The Top 50 Container Ports

Port

Volume 2021 (Million TEU)

Volume 2020 (Million TEU)

Volume 2019 (Million TEU)

Volume 2018 (Million TEU)

Volume 2017 (Million TEU)

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1

Shanghai, China

47.03

43.5

43.30

42.01

40.23

English

2

Singapore

37.49

36.6

37.20

36.6

33.67

English

3

Ningbo-Zhoushan, China

31.07

28.72

27.49

26.35

24.61

Chinese

4

Shenzhen, China

28.77

26.55

25.77

27.74

25.21

Chinese

5

Guangzhou Harbor, China

24.18

23.19

23.23

21.87

20.37

English Chinese

6

Busan, South Korea

22.71

21.59

21.99

21.66

20.49

English Korean

7

Qingdao, China

23.71

22.00

21.01

18.26

18.3

English Chinese

8

Hong Kong, S.A.R, China

17.8

17.95

18.30

19.6

20.76

Chinese

9

Tianjin, China

20.27

18.35

17.30

16

15.07

English Chinese

10

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

15.3

14.35

14.82

14.51

13.73

English Dutch German Chinese

11

Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

13.74

13.5

14.11

14.95

15.37

English Arabic

12

Port Klang, Malaysia

13.72

13.24

13.58

12.32

13.73

English Bahasa Malay

13

Xiamen, China

12.05

11.41

11.12

10

10.38

Chinese

14

Antwerp, Belgium

12.02

12.04

11.10

11.1

10.45

English Nederlands

15

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China

9.86

9.62

10.42

10.45

10.27

English Chinese

16

Dalian, China

3.67

6.54

10.21

9.77

9.7

English Chinese

17*

Los Angeles, U.S.A

10.68

9.2

9.30

9.46

9.43

English

18*

Hamburg, Germany

8.72

8.7

9.30

8.73

8.86

English German Chinese

19

Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia

11.2

9.85

9.10

8.96

8.38

English

20

Laem Chabang, Thailand

8.34

7.55

8.10

8.07

7.78

English Thai

21

Keihin Ports, Japan*

8.00

7.98

Japanese

22

Long Beach, U.S.A.

9.38

8.11

7.63

8.09

7.54

English

23

Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, Indonesia

6.85

6.17

7.6, 6.81**

7.64

6.09

24

New York-New Jersey, U.S.A.

9.0

7.59

7.40

7.2

6.71

English

25

Colombo, Sri Lanka

7.3

6.85

7.23

7.05

6.21

English

26

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

8.0

7.20

7.22

6.33

6.16

27

Suzhou, China

8.11

6.27

28

Piraeus, Greece

5.31

5.44

5.67

4.91

4.15

Greek

29

Yingkou, China

5.21

5.67

5.48

6.5

6.28

30

Valencia, Spain

5.6

5.43

5.44

English Spanish

31

Manila, Philippines

4.98

4.43

5.31

5.05

4.82

English

32

Taicang, China

7.04

5.15

33

Hai Phong, Vietnam

5.7

5.13, 4.94**

Vietnamese

34

Algeciras, Spain

4.8

5.11

5.12

4.77

4.39

English Spanish French

35

Jawarharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), India

5.63

4.68

5.03

5.05

4.83

English

36

Bremen/Bremerhaven,

Germany

5.02

4.87

5.42

5.51

English German

37

Tanger Med, Morocco

7.17

5.77

4.8

3.47

3.31

English

38

Lianyungang, China

5.09

4.78

4.75

4.72

Chinese

39

Mundra, India

6.66

4.73

4.44

4.24

English

40

Savannah, U.S.A

5.61

4.68

4.59

4.35

4.05

English

41

Tokyo, Japan

4.33

4.51

4.57

4.5

English Chinese Korean Japanese

42

Rizhao, China

5.17

4.86

4.50

4

3.24

English Chinese

43

Foshan, China

3.71

4.44

44

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

4.88

4.43

4.12

4.15

English Arabic

45

Colon, Panama

4.92

4.43

4.38

3.89

3.89

Spanish

46

Santos, Brazil

4.83

4.17

4.12

3.85

Portuguese

47

Salalah, Oman

4.51

4.11

3.39

3.94

English

48

Dongguan, China

3.4

4.00

3.5

3.91

49

Guangxi Beibu, China

6.01

3.82

50

Cai Mep, Vietnam

5.39

4.41

English

51

Yingkou, China

5.21

5.65

Chinese English

52

Port Said, Egypt

4.76

4.01

Arabic English

53

Qinzhou, China

4.63

3.95

Chinese

54

NW Seaport Alliance, U.S.A.

3.74

3.32

English

55

Felixstowe, U.K.

3.7

3.5

English

56

Marsaxlokk, Malta

2.97

2.44

English

57

Nanjing, China

3.11

3.02

58

Fuzhou, China

3.29

3.52

Chinese

59

Barcelona, Spain

3.53

2.96

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60

Vancouver, Canada

3.68

3.47

English French

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**= discrepancy of sources