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This is a list of the World's busiest port regions, identified by regions of intense port activity typically concentrated around key economic centres. Several of the world's ports are managed or operated as distinct ports despite their geographical proximity, and many serve a single city or urban area.
Region |
Ports |
Gross tonnage handled |
Total |
Yangtze River Delta, People's Republic of China |
Port of Shanghai (Waigaoqiao, Yangshan) |
443,000 |
863,920 |
Port of Ningbo |
268,000 |
Port of Suzhou |
152,920 |
Holland-Antwerp, Netherlands/Belgium |
Port of Amsterdam |
73,176 |
578,066 |
Port of Antwerp |
152,327 |
Port of Rotterdam |
352,563 |
Pearl River Delta, People's Republic of China |
Port of Guangzhou |
215,190 |
571,315 |
Port of Hong Kong |
220,879 |
Port of Shenzhen |
135,246 |
Bohai Bay, People's Republic of China |
Port of Dalian |
145,162 |
512,973 |
Port of Qingdao |
161,650 |
Port of Tianjin |
206,161 |
Singapore Strait, Singapore/Malaysia |
Johor Port |
28,290 |
|
Port of Singapore |
393,418 |
Port of Tanjung Pelepas |
|
Osaka Bay, Japan |
Port of Kobe |
185,781 |
467,986 |
Port of Osaka |
141,808 |
Port of Sakai-Senboku |
72,750 |
Port of Wakayama-Shimotsu |
39,018 |
Others (Himeji,Nishinomiya,Hannan]) |
28,629 |
Tokyo Bay, Japan |
Chiba Port |
169,254 |
|
Port of Kawasaki |
|
Port of Tokyo |
91,427 |
Port of Yokohama |
126,960 |
Port of Yokosuka |
|
New Orleans area, Louisiana, United States |
Port of Baton Rouge |
|
|
Port of New Orleans |
70,886 |
Port of South Louisiana |
203,517 |
Los Angeles, California, United States |
Port of Long Beach |
72,684 |
|
Port of Los Angeles |
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