List of busiest container ports

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	Region	Location	2020[3]	2019[4]	2018[4][5][6]	2017[7]	2016[8]	2015[9]	2014[9]	2013[10]	2012[11]	2011[12]	2010[13]	2009[14]	2008[15]	2007[16]	2006[17]	2005[18]	2004[19]
1	Shanghai	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta	43,500	43,303	42,010	40,233	37,133	36,537[20]	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	36,600	37,195	36,599	33,666	30,904[21]	30,922[21]	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	28,720	27,530	26,351	24,607	21,560[22]	20,620[22]	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	26,550	25,770	25,740	25,208	23,979[23]	24,204[23]	23,798	23,280	22,940	22,570	22,510	18,250	21,414	21,099	18,469	16,197	13,615
5	Guangzhou	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	23,190	23,236	21,992	20,370	18,858[24]	17,625	16,160	15,309	14,744	14,400	12,550	11,190	11,001	9,200	6,600	4,685	3,308
6	Qingdao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	22,000	21,010	19,315	18,262	18,010[25]	17,510	16,624	15,520	14,503	13,020	12,012	10,260	10,320	9,462	7,702	6,307	5,140
7	Busan	South Korea	East Asia	Korean Strait	21,590	21,992	21,662	20,493	19,850[26]	19,469[26]	18,423	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	11,954	13,425	13,270	12,039	11,843	11,430
8	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	East Asia	Pearl River Delta	20,070	18,361	19,596	20,770	19,813[27]	20,073[27]	22,374	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984
9	Tianjin	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	18,350	17,264	15,972	15,040	14,490[28]	14,090	14,050	13,010	12,300	11,500	10,080	8,700	8,500	7,103	5,950	4,801	3,814
10	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Europe	Rhine delta	14,350	14,810	14,512	13,734	12,385[29]	12,235	12,453	11,621	11,866	11,877	11,146	9,743	10,784	10,791	9,655	9,287	8,281
11	Jebel Ali	United Arab Emirates	West Asia	Persian Gulf	13,500	14,111	14,954	15,368	14,772[30]	15,592	14,750	13,641	13,270	13,000	11,600	11,124	11,827	10,653	8,923	7,619	6,429
12	Port Klang	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	13,240	13,580	12,316	11,978	13,170[31]	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	Xiamen	China	East Asia	Taiwan Strait	11,410	11,122	10,702	10,380	9,614[32]	9,183	8,572	8,010	7,202	6,461	5,820	4,680	5,035	4,627	4,019	3,342	2,872
14	Antwerp	Belgium	Europe	Scheldt delta	12,040	11,860	11,100	10,451	10,037[33]	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	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	East Asia	Taiwan Strait	9,620	10,428	10,445	10,271	10,465[34]	10,264	10,593	9,938	9,781	9,636	8,872	8,581	9,677	10,257	9,775	9,471	9,714
16	Dalian	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	6,540	10,210	9,770	9,707	9,614[35]	9,450	10,128	10,860	8,060	6,400	5,242	4,552	4,503	4,574	3,212	2,665	2,211
17	Los Angeles	United States	North America	West Coast	9,200	9,337	9,458	9,343	8,857[36]	8,160	8,340	7,869	8,078	7,941	7,832	6,748	7,850	8,355	8,470	7,485	7,321
18	Hamburg	Germany	Europe	Elbe River	8,700	9,274	8,730	8,860	8,910[37]	8,821	9,729	9,302	8,864	9,022	7,900	7,007	9,737	9,890	8,862	8,088	7,003
19	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait	9,850	9,100	8,960	8,261	8,281[38]	9,120	8,500[9]	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770	4,177	4,020
20	Laem Chabang	Thailand	Southeast Asia	Gulf of Thailand	7,550	8,106	8,070	7,670	7,227[39]	6,780	6,518	6,032	5,830	5,731	5,068	4,538	5,134	4,642	4,123	3,834	3,529
21	Heijin Yokohama	Japan	East Asia	Tokyo Bay		8,000		7,980	7,610
22	Long Beach	United States	North America	West Coast	8,110	7,632	8,091	7,670	6,775[40]	7,192	6,821	6,731	6,046	6,061	6,263	5,067	6,350	7,316	7,289	6,710	5,780
23	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Java Sea	6,170	7,600	7,640	6,090	5,515[41]	5,201[41]	5,034	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,800	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170
24	New York / New Jersey	United States	North America	East Coast	7,590	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
25	Colombo	Sri Lanka	South Asia	Sri Lanka	6,850	7,228	7,047	6,209	5,735[43]	5,185[9][43]	4,910										2,221
26	Saigon	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	East Vietnam Sea	7,200	7,220	6,586	6,156	5,987[44]	5,788[9][44]	6,334	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,563	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868
27	Tanger-Med	Morocco	North Africa	Western Mediterranean	5,770	4,801	3,472	3,312	2,960
28	Suzhou	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta			6,270
29	Piraeus	Greece	Europe	Eastern Mediterranean	5,436	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
30	Yingkou	China	East Asia	Liaodong Bay		5,480	6,487	6,278	6,086[45]	5,922	5,770
30	Valencia	Spain	Europe	Western Mediterranean	5,410	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
31	Manila	Philippines	Southeast Asia	Manila Bay		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
32	Taicang	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta		5,152	5,071	4,514	4,081	3,760
33	Hai Phong	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	Hong River Delta		5,133	4,954
34	Algeciras	Spain	Europe	Western Mediterranean		5,125	4,773	4,340	4,761[46]	4,516[46]	4,457	4,501	4,114	3,603	2,810	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937
35	Nhava Sheva / Mumbai	India	South Asia	Arabian Sea		5,100	5,051	4,833	4,432	4,490	4,450
36	Bremerhaven	Germany	Europe	North Sea		4,856	5,450	5,510	5,535 [47]	5,479[47]	5,796	5,831	6,115	5,915	4,871	4,578	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469
38	Lianyungang	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea		4,780	4,750	4,711	4,703	4,703
39	Mundra	India	South Asia	Gulf of Kutch		4,732	4,449	4,240	3,320	2,895
40	Savannah	United States	North America	East Coast		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
41	Tokyo	Japan	East Asia	Tokyo Bay		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
42	Rizhao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea	4,860	4,500	4,000	3,240	3,010[48]	2,810[48]
43	Foshan	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta			4,400
44	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	West Asia	Red Sea		4,433	4,120	4,150	3,957	4,188[49]	4,200	4,561	4,738	4,010	3,830	3,091	3,326	3,068	2,964	2,836	2,426
45	Colón	Panama	Central America	Caribbean coast	4,430	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
46	Santos	Brazil	South America	South Atlantic Ocean		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
47	Salalah	Oman	West Asia	Arabian Sea		4,109	3,390	3,946	3,325	2,569										2,229
48	Dongguan	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta		4,000	3,500	3,910	3,640	3,363
49	Beibu Gulf	China	East Asia	Beibu Gulf		3,820

Container port traffic

The top 10 busiest container ports by year (2004–2020)