Top 50 World Container Ports
| Rank | Port, Country | Volume 2010 (Million-TEUs) | Volume 2011 (Million-TEUs) | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai, China | 29.07 | 31.74 | www.portshanghai.com.cn |
| 2 | Singapore, Singapore | 28.43 | 29.94 | www.singaporepsa.com, www.jp.com.sg |
| 3 | Hong Kong, China | 23.70 | 24.38 | www.mardep.gov.hk |
| 4 | Shenzhen, China | 22.51 | 22.57 | www.szport.net |
| 5 | Busan, South Korea | 14.18 | 16.17 | www.busanpa.com |
| 6 | Ningbo-Zhoushan, China | 13.14 | 14.72 | www.www.zhousan.cn/english |
| 7 | Guangzhou Harbor, China | 12.55 | 14.26 | www.gzport.com |
| 8 | Qingdao, China | 12.01 | 13.02 | www.qdport.com, www.qqct.net |
| 9 | Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 11.60 | 13.01 | www.dpworld.ae, www.dpworld.com |
| 10 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 11.14 | 11.88 | www.portofrotterdam.com |
| 11 | Tianjin, China | 10.08 | 11.59 | www.ptacn.com |
| 12 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China | 9.18 | 9.64 | www.khb.gov.tw |
| 13 | Port Kelang, Malaysia | 8.87 | 9.60 | www.pka.gov.my |
| 14 | Hamburg, Germany | 7.91 | 9.04 | www.hafen-hamburg.de |
| 15 | Antwerp, Belgium | 8.47 | 8.66 | www.portofantwerp.com |
| 16 | Los Angeles, U.S.A. | 7.83 | 7.94 | www.portoflosangeles.org |
| 17 | Keihin Ports, Japan* | 7.48 | 7.64 | |
| 18 | Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia | 6.47 | 7.50 | www.ptp.com.my |
| 19 | Xiamen, China | 5.82 | 6.47 | www.portxiamen.cn |
| 20 | Dalian, China | 5.24 | 6.40 | www.dlport.cn |
| 21 | Long Beach, U.S.A. | 6.26 | 6.06 | www.polb.com |
| 22 | Bremen/Bremerhaven, Germany | 4.89 | 5.92 | www.bremen-ports.de |
| 23 | Laem Chabang, Thailand | 5.19 | 5.73 | www.laemchabangport.com |
| 24 | Tanjung Priok, Indonesia | 4.61 | 5.62 | www.priokport.co.id |
| 25 | New York-New Jersey, U.S.A. | 5.29 | 5.50 | www.panynj.gov |
| 26 | Lianyungung, China | 3.87 | 4.85 | www.lyg.gov.cn |
| 27 | Hanshin Ports, Japan* | 4.51 | 4.80 | www.pa.kkr.mlit.gojp/kobeport/en/index.html www.osakaport.co.jp/en |
| 28 | Suzhou, China | 3.64 | 4.69 | http://suzhou.jiangsu.net/transpotation/waterway/port/ |
| 29 | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam | 4.29 | 4.53 | www.vpa.org.vn |
| 30 | Jawaharlal Nehru, India | 4.27 | 4.53 | www.jnport.com |
| 31 | Valencia, Spain | 4.20 | 4.30 | www.valenciaport.com |
| 32 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 4.14 | 4.26 | www.slpa.lk |
| 33 | Yingkou, China | 3.34 | 4.03 | www.ykport.com.cn |
| 34 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 3.83 | 4.01 | www.ports.gov.sa |
| 35 | Port Said, Egypt | 3.63 | 3.91 | www.scctportsaid.com |
| 36 | Felixstowe, U.K. | 3.81 | 3.74 | www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk |
| 37 | Algeciras Bay, Spain | 2.80 | 3.60 | www.apba.es |
| 38 | Colon, Panama | 2.81 | 3.37 | www.cct-pa.com |
| 39 | Manila, Philippines | 3.16 | 3.26 | www.ppa.com.ph |
| 40 | Balboa, Panama | 2.76 | 3.23 | www.ppc.com.pa/balboa.php |
| 41 | Sharjah, United Arab Emitrates | 3.02 | 3.23 | www.sharjahports.ae |
| 42 | Salalah, Oman | 3.48 | 3.20 | www.salalahport.com |
| 43 | Santos, Brazil | 2.72 | 2.99 | www.portodesantos.com |
| 44 | Georgia Ports, U.S.A. | 2.83 | 2.94 | www.gaports.com |
| 45 | Foshan, China | 3.03 | 2.92 | www.foshan.gov.cn/english |
| 46 | Bandar Abbas, Iran | 2.60 | 2.80 | www.mytcts.com |
| 47 | Durban, South Africa | 2.55 | 2.71 | www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net |
| 48 | Ambarli, Turkey | 2.54 | 2.69 | www.altasliman.com/en |
| 49 | Nagoya, Japan | 2.55 | 2.62 | www.port-of-nagoya.jp/english |
| 50 | Metro Vancouver, Canada | 2.51 | 2.51 | www.portmetrovancouver.com |
| 50 (tie) | Melbourne, Australia | 2.35 | 2.51 | www.portofmelbourne.com |
* Keihin Ports is Japan's superport hub on the Tokyo Bay and includes Yokohama, Kawasaki, and Tokyo. Hanshin Ports is Japan's superport hub on the Osaka Bay and includes Kobe, Lsaka, Sakai-Semboku and Amafasaki-Nishinomiya-Ashiya.
Note: Represents total port throughput, included loaded and empty TEU.
Source: The Journal of Commerce, August 20-27, 2012 (2012 V.13 N. 29)