List of 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.
2005
Rank | Port | Country | Measure | Tons (000s)[1] | +/- from 2004 | % change from 2004 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 443,000 | 64,038 | 16.90 |
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Singapore | FT | 423,267 | 29,849 | 7.59 |
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Netherlands | MT | 376,600 | 24,037 | 6.82 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 272,400 | 46,550 | 20.61 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 245,100 | 38,939 | 18.89 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 241,700 | 26,510 | 12.32 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 230,139 | 9,260 | 4.19 |
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South Korea | RT | 217,200 | -2,560 | -1.16 |
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United States | MT | 192,549 | -10,968 | -5.39 |
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United States | MT | 192,023 | 8,604 | 4.69 |
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Japan | FT | 187,100 | 4,811 | 2.64 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 184,300 | 22,650 | 14.01 |
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South Korea | RT | 177,500 | 11,625 | 7.01 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 176,800 | 31,638 | 21.79 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 167,500 | 17,180 | 11.43 |
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Japan | FT | 165,700 | -3,554 | -2.10 |
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Belgium | MT | 160,100 | 7,773 | 5.10 |
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People's Republic of China | MT | 153,900 | 18,654 | 13.79 |
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United States | MT | 138,014 | -314 | -0.23 |
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Taiwan (Republic of China) | MT | 137,900 | -14,568 | -9.55 |
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Japan | FT | 133,300 | 6,340 | 4.99 |
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Germany | MT | 125,700 | 11,216 | 9.80 |
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South Korea | RT | 123,500 | 10,427 | 9.22 |
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Australia | MT | 110,600 | 2,100 | 1.94 |
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Australia | MT | 110,100 | 22,172 | 25.22 |
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Malaysia | FT | 109,700 | 9,789 | 9.80 |
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South Korea | RT | 103,500 | -53,017 | -33.87 |
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Japan | FT | 101,700 | -1,545 | -1.50 |
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France | MT | 96,600 | 2,507 | 2.66 |
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Japan | FT | 93,100 | -47 | -0.05 |
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Brazil | MT | 92,700 | 8,267 | 9.79 |
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United Arab Emirates | MT | 92,500 | 15,120 | 19.54 |
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Japan | FT | 92,000 | 573 | 0.63 |
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Japan | FT | 91,200 | 5,539 | 6.47 |
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South Africa | HT | 86,600 | 1,646 | 1.94 |
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Brazil | MT | 85,900 | 8,942 | 11.62 |
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Australia | MT | 85,600 | 2,040 | 2.44 |
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Australia | MT | 81,600 | -3,959 | -4.63 |
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Canada | MT | 76,500 | 2,926 | 3.98 |
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United States | MT | 76,104 | 5,924 | 8.44 |
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France | MT | 75,000 | -1,175 | -1.54 |
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Netherlands | MT | 74,900 | 1,724 | 2.36 |
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United States | MT | 72,447 | -237 | -0.33 |
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Brazil | MT | 71,900 | 4,291 | 6.35 |
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United States | MT | 71,566 | -11,677 | -14.03 |
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Russia | MT | 70800 | ||
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United States | MT | 70,441 | -1,207 | -1.68 |
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Australia | MT | 67,200 | 4,052 | 6.42 |
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Brazil | MT | 67100 | ||
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Spain | MT | 63,500 | 2,206 | 3.60 |
2004
Rank | Port | Country | Measure | Tons (000s) | +/- from 2003 | % change from 2003 |
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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 |
2003
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 | 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 |
2002
Note: MT=Metric Tons; HT= Harbor Tons; FT=Freight Tons; RT = Revenue Tons
References
- AAPA World Port Rankings 2005
- AAPA World Port Rankings 2004
- AAPA World Port Rankings 2003
- AAPA World Port Rankings 2002
- Port of Rotterdam 2007 numbers
- Port of Rotterdam Statistics page for a 2006 overview of other ports
- Port of Antwerp 2007 numbers
- Port of Hamburg 2007 numbers