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 shipping containers) by total number of actual twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. The data appears in thousands of TEU.

Container Traffic (in thousand TEUs):

#	Port	Country	Region	Location	2018[1][2]	2017[3]	2016[4]	2015[5]	2014[5]	2013[6]	2012[7]	2011[8]	2010[9]	2009[10]	2008[11]	2007[12]	2006[13]	2005[14]	2004[15]
1	Shanghai	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	42,010	40,233	37,133	36,537[16]	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	Singapore Strait	36,660	33,666	30,904[17]	30,922[17]	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	27,740	25,208	23,979[18]	24,204[18]	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	26,350	24,607	21,560[19]	20,620[19]	19,450	17,351	16,670	14,686	13,144	10,502	11,226	9,349	7,068	5,208	4,006
5	Guangzhou	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	21,870	20,370	18,858[20]	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	Busan	South Korea	East Asia	Korean Strait	21,660	20,493	19,850[21]	19,469[21]	18,423	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	11,954	13,425	13,270	12,039	11,843	11,430
7	Hong Kong	Hong Kong / China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	19,600	20,770	19,813[22]	20,073[22]	22,374	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984
8	Qingdao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	18,260	18,262	18,010[23]	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	Tianjin	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	16,000	15,040	14,490[24]	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	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	West Asia	Arab Peninsula	14,950	15,368	14,772[25]	15,592	14,750	13,641	13,270	13,000	11,600	11,124	11,827	10,653	8,923	7,619	6,429
11	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Europe	North Sea	14,510	13,734	12,385[26]	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	12,320	11,978	13,170[27]	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	Europe	North Sea	11,100	10,451	10,037[28]	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	10,702	10,380	9,614[29]	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 Strait	10,450	10,271	10,465[30]	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	9,770	9,707	9,614[31]	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	9,460	9,343	8,857[32]	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	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	8,960	8,261	8,281[33]	9,120	8,500[5]	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770	4,177	4,020
19	Hamburg	Germany	Europe	Elbe River	8,730	8,860	8,910[34]	8,821	9,729	9,302	8,864	9,022	7,900	7,007	9,737	9,890	8,862	8,088	7,003
20	Long Beach	United States	North America	West Coast	8,090	7,670	6,775[35]	7,192	6,821	6,731	6,046	6,061	6,263	5,067	6,350	7,316	7,289	6,710	5,780
21	Laem Chabang	Thailand	Southeast Asia	Gulf of Thailand	8,070	7,670	7,227[36]	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	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Java Sea	7,640	6,090	5,515[37]	5,201[37]	5,034	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,800	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170
23	New York	United States	North America	East Coast	7,200	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
24	Colombo	Sri Lanka	South Asia	Sri Lanka	7,050	6,209	5,735[39]	5,185[5][39]	4,910										2,221
25	Yingkou	China	East Asia	Liaodong Bay	6,500	6,278	6,086[40]	5,922	5,770
26	Saigon	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	East Vietnam Sea	6,330	6,156	5,987[41]	5,788[5][41]	6,334	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,563	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868
27	Bremerhaven	Germany	Europe	North Sea	5,420	5,510	5,535 [42]	5,479[42]	5,796	5,831	6,115	5,915	4,871	4,578	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469
28	Valencia	Spain	Europe	Western Mediterranean	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	Philippines	Southeast Asia	Manila Bay	5,050	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	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	5,071	4,514	4,081	3,760
31	Mumbai	India	South Asia	Arabian Sea	5,050	4,833	4,432	4,490	4,450
32	Piraeus	Greece	Europe	Eastern Mediterranean	4,910	4,145	3,737	3,330	3,164	2,745	1,680	1,198	665	434	1,373	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	Algeciras	Spain	Europe	Western Mediterranean	4,770	4,340	4,761[43]	4,516[43]	4,457	4,501	4,114	3,603	2,810	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937
34	Lianyungang	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	4,750	4,711	4,703	4,703
35	Tokyo	Japan	East Asia	Tokyo Bay	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
36	Mundra	India	South Asia	Gulf of Kutch	4,440	4,240	3,320	2,895
37	Savannah	United States	North America	East Coast	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
38	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	West Asia	Red Sea	4,120	4,150	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
39	Santos	Brazil	South America	South Atlantic Ocean	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
40	Port of Gioia Tauro	Italy	Europe	Mediterranean Sea	4,005	3,391	3,796	3,030	3,708	3,652	3,725	3,307
41	Rizhao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	4,000	3,240	3,010[45]	2,810[45]
42	Colón	Panama	Central America	Caribbean coast	3,890	3,891	3,258	3,577	3,356	2,060	1,900	1,600	2,802	1,856[46]	2,262	N/A	1,947	2,150
43	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Madura Strait	3,866	3,553	3,355	3,154
44	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	Europe	North Sea	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
45	Seattle/Tacoma	United States	North America	West Coast	3,800	3,665	3,616	3,154	3,456	3,461	3,510	3,590
46	Dongguan	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	3,500	3,910	3,640	3,363
47	Tanger-Med	Morocco	Africa	North Africa	3,470	3,312	2,960
48	Barcelona	Spain	Europe	Western Mediterranean	3,420	2,970	2,230	1,720	1,756	2,014	1,946								1,883
49	Vancouver	Canada	North America	West Coast	3,400	3,252
50	Salalah	Oman	West Asia	Arabian Sea	3,390	3,946	3,325	2,569											2,229
51	Fuzhou	China	East Asia	Fujian	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

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