40,233 37,133 36,537[23] 35,26833,61732,52931,70029,06925,00227,98026,15021,71018,08414,557
2Singapore SingaporeSoutheast AsiaSingapore Strait 39,010 37,289 37,470 36,600 37,195 36,599 33,666 30,904[24] 30,922[24] 33,86932,24031,64929,93728,43125,86629,91827,93224,79223,19221,329
3Ningbo-Zhoushan ChinaEast AsiaYangtze Delta 35,300 33,351 31,070 28,720 27,530 26,351 24,607 21,560[25] 20,620[25] 19,45017,35116,67014,68613,14410,50211,2269,3497,0685,2084,006
4Shenzhen ChinaEast AsiaPearl River Delta 26,890 30,036 28,768 26,550 25,770 25,740 25,208 23,979[26] 24,204[26] 23,79823,28022,94022,57022,51018,25021,41421,09918,46916,19713,615
5Qingdao ChinaEast AsiaYellow Sea 26,390 25,670 23,710 22,000 21,010 19,315 18,262 18,010[27] 17,510 16,62415,52014,50313,02012,01210,26010,3209,4627,7026,3075,140
6Busan South KoreaEast AsiaKorean Strait 22,750 22,078 22,706 21,590 21,992 21,662 20,493 19,850[28] 19,469[28] 18,42317,69017,04616,18514,15711,95413,42513,27012,03911,84311,430
7Tianjin ChinaEast AsiaYellow Sea 21,800 21,021 20,269 18,350 17,264 15,972 15,040 14,490[29] 14,090 14,05013,01012,30011,50010,0808,7008,5007,1035,9504,8013,814
8Guangzhou ChinaEast AsiaPearl River Delta 20,800 24,857 24,180 23,190 23,236 21,992 20,370 18,858[30] 17,625 16,16015,30914,74414,40012,55011,19011,0019,2006,6004,6853,308
9Los Angeles / Long Beach United StatesNorth AmericaWest Coast 16,618[31][32] 19,044 20,061 17,327 16,969 17,549 17,013 15,632[33][34] 15,352 15,16114,60014,12414,00214,09511,81514,20015,67115,75914,19513,101
10Hong Kong Hong KongEast AsiaPearl River Delta 14,300 16,685 17,798 20,070 18,361 19,596 20,770 19,813[35] 20,073[35] 22,37422,35223,11724,38423,53220,98324,24823,88123,53922,42721,984
11Rotterdam NetherlandsEuropeRhine delta 13,400 14,455 15,300 14,350 14,810 14,512 13,734 12,385[36] 12,235 12,45311,62111,86611,87711,1469,74310,78410,7919,6559,2878,281
12Jebel Ali United Arab EmiratesWest AsiaPersian Gulf 13,970 13,742 13,488 14,111 14,954 15,368 14,772[37] 15,592 14,75013,64113,27013,00011,60011,12411,82710,6538,9237,6196,429
13Antwerp BelgiumEuropeScheldt delta 13,500 12,020 12,031 11,860 11,100 10,451 10,037[38] 9,654 9,1368,5788,6358,6648,4687,3098,6638,1767,0196,4826,064
14Port Klang MalaysiaSoutheast AsiaMalacca Strait 13,220 13,724 13,240 13,580 12,316 11,978 13,170[39] 11,887 10,73610,35010,0009,6048,8707,3097,9707,1206,3265,5445,244
15Xiamen ChinaEast AsiaTaiwan Strait 12,434 12,045 11,410 11,122 10,702 10,380 9,614[40] 9,183 8,5728,0107,2026,4615,8204,6805,0354,6274,0193,3422,872
16Tanjung Pelepas MalaysiaSoutheast AsiaMalacca Strait 10,512 11,200 9,850 9,100 8,960 8,261 8,281[41] 9,120 8,500[12] 7,628 7,700 7,500 6,530 6,000 5,600 5,500 4,770 4,177 4,020
17New York / New Jersey United StatesNorth AmericaEast Coast 9,493 8,985 7,586 7,471 7,179 6,711 6,252[42] 6,372 5,7725,4675,5305,5035,2924,5615,2655,2995,0934,7854,478
18Kaohsiung TaiwanEast AsiaTaiwan Strait 9,491 9,864 9,622 10,428 10,445 10,271 10,465[43] 10,264 10,5939,9389,7819,6368,8728,5819,67710,2579,7759,4719,714
19Laem Chabang ThailandSoutheast AsiaGulf of Thailand 8,741 8,335 7,547 8,106 8,070 7,670 7,227[44] 6,780 6,5186,0325,8305,7315,0684,5385,1344,6424,1233,8343,529
20Hamburg GermanyEuropeElbe River 8,261 8,715 8,540 9,274 8,730 8,860 8,910[45] 8,821 9,7299,3028,8649,0227,9007,0079,7379,8908,8628,0887,003
21Taicang / Suzhou ChinaEast AsiaYangtze Delta 8,025 7,038 5,212 5,152 5,071 4,514 4,081 3,760
22Saigon VietnamSoutheast AsiaEast Vietnam Sea 7,905 7,956 7,854 7,220 6,586 6,156 5,987[46] 5,788[12][46] 6,334 5,542 5,060 4,674 4,100 3,563 3,100 2,532 2,532 2,122 1,868
23Tanger-Med MoroccoNorth AfricaWestern Mediterranean 7,596 7,173 5,771 4,801 3,472 3,312 2,960
24Tanjung Priok IndonesiaSoutheast AsiaJava Sea 6,849 6,134 7,600 7,640 6,090 5,515[47] 5,201[47] 5,034 6,590 6,200 5,618 4,715 3,800 3,984 3,900 3,280 3,282 3,170
25Colombo Sri LankaSouth AsiaLaccadive Sea 6,860 7,250 6,855 7,228 7,047 6,209 5,735[48] 5,185[12][48] 4,910 2,221
26Mundra IndiaSouth AsiaGulf of Kutch 6,503 6,660 6,503 5,657 4,732 4,449 4,240 3,320 2,895
27Nhava Sheva / Mumbai IndiaSouth AsiaArabian Sea 5,959 5,630 4,470 5,100 5,051 4,833 4,432 4,490 4,450
28Savannah United StatesNorth AmericaEast Coast 5,892 5,613 4,682 4,599 4,350 4,046 3,645 3,7373,3463,0342,9662,9452,8252,3562,6162,6042,1601,9021,662
29Rizhao ChinaEast AsiaYellow Sea 5,804 5,174 4,860 4,500 4,000 3,240 3,010[49] 2,810[49]
30Hai Phong VietnamSoutheast AsiaHong River Delta 5,629 5,696 5,142 5,133 4,954
31Vũng Tàu VietnamSoutheast AsiaEast Vietnam Sea 5,593 5,385 4,411 3,742 3,567 3,065 2,261
32Lianyungang ChinaEast AsiaYellow Sea 5,570 5,090 4,800 4,780 4,750 4,711 4,703 4,703
33Manila PhilippinesSoutheast AsiaManila Bay 5,474 4,976 4,443 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
34Qinzhou ChinaEast AsiaGulf of Tonkin 5,407 4,630 3,950 2,580 2,400 2,303 2,091
35Colón PanamaCentral AmericaCaribbean coast 5,102 4,916 4,454 4,379 3,890 3,891 3,258 3,577 3,3562,0601,9001,6002,8021,856[50]2,262N/A1,9472,150
36Valencia SpainEuropeWestern Mediterranean 5,052 5,604 5,428 5,439 5,128 4,832 4,722 4,616 4,4424,3284,4704,3274,2073,6533,5933,0432,6122,4102,145
37Piraeus GreeceEuropeEastern Mediterranean 5,000 5,311 5,437 5,648 4,907 4,145 3,737 3,330 3,1642,7451,6801,1986654341,373N/AN/AN/A
38Yingkou ChinaEast AsiaLiaodong Bay 4,995 5,207 5,650 5,480 6,487 6,278 6,086[51] 5,922 5,770
39Santos BrazilSouth America South Atlantic Ocean 4,986 4,831 4,232 4,165 4,120 3,854 3,394 3,645 3,6853,4463,1722,9852,7162,2522,6752,5332,2082,2401,883
40Jeddah Saudi ArabiaWest AsiaRed Sea 4,960 4,882 4,737 4,433 4,120 4,150 3,957 4,188[52] 4,200 4,561 4,738 4,010 3,830 3,091 3,326 3,068 2,964 2,836 2,426
41Algeciras SpainEuropeWestern Mediterranean 4,767 4,799 5,108 5,125 4,773 4,340 4,761[53] 4,516[53] 4,4574,5014,1143,6032,8103,0423,3243,1523,2573,1802,937
42Bremerhaven GermanyEuropeNorth Sea 4,572 5,018 4,767 4,856 5,450 5,510 5,535 [54] 5,479[54] 5,796 5,831 6,115 5,915 4,871 4,578 5,529 4,912 4,450 3,736 3,469
43Salalah OmanWest AsiaArabian Sea 4,504 4,510 4,340 4,109 3,390 3,946 3,325 2,569 2,229
44Dalian ChinaEast AsiaYellow Sea 4,459 3,672 5,110 10,210 9,770 9,707 9,614[55] 9,450 10,128 10,860 8,060 6,400 5,242 4,552 4,503 4,574 3,212 2,665 2,211
45Tokyo JapanEast AsiaTokyo Bay 4,430 4,326 4,260 4,510 4,570 4,500 4,700 4,629 4,9174,8614,7524,6404,2863,8104,2713,8183,9693,5933,358
46Abu Dhabi United Arab EmiratesWest AsiaPersian Gulf 4,330 3,440 3,220 2,780 1,740 1,400
47Port Said EgyptNorth AfricaNorth of Suez Canal 4,252 4,765 4,010 3,816 3,105 2,968 3,036 3,462 3,036 4,100 3,631 4,272 3,646 3,300 3,202 2,127 2,127 1,522 869
48Yantai ChinaEast AsiaYellow Sea 4,117 3,651 3,300 3,102 3,001
49Houston United StatesNorth AmericaGulf of Mexico 3,974 3,453 3,001 2,987 2,701
50Tanjung Perak IndonesiaSoutheast AsiaMadura Strait 3,972 3,901 3,602

For other uses, see Lists of the world's busiest ports.

See also

References
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