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This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. The table lists volume in thousands of TEU per year. The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships are 20-foot (1 TEU) and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted.[1]
Container traffic (in thousand TEUs, based on World Shipping Council 2019 figures)[2]
#
Port
Country / Territory
Region
Location
2023[3]
2022[4]
2021[5]
2020[5][6]
2019[7]
2018[7][8][9]
2017[10]
2016[11]
2015[12]
2014[12]
2013[13]
2012[14]
2011[15]
2010[16]
2009[17]
2008[18]
2007[19]
2006[20]
2005[21]
2004[22]
1
Shanghai
China
East Asia
Yangtze Delta
49,000
47,303
47,030
43,500
43,303
42,010
40,233
37,133
36,537[23]
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
39,010
37,289
37,470
36,600
37,195
36,599
33,666
30,904[24]
30,922[24]
33,869
32,240
31,649
29,937
28,431
25,866
29,918
27,932
24,792
23,192
21,329
3
Ningbo-Zhoushan
China
East Asia
Yangtze Delta
35,300
33,351
31,070
28,720
27,530
26,351
24,607
21,560[25]
20,620[25]
19,450
17,351
16,670
14,686
13,144
10,502
11,226
9,349
7,068
5,208
4,006
4
Shenzhen
China
East Asia
Pearl River Delta
26,890
30,036
28,768
26,550
25,770
25,740
25,208
23,979[26]
24,204[26]
23,798
23,280
22,940
22,570
22,510
18,250
21,414
21,099
18,469
16,197
13,615
5
Qingdao
China
East Asia
Yellow Sea
26,390
25,670
23,710
22,000
21,010
19,315
18,262
18,010[27]
17,510
16,624
15,520
14,503
13,020
12,012
10,260
10,320
9,462
7,702
6,307
5,140
6
Busan
South Korea
East Asia
Korean Strait
22,750
22,078
22,706
21,590
21,992
21,662
20,493
19,850[28]
19,469[28]
18,423
17,690
17,046
16,185
14,157
11,954
13,425
13,270
12,039
11,843
11,430
7
Tianjin
China
East Asia
Yellow Sea
21,800
21,021
20,269
18,350
17,264
15,972
15,040
14,490[29]
14,090
14,050
13,010
12,300
11,500
10,080
8,700
8,500
7,103
5,950
4,801
3,814
8
Guangzhou
China
East Asia
Pearl River Delta
20,800
24,857
24,180
23,190
23,236
21,992
20,370
18,858[30]
17,625
16,160
15,309
14,744
14,400
12,550
11,190
11,001
9,200
6,600
4,685
3,308
9
Los Angeles / Long Beach
United States
North America
West Coast
16,618[31][32]
19,044
20,061
17,327
16,969
17,549
17,013
15,632[33][34]
15,352
15,161
14,600
14,124
14,002
14,095
11,815
14,200
15,671
15,759
14,195
13,101
10
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
East Asia
Pearl River Delta
14,300
16,685
17,798
20,070
18,361
19,596
20,770
19,813[35]
20,073[35]
22,374
22,352
23,117
24,384
23,532
20,983
24,248
23,881
23,539
22,427
21,984
11
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Europe
Rhine delta
13,400
14,455
15,300
14,350
14,810
14,512
13,734
12,385[36]
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
Jebel Ali
United Arab Emirates
West Asia
Persian Gulf
13,970
13,742
13,488
14,111
14,954
15,368
14,772[37]
15,592
14,750
13,641
13,270
13,000
11,600
11,124
11,827
10,653
8,923
7,619
6,429
13
Antwerp
Belgium
Europe
Scheldt delta
13,500
12,020
12,031
11,860
11,100
10,451
10,037[38]
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
Port Klang
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Malacca Strait
13,220
13,724
13,240
13,580
12,316
11,978
13,170[39]
11,887
10,736
10,350
10,000
9,604
8,870
7,309
7,970
7,120
6,326
5,544
5,244
15
Xiamen
China
East Asia
Taiwan Strait
12,434
12,045
11,410
11,122
10,702
10,380
9,614[40]
9,183
8,572
8,010
7,202
6,461
5,820
4,680
5,035
4,627
4,019
3,342
2,872
16
Tanjung Pelepas
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Malacca Strait
10,512
11,200
9,850
9,100
8,960
8,261
8,281[41]
9,120
8,500[12]
7,628
7,700
7,500
6,530
6,000
5,600
5,500
4,770
4,177
4,020
17
New York / New Jersey
United States
North America
East Coast
9,493
8,985
7,586
7,471
7,179
6,711
6,252[42]
6,372
5,772
5,467
5,530
5,503
5,292
4,561
5,265
5,299
5,093
4,785
4,478
18
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
East Asia
Taiwan Strait
9,491
9,864
9,622
10,428
10,445
10,271
10,465[43]
10,264
10,593
9,938
9,781
9,636
8,872
8,581
9,677
10,257
9,775
9,471
9,714
19
Laem Chabang
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Gulf of Thailand
8,741
8,335
7,547
8,106
8,070
7,670
7,227[44]
6,780
6,518
6,032
5,830
5,731
5,068
4,538
5,134
4,642
4,123
3,834
3,529
20
Hamburg
Germany
Europe
Elbe River
8,261
8,715
8,540
9,274
8,730
8,860
8,910[45]
8,821
9,729
9,302
8,864
9,022
7,900
7,007
9,737
9,890
8,862
8,088
7,003
21
Taicang / Suzhou
China
East Asia
Yangtze Delta
8,025
7,038
5,212
5,152
5,071
4,514
4,081
3,760
22
Saigon
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
East Vietnam Sea
7,905
7,956
7,854
7,220
6,586
6,156
5,987[46]
5,788[12][46]
6,334
5,542
5,060
4,674
4,100
3,563
3,100
2,532
2,532
2,122
1,868
23
Tanger-Med
Morocco
North Africa
Western Mediterranean
7,596
7,173
5,771
4,801
3,472
3,312
2,960
24
Tanjung Priok
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Java Sea
6,849
6,134
7,600
7,640
6,090
5,515[47]
5,201[47]
5,034
6,590
6,200
5,618
4,715
3,800
3,984
3,900
3,280
3,282
3,170
25
Colombo
Sri Lanka
South Asia
Laccadive Sea
6,860
7,250
6,855
7,228
7,047
6,209
5,735[48]
5,185[12][48]
4,910
2,221
26
Mundra
India
South Asia
Gulf of Kutch
6,503
6,660
6,503
5,657
4,732
4,449
4,240
3,320
2,895
27
Nhava Sheva / Mumbai
India
South Asia
Arabian Sea
5,959
5,630
4,470
5,100
5,051
4,833
4,432
4,490
4,450
28
Savannah
United States
North America
East Coast
5,892
5,613
4,682
4,599
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
29
Rizhao
China
East Asia
Yellow Sea
5,804
5,174
4,860
4,500
4,000
3,240
3,010[49]
2,810[49]
30
Hai Phong
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Hong River Delta
5,629
5,696
5,142
5,133
4,954
31
Vũng Tàu
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
East Vietnam Sea
5,593
5,385
4,411
3,742
3,567
3,065
2,261
32
Lianyungang
China
East Asia
Yellow Sea
5,570
5,090
4,800
4,780
4,750
4,711
4,703
4,703
33
Manila
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Manila Bay
5,474
4,976
4,443
5,315
5,085
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
34
Qinzhou
China
East Asia
Gulf of Tonkin
5,407
4,630
3,950
2,580
2,400
2,303
2,091
35
Colón
Panama
Central America
Caribbean coast
5,102
4,916
4,454
4,379
3,890
3,891
3,258
3,577
3,356
2,060
1,900
1,600
2,802
1,856[50]
2,262
N/A
1,947
2,150
36
Valencia
Spain
Europe
Western Mediterranean
5,052
5,604
5,428
5,439
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
37
Piraeus
Greece
Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
5,000
5,311
5,437
5,648
4,907
4,145
3,737
3,330
3,164
2,745
1,680
1,198
665
434
1,373
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
Yingkou
China
East Asia
Liaodong Bay
4,995
5,207
5,650
5,480
6,487
6,278
6,086[51]
5,922
5,770
39
Santos
Brazil
South America
South Atlantic Ocean
4,986
4,831
4,232
4,165
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
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
West Asia
Red Sea
4,960
4,882
4,737
4,433
4,120
4,150
3,957
4,188[52]
4,200
4,561
4,738
4,010
3,830
3,091
3,326
3,068
2,964
2,836
2,426
41
Algeciras
Spain
Europe
Western Mediterranean
4,767
4,799
5,108
5,125
4,773
4,340
4,761[53]
4,516[53]
4,457
4,501
4,114
3,603
2,810
3,042
3,324
3,152
3,257
3,180
2,937
42
Bremerhaven
Germany
Europe
North Sea
4,572
5,018
4,767
4,856
5,450
5,510
5,535 [54]
5,479[54]
5,796
5,831
6,115
5,915
4,871
4,578
5,529
4,912
4,450
3,736
3,469
43
Salalah
Oman
West Asia
Arabian Sea
4,504
4,510
4,340
4,109
3,390
3,946
3,325
2,569
2,229
44
Dalian
China
East Asia
Yellow Sea
4,459
3,672
5,110
10,210
9,770
9,707
9,614[55]
9,450
10,128
10,860
8,060
6,400
5,242
4,552
4,503
4,574
3,212
2,665
2,211
45
Tokyo
Japan
East Asia
Tokyo Bay
4,430
4,326
4,260
4,510
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
46
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
West Asia
Persian Gulf
4,330
3,440
3,220
2,780
1,740
1,400
47
Port Said
Egypt
North Africa
North of Suez Canal
4,252
4,765
4,010
3,816
3,105
2,968
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
48
Yantai
China
East Asia
Yellow Sea
4,117
3,651
3,300
3,102
3,001
49
Houston
United States
North America
Gulf of Mexico
3,974
3,453
3,001
2,987
2,701
50
Tanjung Perak
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Madura Strait
3,972
3,901
3,602
^Assuming that all boxes are either counted as 1 or 2 TEUs (which is pretty much the case), and that for every 20-foot / single TEU box, there are at least two 40-foot (or other 2 TEU) units (meaning 2 × 2 = 4 TEUs) in circulation, the 40-footers represent at least 80% of the TEU volume; and for every 10 TEUs, on average, at least 80% of them must be divided by two, to compute the actual number of boxes, meaning the total number of boxes drops below 60% of the number of TEUs moved.
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