List of world's busiest ports by cargo tonnage

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This is a list of the world's busiest seaports by cargo tonnage, the total mass of actual cargo transported through the port. 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.

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Rank Port Country Measure 2009[1]
thousands of tons		 2008[2]
thousands of tons		 2007[3]
thousands of tons		 2006[4]
millions of tons		 2005[5]
thousands of tons		 2004[6]
thousands of tons
1 China Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 505,715 508,000 561,446 537.0 443,000 378,962
2 Singapore Singapore Singapore FT 472,300 515,415 483,616 448.5 423,267 393,418
3 Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands MT 386,957 421,136 401,181 378.4 376,600 352,563
4 China Tianjin People's Republic of China MT 381,110 365,163 309,465 257.6 245,100 206,161
5 China Ningbo-Zhoushan People's Republic of China MT 371,540 361,850 471,630 309.7 272,400 225,850
6 China Guangzhou People's Republic of China MT 364,000 347,000 341,363 302.8 241,700 215,190
7 China Qingdao People's Republic of China MT 274,304 278,271 265,020 224.2 184,300 161,650
8 China Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 243,850 252,000 245,964 204.9 167,500 150,320
9 Hong Kong Hong Kong People's Republic of China MT 242,967 259,402 245,433 238.2 230,139 220,879
10 South Korea Busan South Korea RT 226,182 241,683 243,564 217.9 217,200 219,760
11 China Dalian People's Republic of China MT 204,000 246,000 222,859 200.5 176,800 145,162
12 United States South Louisiana United States MT 192,853 203,157 207,785 204.6 192,549 203,517
13 United States Houston United States MT 191,729 192,473 196,014 201.5 192,023 183,419
14 China Shenzhen People's Republic of China MT 211,000 187,045 199,190 176.0 153,900 135,246
15 Australia Port Hedland Australia MT 178,625 159,391 130,707 111.8 110,600 108,500
16 South Korea Gwangyang South Korea RT 176,564 N/A 198,190 202.4 177,500 165,875
17 South Korea Ulsan South Korea RT 170,314 170,279 168,652 161.1 103,50 156,500
18 Japan Nagoya Japan FT 165,101 218,130 215,602 208.0 187,100 182,289
19 Belgium Antwerp Belgium MT 157,807 189,390 182,897 167.4 160,100 152,300
20 Japan Chiba Japan MT 144,904 165,143 169,202 167.0 165,700 169,300

MT=Metric Tons; HT= Harbor Tons; FT=Freight Tons; RT = Revenue Tons

[edit] 2005

Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[5] +/- from 2004 % change from 2004
1 China Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 443,000 64,038 16.90
2 Singapore Singapore Singapore FT 423,267 29,849 7.59
3 Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands MT 376,600 24,037 6.82
4 China Ningbo People's Republic of China MT 272,400 46,550 20.61
5 China Tianjin People's Republic of China MT 245,100 38,939 18.89
6 China Guangzhou People's Republic of China MT 241,700 26,510 12.32
7 Hong Kong Hong Kong People's Republic of China MT 230,139 9,260 4.19
8 South Korea Busan South Korea RT 217,200 -2,560 -1.16
9 United States South Louisiana United States MT 192,549 -10,968 -5.39
10 United States Houston United States MT 192,023 8,604 4.69
11 Japan Nagoya Japan FT 187,100 4,811 2.64
12 China Qingdao People's Republic of China MT 184,300 22,650 14.01
13 South Korea Gwangyang South Korea RT 177,500 11,625 7.01
14 China Dalian People's Republic of China MT 176,800 31,638 21.79
15 China Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 167,500 17,180 11.43
16 Japan Chiba Japan FT 165,700 -3,554 -2.10
17 Belgium Antwerp Belgium MT 160,100 7,773 5.10
18 China Shenzhen People's Republic of China MT 153,900 18,654 13.79
19 United States New York/New Jersey United States MT 138,014 -314 -0.23
20 Republic of China Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) MT 137,900 -14,568 -9.55
21 Japan Yokohama Japan FT 133,300 6,340 4.99
22 Germany Hamburg Germany MT 125,700 11,216 9.80
23 South Korea Incheon South Korea RT 123,500 10,427 9.22
24 Australia Port Hedland Australia MT 110,600 2,100 1.94
25 Australia Dampier Australia MT 110,100 22,172 25.22
26 Malaysia Klang Malaysia FT 109,700 9,789 9.80
27 South Korea Ulsan South Korea RT 103,500 -53,017 -33.87
28 Japan Kitakyushu Japan FT 101,700 -1,545 -1.50
29 France Marseilles France MT 96,600 2,507 2.66
30 Japan Osaka Japan FT 93,100 -47 -0.05
31 Brazil Tubarão Brazil MT 92,700 8,267 9.79
32 United Arab Emirates Dubai United Arab Emirates MT 92,500 15,120 19.54
33 Japan Tokyo Japan FT 92,000 573 0.63
34 Japan Kobe Japan FT 91,200 5,539 6.47
35 South Africa Richards Bay South Africa HT 86,600 1,646 1.94
36 Brazil Itaqui Brazil MT 85,900 8,942 11.62
37 Australia Newcastle Australia MT 85,600 2,040 2.44
38 Australia Hay Point Australia MT 81,600 -3,959 -4.63
39 Canada Vancouver Canada MT 76,500 2,926 3.98
40 United States Huntington United States MT 76,104 5,924 8.44
41 France Le Havre France MT 75,000 -1,175 -1.54
42 Netherlands Amsterdam Netherlands MT 74,900 1,724 2.36
43 United States Long Beach United States MT 72,447 -237 -0.33
44 Brazil Santos Brazil MT 71,900 4,291 6.35
45 United States Beaumont United States MT 71,566 -11,677 -14.03
46 Russia Novorossiysk Russia MT 70,800
47 United States Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 70,441 -1,207 -1.68
48 Australia Gladstone Australia MT 67,200 4,052 6.42
49 Brazil Sepetiba Brazil MT 67,100
50 Spain Algeciras Spain MT 63,500 2,206 3.60

[edit] 2004

Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[6] +/- from 2003 % change from 2003
1 Singapore Singapore FT 393,418 45,724 13.15
2 Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 378,962 62,752 19.85
3 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 352,563 25,605 7.83
4 Ningbo People's Republic of China MT 225,850 71,870 46.67
5 Hong Kong People's Republic of China MT 220,879 13,267 6.39
6 Busan South Korea RT 219,760 57,300 35.27
7 Guangzhou People's Republic of China MT 215,190 47,470 28.30
8 Tianjin People's Republic of 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 People's Republic of China MT 161,650 20,750 14.73
15 Ulsan South Korea RT 156,517 9,577 6.52
16 Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) MT 152,468 13,636 9.82
17 Antwerp Belgium MT 152,327 9,452 6.62
18 Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 150,320 24,700 19.66
19 Dalian People's Republic of China MT 145,162 19,142 15.19
20 New York/New Jersey United States MT 138,328 5,890 4.45
21 Shenzhen People's Republic of 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 Marseilles France MT 94,093 -1,452 -1.52
29 Osaka Japan FT 93,147 3,460 3.86
30 Tokyo Japan FT 91,427 2,952 3.34
31 Dampier Australia MT 87,928 -952 -1.07
32 Kobe Japan FT 85,661 6,902 8.76
33 Hay Point Australia MT 85,559 8,013 10.33
34 Richards Bay South Africa HT 84,954 -2,567 -2.93
35 Tubarão Brazil MT 84,433 6,812 8.78
36 Newcastle Australia MT 83,560 848 1.03
37 Beaumont United States MT 83,243 3,773 4.75
38 Dubai United Arab Emirates MT 77,380 13,754 21.62
39 Itaqui Brazil MT 76,958 9,367 13.86
40 Le Havre France MT 76,175 4,682 6.55
41 Vancouver Canada MT 73,574 6,847 10.26
42 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 73,176 7,715 11.79
43 Long Beach United States MT 72,684 9,868 15.71
44 Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 71,648 1,543 2.20
45 New Orleans United States MT 70,886 -5,230 -6.87
46 Huntington United States MT 70,180 -303 -0.43
47 Santos Brazil MT 67,609 7,532 12.54
48 Gladstone Australia MT 63,148 3,487 5.84
49 Texas City United States MT 61,987    
50 Algeciras Spain MT 61,294 4,612 8.14

[edit] 2003

Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s) +/- from 2002 % change from 2002
1 Singapore Singapore FT 347,694 12,538 3.74
2 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 326,958 5,107 1.59
3 Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 316,210 77,604 32.52
4 Hong Kong People's Republic of 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 People's Republic of 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 People's Republic of China MT 161,820 32,820 25.44
13 Ningbo People's Republic of 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 People's Republic of China MT 140,900 20,900 17.42
17 Kaohsiung Taiwan (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 People's Republic of China MT 126,020 18,482 17.19
21 Yokohama Japan FT 125,943 7,871 6.67
22 Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 125,620 4,468 3.69
23 Hamburg Germany MT 106,536 8,264 8.41
24 Marseilles 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 People's Republic of China MT 87,670 11,788 15.53
32 Richards Bay South Africa HT 87,521 6,012 7.38
33 Newcastle Australia MT 82,712 5,825 7.58
34 Beaumont United States MT 79,470 1,480 1.90
35 Kobe Japan FT 78,759 158 0.20
36 Tubarão Brazil MT 77,621 1,756 2.31
37 Hay Point Australia MT 77,546 2,874 3.85
38 New Orleans United States MT 76,116 -1,047 -1.36
39 Le Havre France MT 71,493 3,795 5.61
40 Huntington United States MT 70,483 -3,107 -4.22
41 Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 70,105 4,743 7.26
42 Itaqui Brazil MT 67,591 2,649 4.08
43 Vancouver Canada MT 66,727 3,926 6.25
44 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 65,461 -4,956 -7.04
45 Dubai United Arab Emirates MT 63,626    
46 Long Beach United States MT 62,816 1,201 1.95
47 Santos Brazil MT 60,077 6,603 12.35
48 Gladstone Australia MT 59,661 5,195 9.54
49 Algeciras Spain MT 56,682    
50 Grimsby & Immingham United Kingdom MT 55,931    

[edit] 2002

Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)
1 Singapore Singapore Singapore MT 335,156
2 Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands MT 321,851
3 China Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 238,606
4 United States South Louisiana United States MT 196,445
5 Hong Kong Hong Kong People's Republic of China MT 192,510
6 United States Houston United States MT 161,190
7 Japan Chiba Japan FT 158,929
8 Japan Nagoya Japan FT 158,020
9 South Korea Gwangyang South Korea RT 153,447
10 China Ningbo People's Republic of China MT 150,000
11 South Korea Ulsan South Korea RT 148,412
12 South Korea Incheon South Korea RT 146,181
13 South Korea Busan South Korea RT 143,772
14 China Guangzhou People's Republic of China MT 140,395
15 Belgium Antwerp Belgium MT 131,629
16 Republic of China Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) MT 129,414
17 China Tianjin People's Republic of China MT 129,000
18 United States New York/New Jersey United States MT 122,103
19 China Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 121,152
20 China Qingdao People's Republic of China MT 120,000
21 Japan Yokohama Japan FT 118,072
22 China Dalian People's Republic of China MT 107,538
23 Germany Hamburg Germany MT 98,272
24 France Marseilles France MT 92,261
25 Australia Dampier Australia MT 92,228
26 Japan Osaka Japan FT 86,499
27 Japan Kitakyushu Japan FT 84,249
28 Japan Tokyo Japan FT 82,945
29 Malaysia Klang Malaysia FT 82,271
30 Australia Port Hedland Australia MT 81,758
31 South Africa Richards Bay South Africa MT 81,509
32 Japan Kobe Japan FT 78,601
33 United States Beaumont United States MT 77,990
34 United States New Orleans United States MT 77,163
35 Australia Newcastle Australia MT 76,887
36 China Shenzhen People's Republic of China MT 75,882
37 Brazil Tubarão Brazil MT 75,865
38 Australia Hay Point Australia MT 74,672
39 United States Huntington United States MT 73,590
40 Netherlands Amsterdam Netherlands MT 70,417
41 France Le Havre France MT 67,698
42 United States Corpus Christi United States MT 65,362
43 Brazil Itaqui Brazil MT 64,942
44 Russia Novorossiysk Russia MT 63,291
45 Canada Vancouver Canada MT 62,801
46 United States Long Beach United States MT 61,615
47 United States Baton Rouge United States MT 54,997
48 Australia Gladstone Australia MT 54,466
49 United States Plaquemines United States MT 53,661
50 Brazil Santos Brazil MT 53,474

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ AAPA World Port Rankings 2009
  2. ^ AAPA World Port Rankings 2008
  3. ^ AAPA World Port Rankings 2007[dead link]
  4. ^ AAPA World Port Rankings 2006
  5. ^ a b AAPA World Port Rankings 2005[dead link]
  6. ^ a b AAPA World Port Rankings 2004[dead link] (archive link, was dead)

[edit] See also

World's busiest seaport
Type of port
Different criteria
Area · Cargo (Tonnage) · Cargo (Value) · Shipping (Tonnage)
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