List of busiest ports in Europe

Part of the Port of Rotterdam, largest port in Europe

CTA, part of the Port of Hamburg

Port of Antwerp

Port of Bremerhaven

Port of Barcelona

Part of the Port of Algeciras

Part of the Port of Valencia

Part of the Malta Freeport

Port of Marseille

Part of the Port of Genoa

Busiest container ports

Rank in Europe	Rank in World	Port	City	State	TEU's in 2008
1	9	Port of Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Netherlands	10,783,825
2	11	Port of Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany	9,737,110
3	13	Port of Antwerp	Antwerp	Belgium	8,662,891
4	18	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	5,488,189
5	28	Port of Valencia	Valencia	Spain	3,602,112
6	30	Port of Gioia Tauro	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,481,043
7	32	Port of Algeciras	Algeciras	Spain	3,324,310
8	33	Port of Felixstowe	Felixstowe	UK	3,251,077
9	41	Port of Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain	2,569,549
10	44	Port of Le Havre	Le Havre	France	2,488,654
11	46	Malta Freeport	Marsaxlokk	Malta	2,300,000
12	49	Port of Zeebrugge	Zeebrugge	Belgium	2,209,715
13	55	Port of Dublin	Dublin	Ireland	2,039,041
14	58	Port of London	London	UK	2,006,721
15	60	Port of Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Russia	1,983,110
16	63	Port of Southampton	Southampton	UK	1,850,132
17	69	Port of Genoa	Genoa	Italy	1,766,605
18	75	Port of Las Palmas	Las Palmas*	Spain	1,428,944
19	77	Port of Constanța	Constanța	Romania	1,380,935
20	83	Port of La Spezia	La Spezia	Italy	1,246,139
21	105	Port of Gothenburg	Gothenburg	Sweden	862,595
22	112	Port of Marseille	Marseille	France	826,023
23	115	Port of Taranto	Taranto	Italy	786,655
24	116	Port of Leghorn	Leghorn	Italy	778,864

Busiest ports by cargo tonnage

Rank in Europe	Rank in World	Port	State	Thousands of tons in 2008
1	3	Rotterdam	Netherlands	421,136
2	16	Antwerp	Belgium	189,390
3	27	Hamburg	Germany	140,375
4	38	Marseilles	France	96,009
5	41	Amsterdam	Netherlands	94,768
6	47	Novorossisk	Russia	81,633
7	47	Le Havre	France	80,527
8	54	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	74,647
9	57	Algeciras	Spain	69,572
10	60	Grimsby and Immingham	United Kingdom	65,267
11	63	Constantza	Romania	61,837
12	66	Saint Petersburg	Russia	59,945
13	67	Valencia	Spain	59,425
14	69	Dunkirk	France	57,692
15	73	Genoa	Italy	54,218
16	76	London	United Kingdom	52,965
17	77	Bergen	Norway	52,428
18	80	Barcelona	Spain	50,545
19	83	Trieste	Italy	48,279
20	89	Tees and Hartlepool	United Kingdom	45,436
21	92	Taranto	Italy	43,271
22	93	Gothenburg	Sweden	43,241
23	97	Zeebrugge	Belgium	42,024
24	101	Southampton	United Kingdom	40,974
25	102	Wilhelmshaven	Germany	40,309
26	103	Calais	France	39,709
27	105	Forth Ports	United Kingdom	39,054
28	106	Bilbao	Spain	37,980
29	112	Milford Haven	United Kingdom	35,875
30	113	Odessa	Ukraine	34,562
31	114	Leghorn	Italy	34,028
32	117	Tarragona	Spain	32,969
33	120	Liverpool	United Kingdom	32,204
34	123	Lübeck	Germany	31,551

Busiest transshipment ports

Rank in Europe	Rank in World	Port	State	% Transshipment in 2004
1	7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	40.2
2	9	Gioia Tauro	Italy	80.4
3	10	Algeciras	Spain	84.7
4	11	Hamburg	Germany	32.8
5	16	Antwerp	Belgium	23.0

Other large ports in Europe

• Port of Malaga, with 642,529 passenger, cargo of 4,620,000 of tons and 428,623 TEUs in 2008
• Port of Alicante
• Port of Vigo, the biggest fishing port in the world with 751,971 tons of fish and shellfish in 2008
• Port of Seville
• Grand Harbour (Valletta)
• Port of Lisbon
• Port of Porto (Porto de Leixões), with cargo of 15,635,100 and 450,026 TEUs in 2008
• Port of Sines
• Port of Bilbao, with 179,572 passenger, cargo of 39,397,938 and 557,355 TEUs in 2008
• Port of Limassol
• Ports of Duisburg-Ruhrort, largest inland port in Europe
• Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife*
• Port of Durrës
• Port of Varna
• Port of Poti
• Port of Piraeus (Athens)
• Port of Thessaloniki
• Port of Cagliari
• Port of Livorno
• Port of Naples
• Port of Pozzallo
• Baku International Sea Trade Port
• Port of Ghent Belgium's 3rd port and 10th port in the Le Havre-Hamburg Range
• Port of Odessa
• Port of Sevastopol
• Port Krym