List of world's busiest container ports

This is a list of the world's busiest container ports by total number of actual twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. Data listed in thousands of TEU.

Container Traffic (in thousand TEUs):
Rank	Port	Territory	2013^[1]	2012^[2]	2011^[3]	2010^[4]	2009^[5]	2008^[6]	2007^[7]	2006^[8]	2005^[9]	2004^[10]
1	Shanghai	China	33,617	32,529	31,700	29,069	25,002	27,980	26,150	21,710	18,084	14,557
2	Singapore	Singapore	32,240	31,649	29,937	28,431	25,866	29,918	27,932	24,792	23,192	21,329
3	Shenzhen	China	23,280	22,940	22,570	22,510	18,250	21,414	21,099	18,469	16,197	13,615
4	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984
5	Busan	South Korea	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	11,954	13,425	13,270	12,039	11,843	11,430
6	Ningbo-Zhoushan	China	17,351	16,670	14,686	13,144	10,502	11,226	9,349	7,068	5,208	4,006
7	Qingdao	China	15,520	14,503	13,020	12,012	10,260	10,320	9,462	7,702	6,307	5,140
8	Guangzhou	China	15,309	14,744	14,400	12,550	11,190	11,001	9,200	6,600	4,685	3,308
9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	13,641	13,270	13,000	11,600	11,124	11,827	10,653	8,923	7,619	6,429
10	Tianjin	China	13,010	12,300	11,500	10,080	8,700	8,500	7,103	5,950	4,801	3,814
11	Rotterdam	Netherlands	11,621	11,866	11,877	11,146	9,743	10,784	10,791	9,655	9,287	8,281
12	Dalian	China	10,860	8,060	6,400	5,242	4,552	4,503	4,574	3,212	2,665	2,211
13	Port Klang	Malaysia	10,350	10,000	9,604	8,870	7,309	7,970	7,120	6,326	5,544	5,244
14	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	9,938	9,781	9,636	8,872	8,581	9,677	10,257	9,775	9,471	9,714
15	Hamburg	Germany	9,302	8,864	9,022	7,900	7,007	9,737	9,890	8,862	8,088	7,003
16	Antwerp	Belgium	8,578	8,635	8,664	8,468	7,309	8,663	8,176	7,019	6,482	6,064
17	Xiamen	China	8,010	7,202	6,461	5,820	4,680	5,035	4,627	4,019	3,342	2,872
18	Los Angeles	United States	7,869	8,078	7,941	7,832	6,748	7,850	8,355	8,470	7,485	7,321
19	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770	4,177	4,020
20	Long Beach	United States	6,731	6,046	6,061	6,263	5,067	6,350	7,316	7,289	6,710	5,780
21	Tanjung Priok (Jakarta)	Indonesia	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,800	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170
22	Laem Chabang	Thailand	6,032	5,830	5,731	5,068	4,538	5,134	4,642	4,123	3,834	3,529
23	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	5,831	6,115	5,915	4,871	4,578	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469
24	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	Vietnam	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,563	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868
25	Lianyungang	China	5,490	5,020	4,850	3,870	3,021	3,001	2,001	1,302	1,005	N/A
26	New York and New Jersey	United States	5,467	5,530	5,503	5,292	4,561	5,265	5,299	5,093	4,785	4,478
27	Yingkou	China	5,301	4,851	4,033	3,338	2,537	2,030	1,371	838	634	N/A
28	Tokyo	Japan	4,861	4,752	4,640	4,286	3,810	4,271	3,818	3,969	3,593	3,358
29	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	4,561	4,738	4,010	3,830	3,091	3,326	3,068	2,964	2,836	2,426
30	Algeciras	Spain	4,501	4,114	3,603	2,810	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937
31	Valencia	Spain	4,328	4,470	4,327	4,207	3,653	3,593	3,043	2,612	2,410	2,145
32	Colombo	Sri Lanka	4,306	4,180	4,263	4,137	3,464	3,687	3,380	3,079	2,455	2,221
33	Mumbai	India	4,162	4,260	4,217	3,857	4,061	3,953	4,060	3,298	2,667	2,361
34	Port Said	Egypt	4,100	3,631	4,272	3,646	3,300	3,202	2,127	2,127	1,522	869
35	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	3,800	3,996	3,230	3,023	2,750	2,112	1,850	1,730	1,929	1,819
36	Manila	Philippines	3,770	3,705	3,250	3,257	2,815	2,977	2,800	2,638	2,625	2,698
37	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	3,740	3,700	3,519	3,400	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,000	2,700	2,717
38	Santos	Brazil	3,446	3,172	2,985	2,716	2,252	2,675	2,533	2,208	2,240	1,883
39	Ambarli (Istanbul)	Turkey	3,378	3,097	2,686	2,540
40	Colón	Panama	3,356	2,060	1,900	1,600	2,802	1,856^[11]	2,262	N/A	1,947	2,150
41	Salalah	Oman	3,340	3,620	3,201	3,482	3,490	3,068	2,600	2,390	2,492	2,229
42	Taicang	China	3,267	4,015	3,058	2,212
43	Piraeus	Greece	3,164	2,745	1,680	1,198	665	434	1,373	N/A	N/A	N/A
44	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,087	2,721	2,305	2,851	2,857	3,468	3,445	2,900	3,161	3,261
45	Balboa	Panama	3,064	3,251	3,232	2,759	2,012	2,011	2,167	988	663
46	Savannah	United States	3,034	2,966	2,945	2,825	2,356	2,616	2,604	2,160	1,902	1,662
47	Tanjung Perak (Surabaya)	Indonesia	3,001	2,849	2,644	3,030
48	Yokohama	Japan	2,888	3,053	3,083	3,280	2,555	3,490	3,400	3,200	2,873	2,718
49	Vancouver	Canada	2,825	2,713	2,551	2,514	2,492	2,307	2,208	1,767	1,665
50	Marsaxlokk	Malta	2,750	2,540	2,360	2,371
51	Nagoya	Japan	2,709	2,655	2,623	2,549	2,113	2,817	2,890	2,740	2,470	2,304
52	Nanjing	China	2,670	2,300	1,493	1,400
53	Keelung and Taipei	Taiwan	2,642	2,705	2,403	2,199
54	Durban	South Africa	2,633	2,529	2,713	2,762
55	Tanger-Med (Tangiers)	Morocco	2,558	1,900	2,070	2,058
56	Kobe	Japan	2,553	2,568	2,470	2,556
57	St Petersburg	Russia	2,515	2,525	2,365	1,928
58	Melbourne	Australia	2,492	2,548	2,507	2,348
59	Le Havre	France	2,486	2,306	2,220	2,400
60	Osaka	Japan	2,485	2,410	2,490	2,282
61	Mundra	India	2,390	1,520	1,344	1,149
62	Oakland	United States	2,347	2,344	2,343	2,330
63	Yeosu Gwangyang	South Korea	2,285	2,154	2,253	2,073
64	Virginia	United States	2,224	2,106	1,918	1,895
65	Incheon	South Korea	2,161	1,982	2,329	1,903
66	Sydney	Australia	2,153	2,094	2,054	1,986
67	Yantai	China	2,150	1,850	1,709	1,527
68	Manzanillo	Mexico	2,118	1,992	1,763	1,509
69	Rizhao	China	2,027	1,749
70	Bruges-Zeebrugge	Belgium	2,026	1,953	2,222	2,500
71	Cartagena	Colombia	2,014	2,201	1,853	1,581
72	Genoa	Italy	1,988	2,065	1,847	1,759
73	Fuzhou	China	1,977	1,825	1,451	1,319
74	Houston	United States	1,950	1,923	1,890	1,812
75	Callao	Peru	1,855	1,818	1,616	1,346
76	Shahid Rajaee	Iran	1,763	2,318	2,762	2,593
77	Barcelona	Spain	1,720	1,756	2,014	1,946
78	Tacoma	United States	1,718	1,711	1,489	1,455
79	Kingston	Jamaica	1,704	1,547	1,848	1,892
80	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	1,659	1,622	1,492	1,333
81	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1,651	1,656	1,852	1,759
82	Charleston	United States	1,601	1,515	1,380
83	Seattle	United States	1,593	1,886	2,030	2,140
84	Karachi	Pakistan	1,563	1,490	1,400	1,370
85	Dandong	China	1,560	1,250
86	Chittagong	Bangladesh	1,540	1,406	1,392	1,329
87	Guayaquil	Ecuador	1,518	1,449	1,406	1,093
88	Bangkok	Thailand	1,509	1,274	1,305	1,498
89	Alexandria	Egypt	1,508	1,500	1,490	1,350
90	Dongguan	China	1,500	1,100
91	Southampton	United Kingdom	1,491	1,476	1,563	1,540
92	Chennai	India	1,470	1,550	1,560	1,522
93	Taichung	Taiwan	1,468	1,395	1,380	1,357
94	Freeport	Bahamas	1,400	1,202
95	Mersin	Turkey	1,378	1,263
96	Haifa	Israel	1,357	1,372	1,235	1,264
97	Montreal	Canada	1,357	1,375	1,363	1,331
98	Zhongshan	China	1,320	1,204	1,423	1,294
99	La Spezia	Italy	1,298	1,247	1,307	1,285
100	Shantou	China	1,280	1,250

2005

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs (000s)^[12]	+/- from 2004	% change from 2004
1	Singapore	Singapore	23,192	1,863	8.73
2	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	22,427	443	2.02
3	Shanghai	China	18,084	3,527	24.23
4	Shenzhen	China	16,197	2,582	18.96
5	Busan	South Korea	11,843	413	3.61
6	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	9,471	0	0.00
7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	9,287	1,006	12.15
8	Hamburg	Germany	8,088	1,085	15.49
9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	7,619	1,190	18.51
10	Los Angeles	United States	7,485	164	2.24
11	Long Beach	United States	6,710	930	16.09
12	Antwerp	Belgium	6,482	418	6.89
13	Qingdao	China	6,307	1,167	22.70
14	Port Klang	Malaysia	5,544	300	5.72
15	Ningbo	China	5,208	1,202	30.00
16	Tianjin	China	4,801	987	25.88
17	New York/New Jersey	United States	4,785	307	6.86
18	Guangzhou	China	4,685	1,377	41.63
19	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	4,177	157	3.91
20	Laem Chabang	Thailand	3,834	305	8.64
21	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	3,736	267	7.70
22	Tokyo	Japan	3,593	235	7.00
23	Xiamen	China	3,342
24	Jakarta	Indonesia	3,282	-315	-8.76
25	Algeciras	Spain	3,180	243	8.27
26	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,161	-100	-3.07
27	Yokohama	Japan	2,873	368	14.69
28	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	2,836	410	16.90
29	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	2,700	25	0.93
30	Mumbai	India	2,667	306	12.96
31	Manila	Philippines	2,665	454	20.53
32	Dalian	China	2,665	113	4.43
32	Salalah	Oman	2,492	263	11.80
33	Nagoya	Japan	2,491	336	15.59
34	Colombo	Sri Lanka	2,455	234	10.54
36	Valencia	Spain	2,410	265	12.35
37	Oakland	United States	2,273	230	11.26
38	Santos	Brazil	2,268	385	20.45
39	Kobe	Japan	2,262	85	3.90
40	Le Havre	France	2,119	-13	-0.61
41	Keelung	Taiwan	2,091	21	1.01
42	Seattle	United States	2,088	312	17.57
43	Barcelona	Spain	2,071	188	9.98
44	Tacoma	United States	2,066	268	14.91
45	Charleston	United States	1,987	123	6.60
46	Hampton Roads	United States	1,982	0	0.00
47	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	1,930	111	6.10
48	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	1,911
49	Savannah	United States	1,902
50	Melbourne	Australia	1,863	-47	-2.46

2004

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs (000s)^[13]	+/- from 2003	% change from 2003
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	21,984	1,485	7.24
2	Singapore	Singapore	21,329	2,918	15.85
3	Shanghai	China	14,557	3,277	29.05
4	Shenzhen	China	13,615	3,000	28.26
5	Busan	South Korea	11,430	1,022	9.82
6	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	9,471	619	11.36
7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8,281	1,174	16.52
8	Los Angeles	United States	7,321	172	2.41
9	Hamburg	Germany	7,003	865	14.10
10	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	6,429	1,277	24.78
11	Antwerp	Belgium	6,064	871	9.85
12	Long Beach	United States	5,780	1,122	24.08
13	Port Klang	Malaysia	5,244	404	8.34
14	Qingdao	China	5,140	901	21.25
15	New York/New Jersey	United States	4,478	410	10.09
16	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	4,020	533	15.30
17	Ningbo	China	4,006	1,234	44.50
18	Tianjin	China	3,814	799	26.50
19	Jakarta	Indonesia	3,597	839	30.43
20	Laem Chabang	Thailand	3,529	348	10.94
21	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	3,469	279	8.75
22	Tokyo	Japan	3,358	44	1.33
23	Guangzhou	China	3,308	546	19.78
24	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,261	112	3.56
25	Algeciras	Spain	2,937	421	16.75
26	Yantian	China	2,872
27	Yokohama	Japan	2,505	140	5.92
28	Manila	Philippines	2,552	90	3.66
29	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	2,675	175	7.00
30	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	2,426	649	36.52
31	Mumbai	India	2,361	92	4.05
32	Salalah	Oman	2,229	229	11.43
33	Colombo	Sri Lanka	2,221	262	13.35
34	Dalian	China	2,211	541	32.41
35	Kobe	Japan	2,177	131	6.39
36	Nagoya	Japan	2,155	81	3.93
37	Valencia	Spain	2,145	152	7.64
38	Le Havre	France	2,132	155	7.83
39	Keelung	Taiwan	2,070	69	3.46
40	Oakland	United States	2,043	120	6.25
41	Osaka	Japan	2,009	399	24.79
42	Hampton Roads	United States	1,982	336	20.41
43	Melbourne	Australia	1,910	189	11.00
44	Barcelona	Spain	1,883	237	14.35
45	Port of Santos (São Paulo)	Brazil	1,883
46	Charleston	United States	1,864	173	10.23
47	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	1,819
48	Tacoma	United States	1,798	60	3.43
49	Seattle	United States	1,776
50	Durban	South Africa	1,717

2003

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs (000s)^[14]	+/- from 2002	% change from 2002
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	20,499	1,355	7.08
2	Singapore	Singapore	18,411	1,470	8.68
3	Shanghai	China	11,280	2,660	30.86
4	Shenzhen	China	10,615	3,001	39.41
5	Busan	South Korea	10,408	972	10.30
6	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	8,843	350	4.12
7	Los Angeles	United States	7,149	668	13.98
8	Rotterdam	Netherlands	7,107	592	9.09
9	Hamburg	Germany	6,138	764	14.22
10	Antwerp	Belgium	5,445	1,043	17.08
11	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	5,152	958	22.84
12	Klang	Malaysia	4,840	307	6.77
13	Long Beach	United States	4,658	134	2.96
14	Qingdao	China	4,239	829	24.31
15	New York/New Jersey	United States	4,068	319	8.51
16	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	3,487	827	31.09
17	Tokyo	Japan	3,314	602	22.20
18	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	3,190	158	5.21
19	Laem Chabang	Thailand	3,181	524	19.72
20	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,149	195	6.60
21	Tianjin	China	3,015	605	25.10
22	Ningbo	China	2,772	912	49.03
23	Guangzhou	China	2,762	582	26.70
24	Jakarta	Indonesia	2,758	78	2.91
25	Manila	Philippines	2,552	90	3.66
26	Algeciras	Spain	2,516	282	12.62
27	Yokohama	Japan	2,505	140	5.92
28	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	2,500	-250	-9.09
29	Xiamen	China	2,331	581	33.20
30	Mumbai	India	2,269	302	15,35
31	Nagoya	Japan	2,074	147	7.63
32	Kobe	Japan	2,046	53	2.66
33	Keelung	Taiwan	2,001	82	4.27
34	Salalah	Oman	2,000
35	Valencia	Spain	1,993	172	9.45
36	Le Havre	France	1,977	257	14.94
37	Colombo	Sri Lanka	1,959	194	10.99
38	Oakland	United States	1,923	215	12.59
39	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1,777	410	29.99
40	Tacoma	United States	1,738	267	18.15
41	Melbourne	Australia	1,721	121	7.56
42	Charleston	United States	1,691	98	6.15
43	Dalian	China	1,670
44	San Juan	United States	1,666
45	Barcelona	Spain	1,652	191	13.07
46	Hampton Roads	United States	1,646	208	14.46
47	Osaka	Japan	1,610	95	6.27
48	Genoa	Italy	1,606	75	4.90
49	Piraeus	Greece	1,605	200	14.23
50	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia	1,575	157	11.07

2002

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs (000s)^[15]
1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	19,144
2	Singapore	Singapore	16,941
3	Busan	South Korea	9,436
4	Shanghai	China	8,620
5	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	8,493
6	Shenzhen	China	7,614
7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	6,515
8	Los Angeles	United States	6,106
9	Hamburg	Germany	5,374
10	Antwerp	Belgium	4,777
11	Klang	Malaysia	4,533
12	Long Beach	United States	4,524
13	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	4,194
14	Yantian	China	4,181
15	New York/New Jersey	United States	3,749
16	Qingdao	China	3,410
17	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	3,032
18	Gioia Tauro	Italy	2,954
19	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	2,750
20	Tokyo	Japan	2,712
21	Jakarta	Indonesia	2,680
22	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	2,660
23	Laem Chabang	Thailand	2,657
24	Manila	Philippines	2,462
25	Tianjin	China	2,410
26	Yokohama	Japan	2,365
27	Algeciras	Spain	2,234
28	Guangzhou	China	2,180
29	Kobe	Japan	1,993
30	Mumbai	India	1,967
31	Nagoya	Japan	1,927
32	Keelung	Taiwan	1,919
33	Ningbo	China	1,860
34	Valencia	Spain	1,821
35	Colombo	Sri Lanka	1,765
36	Xiamen	China	1,750
37	Le Havre	France	1,720
38	Oakland	United States	1,708
39	Melbourne	Australia	1,600
40	Charleston	United States	1,593
41	Genoa	Italy	1,531
42	Osaka	Japan	1,515
43	Tacoma	United States	1,471
44	Barcelona	Spain	1,461
45	Vancouver	Canada	1,458
46	Seattle	United States	1,439
47	Hampton Roads	United States	1,438
48	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia	1,418
49	Piraeus	Greece	1,405
50	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1,367

Note: Yantian is a container terminal in Shenzhen, China.

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