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 thousands of TEU.

Container Traffic (in thousand TEUs):

Rank	Port	Jurisdiction	2015[1]	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	36,516	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	30,922	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	24,142	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	20,636	19,450	17,351	16,670	14,686	13,144	10,502	11,226	9,349	7,068	5,208	4,006
5	Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR	20,073	22,374	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984
6	Busan	South Korea	19,469	18,423	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	11,954	13,425	13,270	12,039	11,843	11,430
7	Qingdao	China	17,323	16,624	15,520	14,503	13,020	12,012	10,260	10,320	9,462	7,702	6,307	5,140
8	Guangzhou	China	17,097	16,160	15,309	14,744	14,400	12,550	11,190	11,001	9,200	6,600	4,685	3,308
9	Jebel Ali (Dubai)	United Arab Emirates	15,585	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	13,881	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	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	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	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	10,264	10,593	9,938	9,781	9,636	8,872	8,581	9,677	10,257	9,775	9,471	9,714
14	Antwerp	Belgium	9,654	9,136	8,578	8,635	8,664	8,468	7,309	8,663	8,176	7,019	6,482	6,064
15	Dalian	China	9,591	10,128	10,860	8,060	6,400	5,242	4,552	4,503	4,574	3,212	2,665	2,211
16	Xiamen	China	9,215	8,572	8,010	7,202	6,461	5,820	4,680	5,035	4,627	4,019	3,342	2,872
17	Hamburg	Germany	8,821	9,729	9,302	8,864	9,022	7,900	7,007	9,737	9,890	8,862	8,088	7,003
18	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	8,797	7,897	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770	4,177	4,020
19	Los Angeles	United States	8,160	8,340	7,869	8,078	7,941	7,832	6,748	7,850	8,355	8,470	7,485	7,321
20	Long Beach	United States	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	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	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	Vietnam	6,556	6,334	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,563	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868
23	New York and New Jersey	United States	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	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	5,547	5,796	5,831	6,115	5,915	4,871	4,578	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469
25	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	5,417	4,200	4,561	4,738	4,010	3,830	3,091	3,326	3,068	2,964	2,836	2,426
26	Tanjung Priok (Jakarta)	Indonesia	5,154	5,034	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,800	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170
27	Valencia	Spain	4,615	4,442	4,328	4,470	4,327	4,207	3,653	3,593	3,043	2,612	2,410	2,145
28	Algeciras	Spain	4,516	4,457	4,501	4,114	3,603	2,810	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937
29	Mumbai	India	4,492	4,496	4,162	4,260	4,217	3,857	4,061	3,953	4,060	3,298	2,667	2,361
30	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	4,414	4,256	3,800	3,996	3,230	3,023	2,750	2,112	1,850	1,730	1,929	1,819
31	Tokyo	Japan	4,150	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	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	Santos	Brazil	3,780	3,685	3,446	3,172	2,985	2,716	2,252	2,675	2,533	2,208	2,240	1,883
34	Savannah	United States	3,737	3,346	3,034	2,966	2,945	2,825	2,356	2,616	2,604	2,160	1,902	1,662
35	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	3,676	3,680	3,740	3,700	3,519	3,400	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,000	2,700	2,717
36	Seattle/Tacoma	United States	3,531	3,456	3,461	3,510	3,590
37	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,512	3,062	3,087	2,721	2,305	2,851	2,857	3,468	3,445	2,900	3,161	3,261
38	Piraeus	Greece	3,360	3,164	2,745	1,680	1,198	665	434	1,373	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	Balboa	Panama	3,078	3,236	3,064	3,251	3,232	2,759	2,012	2,011	2,167	988	663
40	Ambarli (Istanbul)	Turkey	3,062	3,445	3,378	3,097	2,686	2,540	1,836
41	Vancouver	Canada	3,054	2,913	2,825	2,713	2,551	2,514	2,492	2,307	2,208	1,767	1,665
42	Port Said	Egypt	3,036	3,036	4,100	3,631	4,272	3,646	3,300	3,202	2,127	2,127	1,522	869
43	Tanger-Med (Tangiers)	Morocco	2,971	3,354	2,558	1,900	2,070	2,058	1,222
44	Yokohama	Japan	2,787	2,775	2,888	3,053	3,083	3,280	2,555	3,490	3,400	3,200	2,873	2,718
45	Durban	South Africa	2,770	2,633	2,529	2,713	2,762
46	Colón	Panama	2,765	3,356	2,060	1,900	1,600	2,802	1,856[13]	2,262	N/A	1,947	2,150
47	Kobe	Japan	2,707	2,765	2,553	2,568	2,470	2,556
48	Keelung	Taiwan	2,666	2,943	2,642	2,705	2,403	2,199	1,578
49	Melbourne	Australia	2,638	2,492	2,548	2,507	2,348
50	Nagoya	Japan	2,631	2,740	2,709	2,655	2,623	2,549	2,113	2,817	2,890	2,740	2,470	2,304

List of busiest container ports

  Level in 2015

  Level in 2004

Map

See also

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

References