List of busiest container ports

This is a list of the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in shipping containers) by total number of actual twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. Data listed in millions of TEU.

Container Traffic (in thousand TEUs):

#	Port	Country	Region	Location	2017	2016[1]	2015[2]	2014[2]	2013[3]	2012[4]	2011[5]	2010[6]	2009[7]	2008[8]	2007[9]	2006[10]	2005[11]	2004[12]
1	Shanghai	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	40,230	37,133	36,537[13]	35,268	33,617	32,529	31,700	29,069	25,002	27,980	26,150	21,710	18,084	14,557
2	Singapore	Singapore	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	33,670	30,904[14]	30,922[14]	33,869	32,240	31,649	29,937	28,431	25,866	29,918	27,932	24,792	23,192	21,329
3	Shenzhen	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	25,210	23,979[15]	24,204[15]	23,798	23,280	22,940	22,570	22,510	18,250	21,414	21,099	18,469	16,197	13,615
4	Ningbo-Zhoushan	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	24,610	21,560[16]	20,620[16]	19,450	17,351	16,670	14,686	13,144	10,502	11,226	9,349	7,068	5,208	4,006
5	Busan	South Korea	East Asia	Korean Strait	21,400	19,850[17]	19,469[17]	18,423	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	11,954	13,425	13,270	12,039	11,843	11,430
6	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	20,760	19,813[18]	20,073[18]	22,374	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984
7	Guangzhou	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	20,370	18,858[19]	17,625	16,160	15,309	14,744	14,400	12,550	11,190	11,001	9,200	6,600	4,685	3,308
8	Qingdao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	18,260	18,010[20]	17,510	16,624	15,520	14,503	13,020	12,012	10,260	10,320	9,462	7,702	6,307	5,140
9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Western Asia	Arab Peninsula	15,440	14,772[21]	15,592	14,750	13,641	13,270	13,000	11,600	11,124	11,827	10,653	8,923	7,619	6,429
10	Tianjin	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	15,210	14,490[22]	14,090	14,050	13,010	12,300	11,500	10,080	8,700	8,500	7,103	5,950	4,801	3,814
11	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Northern Europe	North sea	13,600	12,385[23]	12,235	12,453	11,621	11,866	11,877	11,146	9,743	10,784	10,791	9,655	9,287	8,281
12	Port Klang	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	12,060	13,170[24]	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	Belgium	Northern Europe	North sea	10,450	10,037[25]	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	China	East Asia	Taiwan strait	10,380	9,614[26]	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	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	East Asia	Taiwan	10,240	10,465[27]	10,264	10,593	9,938	9,781	9,636	8,872	8,581	9,677	10,257	9,775	9,471	9,714
16	Dalian	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	9,710	9,614[28]	9,450	10,128	10,860	8,060	6,400	5,242	4,552	4,503	4,574	3,212	2,665	2,211
17	Los Angeles	United States	North America	West Coast	9,340	8,857[29]	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	Germany	Northern Europe	North sea	9,000	8,910[30]	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	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	8,330	8,281[31]	9,120	8,500[2]	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770	4,177	4,020
20	Laem Chabang	Thailand	Southeast Asia	Gulf of Thailand	7,760	7,227[32]	6,780	6,518	6,032	5,830	5,731	5,068	4,538	5,134	4,642	4,123	3,834	3,529
21	Long Beach	United States	North America	West Coast	7,545[33]	6,775[34]	7,192	6,821	6,731	6,046	6,061	6,263	5,067	6,350	7,316	7,289	6,710	5,780
22	New York	United States	North America	East Coast	6,711[35]	6,252[36]	6,372	5,772	5,467	5,530	5,503	5,292	4,561	5,265	5,299	5,093	4,785	4,478
23	Yingkou	China	East Asia	Liaodong Bay		6,086[37]	5,922
24	Saigon	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	Ho Chi Minh City		5,987[38]	5,788[2][38]	6,334	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,563	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868
25	Colombo	Sri Lanka	South Asia	Colombo	6,200	5,735[39]	5,185[2][39]
26	Bremerhaven	Germany	Northern Europe	North sea		5,535 [40]	5,479[40]	5,796	5,831	6,115	5,915	4,871	4,578	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469
27	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Java Sea		5,515[41]	5,201[41]	5,034	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,800	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170
28	Algeciras	Spain	Southern Europe	Western Mediterranean		4,761[42]	4,516[42]	4,457	4,501	4,114	3,603	2,810	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937
29	Valencia	Spain	Southern Europe	Western Mediterranean		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
30	Lianyungang	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea		4,703	4,703
31	Tokyo	Japan	East Asia	Tokyo Bay		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
32	Manila	Philippines	Southeast Asia	Manila Bay		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
33	Mumbai	India	South Asia	Arabian Sea	4,830	4,432
34	Mundra	India	South Asia	Gulf of Kutch	4,240[43]	3,320	2,895
35	Taicang	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta		4,081	3,760
36	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	Northern Europe	North Sea		4,000	3,980	3,680	3,740	3,700	3,519	3,400	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,000	2,700	2,717
37	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	Western Asia	Arab Peninsula		3,957	4,188[44]	4,200	4,561	4,738	4,010	3,830	3,091	3,326	3,068	2,964	2,836	2,426
38	Piraeus	Greece	Southern Europe	Eastern Mediterranean		3,737	3,330	3,164	2,745	1,680	1,198	665	434	1,373	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	Savannah	United States	North America	East Coast	4,046[45]	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
40	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	Western Asia	Arab Peninsula	3,800[46]	4,330	4,142	4,256	3,800	3,996	3,230	3,023	2,750	2,112	1,850	1,730	1,929	1,819
41	Dongguan	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta		3,640	3,363
42	Seattle/Tacoma	United States	North America	West Coast	3,665[47]	3,616	3,154	3,456	3,461	3,510	3,590
43	Santos	Brazil	South America	South Atlantic Ocean		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	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Madura Strait		3,355	3,154
45	Salalah	Oman	Western Asia	Arabian Sea		3,325	2,569
46	Colón	Panama	Central America	Caribbean coast		3,258	3,577	3,356	2,060	1,900	1,600	2,802	1,856[48]	2,262	N/A	1,947	2,150
47	Marsaxlokk	Malta	Southern Europe	Eastern Mediterranean		3,084	3,064
48	Nanjing	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta		3,084	2,940
49	Port Said	Egypt	North Africa	North of Suez Canal		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
50	Rizhao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea		3,010[49]	2,810[49]

List of busiest container ports

  Level in 2015

  Level in 2004

See also

• Container ports in the United States
• Largest container shipping companies
• Largest container ships ever built
• List of busiest ports in Europe

References