List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage
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This is a list of the busiest seaports by cargo tonnage, the total mass, or in some cases volume, of actual cargo transported through the port. The rankings are based on AAPA world port ranking data.
The cargo rankings based on tonnage should be interpreted with caution since these measures are not directly comparable and cannot be converted to a single, standardized unit. In the Measure column, MT = Metric Tons, HT = Harbor Tons, FT = Freight Tons, and RT = Revenue Tons.
Rank | Port | Country | Kilotons[1] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ningbo-Zhoushan | China | 1,261,340 |
2 | Tangshan | China | 768,870 |
3 | Shanghai | China | 727,770 |
4 | Qingdao | China | 657,540 |
5 | Guangzhou | China | 655,920 |
6 | Singapore | Singapore | 578,190 |
7 | Suzhou | China | 572,760 |
8 | Rizhao | China | 570,570 |
9 | Port Hedland | Australia | 566,210 |
10 | Tianjin | China | 549,020 |
11 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 467,390 |
12 | Yantai | China | 462,570 |
13 | Busan | South Korea | 424,920 |
14 | Beibu Gulf | China | 371,340 |
15 | Taizhou | China | 364,440 |
16 | Jiangyin | China | 350,620 |
17 | Huanghua | China | 315,100 |
18 | Dalian | China | 306,130 |
19 | Fuzhou | China | 301,640 |
20 | Lianyungang | China | 301,110 |
Rank | Port | Country | 2019 kiloton[2] | 2018 kiloton[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ningbo-Zhoushan | China | MT | 1,120,090 | 1,038,080 |
2 | Shanghai | China | MT | 716,770 | 716,590 |
3 | Tangshan | China | 656,740 | 636,990 | |
4 | Singapore | Singapore | FT | 626,180 | 630,130 |
5 | Guangzhou | China | MT | 606,160 | 538,330 |
6 | Qingdao | China | MT | 577,360 | 541,610 |
7 | Suzhou | China | 522,750 | 531,790 | |
8 | Port Hedland | Australia | MT | 521,880 | 517,990 |
9 | Tianjin | China | MT | 492,200 | 472,810 |
10 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | MT | 469,400 | 468,980 |
11 | Rizhao | China | 463,770 | 437,520 | |
12 | Busan | South Korea | RT | 455,910 | 450,220 |
13 | Yantai | China | 386,320 | 333,610 | |
14 | Dalian | China | MT | 366,410 | 351,300 |
15 | Nantong | China | MT | 336,200 | 265,980 |
16 | Zhanjiang | China | 329,160 | 157,720 | |
17 | Huanghua | China | 287,160 | 287,160 | |
18 | Taizhou | China | 282,430 | 255,130 | |
19 | Gwangyang | South Korea | RT | 276,040 | 268,130 |
20 | Hong Kong | China | MT | 263,320 | 258,540 |
Rank | Port | Country | 2017[4] | 2016[5][6] | 2015[7][8] | 2014[9][10] | 2013[11][12] | 2012[13][14] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ningbo-Zhoushan | China | MT | 1,077,110 | 922,092 | 889,000 | 873,470 | 810,000 | 744,000 |
2 | Shanghai | China | MT | 705,630 | 647,446 | 646,514 | 678,376 | 696,985 | 644,659 |
3 | Singapore | Singapore | FT | 626,170 | 593,297 | 575,846 | 581,268 | 560,888 | 538,012 |
4 | Suzhou | China | 607,740 | 573,760 | |||||
5 | Guangzhou | China | MT | 566,190 | 544,374 | 475,481 | 500,975 | 472,760 | 438,000 |
6 | Tangshan | China | 565,400 | 515,800 | |||||
7 | Port Hedland | Australia | MT | 512,330 | 484,510 | 452,940 | 446,922 | 488,000 | 288,443 |
8 | Qingdao | China | MT | 506,990 | 443,978 | 476,216 | 465,055 | 450,111 | 407,340 |
9 | Tianjin | China | MT | 502,840 | 428,098 | 440,430 | 445,780 | 477,399 | 477,000 |
10 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | MT | 467,350 | 461,177 | 466,363 | 444,733 | 440,464 | 441,527 |
11 | Dalian | China | MT | 451,050 | 318,413 | 320,658 | 337,366 | 320,843 | 303,000 |
12 | Busan | South Korea | RT | 400,510 | 349,708 | 347,713 | 335,411 | 313,295 | 298,689 |
13 | Yingkou | China | 362,390 | 347,020 | |||||
14 | Rizhao | China | 360,020 | 350,620 | |||||
15 | South Louisiana | United States | MT | 307,860 | 237,594 | 235,058 | 242,578 | 216,445 | 228,677 |
16 | Gwangyang | South Korea | RT | 291,830 | 283,106 | 272,007 | 134,947 | 127,642 | 109,730 |
17 | Yantai | China | 285,600 | 265,360 | |||||
18 | Hong Kong | China | MT | 281,550 | 256,730 | 256,488 | 297,737 | 276,055 | 269,282 |
19 | Zhanjiang | China | 281,520 | 255,170 | |||||
20 | Huanghua | China | 269,570 | 245,110 |
Rank | Port | Country | Measure | 2011[15] | 2010[16] | 2009[17] | 2008[18] | 2007[19] | 2006[20] | 2005[21] | 2004[22] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shanghai | China | MT | 590,439 | 534,371 | 505,715 | 508,000 | 561,446 | 537,000 | 443,000 | 378,962 |
2 | Singapore | Singapore | FT | 531,176 | 501,566 | 472,300 | 515,415 | 483,616 | 448,500 | 423,267 | 393,418 |
3 | Tianjin | China | MT | 459,941 | 400,000 | 381,110 | 365,163 | 309,465 | 257,600 | 245,100 | 206,161 |
4 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | MT | 434,551 | 429,926 | 386,957 | 421,136 | 401,181 | 378,400 | 376,600 | 352,563 |
5 | Guangzhou | China | MT | 431,000 | 425,600 | 364,000 | 347,000 | 341,363 | 302,800 | 241,700 | 215,190 |
6 | Qingdao | China | MT | 372,000 | 350,120 | 274,304 | 278,271 | 265,020 | 224,200 | 184,300 | 161,650 |
7 | Ningbo | China | MT | 348,911 | 408,180 | 371,540 | 361,850 | 471,630 | 309,700 | 272,400 | 225,850 |
8 | Qinhuangdao | China | MT | 284,600 | 276,815 | 243,850 | 252,000 | 245,964 | 204,900 | 167,500 | 150,320 |
9 | Busan | South Korea | RT | 281,513 | 262,963 | 226,182 | 241,683 | 243,564 | 217,900 | 217,200 | 219,760 |
10 | Hong Kong | China | MT | 277,444 | 267,815 | 242,967 | 259,402 | 245,433 | 238,200 | 230,139 | 220,879 |
11 | Port Hedland | Australia | MT | 246,672 | 198,997 | 178,625 | 159,391 | 130,707 | 111,800 | 110,600 | 108,500 |
12 | South Louisiana | United States | MT | 223,633 | 214,337 | 192,853 | 203,157 | 207,785 | 204,600 | 192,549 | 203,517 |
13 | Houston | United States | MT | 215,731 | 206,055 | 191,729 | 192,473 | 196,014 | 201,500 | 192,023 | 183,419 |
14 | Dalian | China | MT | 211,065 | 200,000 | 204,000 | 246,000 | 222,859 | 200,500 | 176,800 | 145,162 |
15 | Shenzhen | China | MT | 205,475 | 204,860 | 211,000 | 187,045 | 199,190 | 176,000 | 153,900 | 135,246 |
16 | Klang | Malaysia | FT | 193,726 | 168,588 | 137,615 | 152,348 | 135,514 | 122,000 | 109,700 | 99,911 |
17 | Antwerp | Belgium | MT | 187,151 | 178,167 | 157,807 | 189,390 | 182,897 | 167,400 | 160,100 | 152,300 |
18 | Nagoya | Japan | FT | 186,305 | 185,703 | 165,101 | 218,130 | 215,602 | 208,000 | 187,100 | 182,289 |
19 | Dampier | Australia | MT | 171,844 | 165,025 | N/A | 140,823 | 133,949 | 126,000 | 110,100 | 87,92 |
20 | Ulsan | South Korea | RT | 163,181 | 150,933 | 170,314 | 170,279 | 168,652 | 161,100 | 103,50 | 156,500 |
Rank | Port | Country | Measure | Tons (000s)[21] | +/- from 2004 | % change from 2004 |
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1 | Shanghai | China | MT | 443,000 | 64,038 | 16.90 |
2 | Singapore | Singapore | FT | 423,267 | 29,849 | 7.59 |
3 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | MT | 376,600 | 24,037 | 6.82 |
4 | Ningbo | China | MT | 272,400 | 46,550 | 20.61 |
5 | Tianjin | China | MT | 245,100 | 38,939 | 18.89 |
6 | Guangzhou | China | MT | 241,700 | 26,510 | 12.32 |
7 | Hong Kong | China | MT | 230,139 | 9,260 | 4.19 |
8 | Busan | South Korea | RT | 217,200 | -2,560 | -1.16 |
9 | South Louisiana | United States | MT | 192,549 | -10,968 | -5.39 |
10 | Houston | United States | MT | 192,023 | 8,604 | 4.69 |
11 | Nagoya | Japan | FT | 187,100 | 4,811 | 2.64 |
12 | Qingdao | China | MT | 184,300 | 22,650 | 14.01 |
13 | Gwangyang | South Korea | RT | 177,500 | 11,625 | 7.01 |
14 | Dalian | China | MT | 176,800 | 31,638 | 21.79 |
15 | Qinhuangdao | China | MT | 167,500 | 17,180 | 11.43 |
16 | Chiba | Japan | FT | 165,700 | -3,554 | -2.10 |
17 | Antwerp | Belgium | MT | 160,100 | 7,773 | 5.10 |
18 | Shenzhen | China | MT | 153,900 | 18,654 | 13.79 |
19 | New York/New Jersey | United States | MT | 138,014 | -314 | -0.23 |
20 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | MT | 137,900 | -14,568 | -9.55 |
21 | Yokohama | Japan | FT | 133,300 | 6,340 | 4.99 |
22 | Hamburg | Germany | MT | 125,700 | 11,216 | 9.80 |
23 | Incheon | South Korea | RT | 123,500 | 10,427 | 9.22 |
24 | Novorossiysk | Russia | MT | 113,100 | 15,300 | 15.64 |
25 | Port Hedland | Australia | MT | 110,600 | 2,100 | 1.94 |
26 | Dampier | Australia | MT | 110,100 | 22,172 | 25.22 |
27 | Klang | Malaysia | FT | 109,700 | 9,789 | 9.80 |
28 | Ulsan | South Korea | RT | 103,500 | -53,017 | -33.87 |
29 | Kitakyushu | Japan | FT | 101,700 | -1,545 | -1.50 |
30 | Marseille | France | MT | 96,600 | 2,507 | 2.66 |
31 | Osaka | Japan | FT | 93,100 | -47 | -0.05 |
32 | Tubarão | Brazil | MT | 92,700 | 8,267 | 9.79 |
33 | Port of Jebel Ali | United Arab Emirates | MT | 92,500 | 15,120 | 19.54 |
34 | Tokyo | Japan | FT | 92,000 | 573 | 0.63 |
35 | Kobe | Japan | FT | 91,200 | 5,539 | 6.47 |
36 | Richards Bay | South Africa | HT | 86,600 | 1,646 | 1.94 |
37 | Itaqui | Brazil | MT | 85,900 | 8,942 | 11.62 |
38 | Newcastle | Australia | MT | 85,600 | 2,040 | 2.44 |
39 | Hay Point | Australia | MT | 81,600 | -3,959 | -4.63 |
40 | Vancouver | Canada | MT | 76,500 | 2,926 | 3.98 |
41 | Huntington | United States | MT | 76,104 | 5,924 | 8.44 |
42 | Le Havre | France | MT | 75,000 | -1,175 | -1.54 |
43 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | MT | 74,900 | 1,724 | 2.36 |
44 | Long Beach | United States | MT | 72,447 | -237 | -0.33 |
45 | Santos | Brazil | MT | 71,900 | 4,291 | 6.35 |
46 | Beaumont | United States | MT | 71,566 | -11,677 | -14.03 |
47 | Corpus Christi, Texas | United States | MT | 70,441 | -1,207 | -1.68 |
48 | Gladstone | Australia | MT | 67,200 | 4,052 | 6.42 |
49 | Sepetiba | Brazil | MT | 67,100 | ||
50 | Algeciras | Spain | MT | 63,500 | 2,206 | 3.60 |
Rank | Port | Country | Measure | Tons (000s)[22] | +/- from 2003 | % change from 2003 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Singapore | Singapore | FT | 393,418 | 45,724 | 13.15 |
2 | Shanghai | China | MT | 378,962 | 62,752 | 19.85 |
3 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | MT | 352,563 | 25,605 | 7.83 |
4 | Ningbo | China | MT | 225,850 | 71,870 | 46.67 |
5 | Hong Kong | China | MT | 220,879 | 13,267 | 6.39 |
6 | Busan | South Korea | RT | 219,760 | 57,300 | 35.27 |
7 | Guangzhou | China | MT | 215,190 | 47,470 | 28.30 |
8 | Tianjin | China | MT | 206,161 | 44,341 | 27.40 |
9 | South Louisiana | United States | MT | 203,517 | 23,024 | 12.76 |
10 | Houston | United States | MT | 183,419 | 10,099 | 5.83 |
11 | Nagoya | Japan | FT | 182,289 | 13,911 | 8.26 |
12 | Chiba | Japan | FT | 169,254 | 254 | 0.15 |
13 | Gwangyang | South Korea | RT | 165,875 | 786 | 0.48 |
14 | Qingdao | China | MT | 161,650 | 20,750 | 14.73 |
15 | Ulsan | South Korea | RT | 156,517 | 9,577 | 6.52 |
16 | Kaohsiung | Republic of China | MT | 152,468 | 13,636 | 9.82 |
17 | Antwerp | Belgium | MT | 152,327 | 9,452 | 6.62 |
18 | Qinhuangdao | China | MT | 150,320 | 24,700 | 19.66 |
19 | Dalian | China | MT | 145,162 | 19,142 | 15.19 |
20 | New York/New Jersey | United States | MT | 138,328 | 5,890 | 4.45 |
21 | Shenzhen | China | MT | 135,246 | 47,576 | 54.27 |
22 | Yokohama | Japan | FT | 126,960 | 1,017 | 0.81 |
23 | Hamburg | Germany | MT | 114,484 | 7,948 | 7.46 |
24 | Incheon | South Korea | RT | 113,073 | -17,945 | -13.70 |
25 | Port Hedland | Australia | MT | 108,500 | 18,701 | 20.83 |
26 | Kitakyushu | Japan | FT | 103,245 | 14,355 | 16.15 |
27 | Klang | Malaysia | FT | 99,911 | 11,023 | 12.40 |
28 | Novorossiysk | Russia | MT | 97,800 | 12,300 | 14.32 |
29 | Marseille | France | MT | 94,093 | -1,452 | -1.52 |
30 | Osaka | Japan | FT | 93,147 | 3,460 | 3.86 |
31 | Tokyo | Japan | FT | 91,427 | 2,952 | 3.34 |
32 | Dampier | Australia | MT | 87,928 | -952 | -1.07 |
33 | Kobe | Japan | FT | 85,661 | 6,902 | 8.76 |
34 | Hay Point | Australia | MT | 85,559 | 8,013 | 10.33 |
35 | Richards Bay | South Africa | HT | 84,954 | -2,567 | -2.93 |
36 | Tubarão | Brazil | MT | 84,433 | 6,812 | 8.78 |
37 | Newcastle | Australia | MT | 83,560 | 848 | 1.03 |
38 | Beaumont | United States | MT | 83,243 | 3,773 | 4.75 |
39 | Port of Jebel Ali | United Arab Emirates | MT | 77,380 | 13,754 | 21.62 |
40 | Itaqui | Brazil | MT | 76,958 | 9,367 | 13.86 |
41 | Le Havre | France | MT | 76,175 | 4,682 | 6.55 |
42 | Vancouver | Canada | MT | 73,574 | 6,847 | 10.26 |
43 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | MT | 73,176 | 7,715 | 11.79 |
44 | Long Beach | United States | MT | 72,684 | 9,868 | 15.71 |
45 | Corpus Christi, Texas | United States | MT | 71,648 | 1,543 | 2.20 |
46 | New Orleans | United States | MT | 70,886 | -5,230 | -6.87 |
47 | Huntington | United States | MT | 70,180 | -303 | -0.43 |
48 | Santos | Brazil | MT | 67,609 | 7,532 | 12.54 |
49 | Gladstone | Australia | MT | 63,148 | 3,487 | 5.84 |
50 | Texas City | United States | MT | 61,987 |
Rank | Port | Country | Measure | Tons (000s) | +/- from 2002 | % change from 2002 |
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1 | Singapore | Singapore | FT | 347,694 | 12,538 | 3.74 |
2 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | MT | 326,958 | 5,107 | 1.59 |
3 | Shanghai | China | MT | 316,210 | 77,604 | 32.52 |
4 | Hong Kong | China | MT | 207,612 | 15,102 | 7.84 |
5 | South Louisiana | United States | MT | 180,493 | -15,952 | -8.12 |
6 | Houston | United States | MT | 173,320 | 12,130 | 7.52 |
7 | Chiba | Japan | FT | 169,000 | 10,071 | 6.34 |
8 | Nagoya | Japan | FT | 168,378 | 10,358 | 6.55 |
9 | Guangzhou | China | MT | 167,720 | 27,325 | 19.46 |
10 | Gwangyang | South Korea | RT | 165,089 | 11,642 | 7.59 |
11 | Busan | South Korea | RT | 162,460 | 18,688 | 13.00 |
12 | Tianjin | China | MT | 161,820 | 32,820 | 25.44 |
13 | Ningbo | China | MT | 153,980 | 3,980 | 2.65 |
14 | Ulsan | South Korea | RT | 146,940 | -1,472 | -0.99 |
15 | Antwerp | Belgium | MT | 142,875 | 11,246 | 8.54 |
16 | Qingdao | China | MT | 140,900 | 20,900 | 17.42 |
17 | Kaohsiung | Republic of China | MT | 138,832 | 9,418 | 7.28 |
18 | New York/New Jersey | United States | MT | 132,438 | 10,335 | 8.46 |
19 | Incheon | South Korea | RT | 131,018 | -15,163 | -10.37 |
20 | Dalian | China | MT | 126,020 | 18,482 | 17.19 |
21 | Yokohama | Japan | FT | 125,943 | 7,871 | 6.67 |
22 | Qinhuangdao | China | MT | 125,620 | 4,468 | 3.69 |
23 | Hamburg | Germany | MT | 106,536 | 8,264 | 8.41 |
24 | Marseille | France | MT | 95,545 | 3,284 | 3.56 |
25 | Port Hedland | Australia | MT | 89,799 | 8,041 | 9.84 |
26 | Osaka | Japan | FT | 89,687 | 3,188 | 3.69 |
27 | Kitakyushu | Japan | FT | 88,890 | 4,641 | 5.51 |
28 | Klang | Malaysia | FT | 88,888 | 6,617 | 8.04 |
29 | Dampier | Australia | MT | 88,880 | -3,348 | -3.63 |
30 | Tokyo | Japan | FT | 88,475 | 5,530 | 6.67 |
31 | Shenzhen | China | MT | 87,670 | 11,788 | 15.53 |
32 | Richards Bay | South Africa | HT | 87,521 | 6,012 | 7.38 |
33 | Novorossiysk | Russia | MT | 85,500 | 22,209 | 35.09 |
34 | Newcastle | Australia | MT | 82,712 | 5,825 | 7.58 |
35 | Beaumont | United States | MT | 79,470 | 1,480 | 1.90 |
36 | Kobe | Japan | FT | 78,759 | 158 | 0.20 |
37 | Tubarão | Brazil | MT | 77,621 | 1,756 | 2.31 |
38 | Hay Point | Australia | MT | 77,546 | 2,874 | 3.85 |
39 | New Orleans | United States | MT | 76,116 | -1,047 | -1.36 |
40 | Le Havre | France | MT | 71,493 | 3,795 | 5.61 |
41 | Huntington | United States | MT | 70,483 | -3,107 | -4.22 |
42 | Corpus Christi, Texas | United States | MT | 70,105 | 4,743 | 7.26 |
43 | Itaqui | Brazil | MT | 67,591 | 2,649 | 4.08 |
44 | Vancouver | Canada | MT | 66,727 | 3,926 | 6.25 |
45 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | MT | 65,461 | -4,956 | -7.04 |
46 | Port of Jebel Ali | United Arab Emirates | MT | 63,626 | ||
47 | Long Beach | United States | MT | 62,816 | 1,201 | 1.95 |
48 | Santos | Brazil | MT | 60,077 | 6,603 | 12.35 |
49 | Gladstone | Australia | MT | 59,661 | 5,195 | 9.54 |
50 | Algeciras | Spain | MT | 56,682 |
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