The Top 50 Container Ports.

These are the biggest container ports in the world, the hubs that keep global trade moving.

 

Port

Volume 2023 (Million TEU)

Volume 2022 (Million TEU)

Volume 2021 (Million TEU)

Volume 2020 (Million TEU)

Volume 2019 (Million TEU)

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1

Shanghai, China

49.16

47.3

47.03

43.5

43.30

English

2

Singapore

39.01

37.29

37.49

36.9

37.20

English

3

Ningbo-Zhoushan, China

35.30

33.35

31.07

28.72

27.49

English Chinese

4

Shenzhen, China

29.88

30.04

28.77

26.55

25.77

English Chinese

5

Guangzhou Harbor, China

25.41

24.86

24.18

23.51

23.23

English Chinese

6

Busan, South Korea

23.04

22.08

22.71

21.82

21.99

English Korean

7

Qingdao, China

28.77

25.67

23.71

22.01

21.01

English Chinese

8

Hong Kong, S.A.R, China

14.40

16.69

17.80

17.95

18.30

English Chinese

9

Tianjin, China

22.19

22.02

20.27

18.35

17.30

English Chinese

10

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

13.45

14.46

15.30

14.35

14.82

English Dutch German Chinese

11

Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

14.47

13.97

13.74

13.50

14.11

English Arabic

12

Port Klang, Malaysia

14.06

13.22

13.72

13.24

13.58

English Bahasa Malay

13

Xiamen, China

12.55

12.43

12.05

11.41

11.12

Chinese

14

Antwerp, Belgium

12.50

13.50

12.02

12.03

11.10

English Nederlands

15

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China

8.83

9.49

9.86

9.62

10.42

English Chinese

16

Dalian, China

5.03

4.46

3.67

5.11

10.21

English Chinese

17

Los Angeles, U.S.A

8.63

9.91

10.68

9.21

9.30

English

18

Hamburg, Germany

7.70

8.26

8.72

8.54

9.30

English German Chinese

19

Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia

10.48

10.51

11.20

9.80

9.10

English

20

Laem Chabang, Thailand

8.87

8.74

8.34

7.55

8.10

English Thai

21

Keihin Ports, Japan*

 

8.00

 

7.98

Japanese

22

Long Beach, U.S.A.

8.02

9.13

9.38

8.11

7.63

English

23

Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, Indonesia

4.10

3.97

3.90

3.60

7.60

English Indonesian

24

New York-New Jersey, U.S.A.

7.81

9.49

9.00

7.59

7.40

English

25

Colombo, Sri Lanka

6.94

6.86

7.30

6.86

7.23

English

26

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

7.40

7.91

8.00

7.85

7.22

English Vietnamese

27

Suzhou, China

8.11

8.11

6.29

     

28

Piraeus, Greece

5.10

5.00

5.31

5.44

5.67

English Greek

29

Yingkou, China

5.21

5.67

5.48

6.5

6.28

English Chinese

30

Valencia, Spain

4.80

5.05

5.60

5.43

5.44

English Spanish

31

Manila, Philippines

5.21

5.47

4.98

4.43

5.31

English

32

Taicang, China

8.04

 

7.04

       

33

Hai Phong, Vietnam

5.57

5.63

5.70

5.14

5.13

English Vietnamese

34

Algeciras, Spain

4.73

4.77

4.80

5.12

5.12

English Spanish French

35

Jawarharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), India

6.35

5.96

5.63

4.48

5.03

English

36

Bremen/Bremerhaven,

Germany

4.18

4.57

5.02

4.77

4.87

English German

37

Tanger Med, Morocco

8.61

7.60

7.17

5.77

4.80

English

38

Lianyungang, China

6.14

5.57

5.09

4.80

Chinese

39

Mundra, India

7.40

6.50

6.66

5.66

4.73

English

40

Savannah, U.S.A

4.93

5.89

5.61

4.68

4.59

English

41

Tokyo, Japan

4.57

4.43

4.33

4.26

4.51

English Chinese Korean Japanese

42

Rizhao, China

6.26

5.80

5.17

4.86

4.50

English Chinese

43

Foshan, China

 

3.71

4.05

     

44

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

5.59

4.96

4.88

4.74

4.43

English Arabic

45

Colon, Panama

4.87

5.10

4.92

4.45

Spanish

46

Santos, Brazil

4.78

4.99

4.83

4.23

4.17

English Portuguese

47

Salalah, Oman

3.79

4.50

4.51

4.34

3.94

English

48

Dongguan, China

3.90

3.41

3.40

3.42

 

49

Guangxi Beibu, China

8.00

7.02

6.01

5.38

3.82

       

50

Cai Mep, Vietnam

5.48

5.59

5.39

4.41

English

51

Yingkou, China

5.33

5.00

5.21

5.65

English Chinese

52

Port Said, Egypt

4.44

4.25

4.76

4.01

English Arabic

53

Qinzhou, China

6.21

5.40

4.63

3.95

Chinese

54

NW Seaport Alliance, U.S.A.

2.97

3.38

3.74

3.32

English

55

Felixstowe, U.K.

3.71

3.7

3.7

3.5

English

56

Marsaxlokk, Malta

2.80

2.89

2.97

2.44

English

57

Nanjing, China

3.46

3.02

3.11

3.02

58

Fuzhou, China

3.50

3.29

3.29

3.52

Chinese

59

Barcelona, Spain

3.28

3.52

3.53

2.96

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60

Vancouver, Canada

3.13

3.56

3.68

3.47

English French

   

*= tie

         
   

**= discrepancy of sources

         

Note: ranking is based off of 2023 statistics