List of the largest ports by container handling

The following list of the largest ports according to container throughput sorts the 50 largest ports worldwide according to the annual throughput of containers in thousands of TEU ( twenty-foot equivalent units ).

Container handling (in thousands of TEUs):

rank	port	country	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2008	2004
1	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	42,010	40,233	37,133	36,516	35,268	33,617	32,529	31,700	29,069	27,980	14,557
2	Singapore	Singapore	36,600	33,666	30,904	30,922	33,869	32,240	31,649	29,937	28,431	29,918	21,329
3	Ningbo-Zhoushan	People's Republic of China	26,350	24,607	21,560	20,636	19,450	17,351	16,670	14,686	13,144	11,226	4,006
4th	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	25,750	25.208	23,979	24,142	23,798	23,280	22,940	22,570	22,510	21,414	13,615
5	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	21,870	20,370	18,858	17.097	16,160	15,309	14,744	14,400	12,550	11.001	3,308
6th	Busan	South Korea	21,660	20,493	19,850	19,469	18,423	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	13,425	11,430
7th	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	19,600	20,770	19,813	20,073	22,374	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	24,248	21,984
8th	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	19,320	18,262	18,010	17,323	16,624	15,520	14,503	13,020	12,012	10,320	5,140
9	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	16,010	15,040	14,490	13,881	14,050	13,010	12,300	11,500	10,080	8,500	3.814
10	Jebel Ali	United Arab Emirates	14,950	15,368	14,772	15,585	14,750	13,641	13,270	13,000	11,600	11,827	6,429
11	Rotterdam	Netherlands	14,512	13,734	12,385	12,235	12,453	11,621	11,866	11,877	11,146	10,784	8,281
12	Port sound	Malaysia	12,320	11,978	13,170	11,887	10,736	10,350	10,000	9,604	8,870	7,970	5,244
13	Antwerp	Belgium	11,100	10,451	10,037	9,654	9,136	8,578	8,635	8,664	8,468	8,663	6,064
14th	Xiamen	People's Republic of China	10,700	10,380	9,614	9,215	8,572	8,010	7.202	6,461	5,820	5,035	2,872
15th	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	10,450	10,271	10,465	10,264	10,593	9,938	9,781	9,636	8,872	9,677	9,714
16	Dalian	People's Republic of China	9,770	9,707	9,614	9,591	10.128	10,860	8,060	6,400	5,242	4,503	2.211
17th	los Angeles	United States	9,500	9,343	8,857	8,160	8,340	7,869	8,078	7,941	7,832	7,850	7,321
18th	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	8,960	8,261	8,281	8,797	7,897	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	5,600	4,020
19th	Hamburg	Germany	8,770	8,860	8,910	8,821	9,729	9,302	8,864	9,022	7,900	9,737	7.003
20th	Long Beach	United States	8,100	7,670	6,775	7,192	6,821	6,731	6,046	6,061	6.263	6,350	5,780
21st	Laem Chabang	Thailand	8,070	7,670	7,227	6,780	6,518	6,032	5,830	5,731	5,068	5.134	3,529
22nd	New York and New Jersey	United States	7.180	6.711	6.252	6,372	5,772	5,467	5,530	5,503	5,292	5,265	4,478
23	Colombo	Sri Lanka	7,050	6,209	5,735	5,185
24	Tanjung Priok ( Jakarta )	Indonesia	6,900	6,090	5,515	5,154	5,034	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,984	3,170
25th	Yingkou	People's Republic of China	6,490	6,278	5,922
26th	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	6.330	6.156	5,987	6,556	6.334	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,100	1,868
27	Bremerhaven	Germany	5,480	5,510	5,535	5,547	5,796	5,831	6.115	5,915	4,871	5,529	3,469
28	Mumbai	India	5.133	4,833	4,432	4,492	4,496	4.162	4,260	4,217	3,857	3,953	2,361
29	Valencia	Spain	5,128	4,832	4,761	4,516	4,457	4,501	4.114	3,603	2,810	3,324	2,937
30th	Manila	Philippines	5,085	4,782	4,523	3,976	3,673	3,770	3,705	3,250	3,257	2,977	2,698
31	Taicang	People's Republic of China	5,071	4,514	4,081	3,760
32	Piraeus	Greece	4,907	4.145	3,737	3,360	3.164	2,745	1,680	1,198	665	1,373
33	Algeciras	Spain	4,773	4,340	4,761	4,516	4,457	4,501	4.114	3,603	2,810	3,324
34	Lianyungang	People's Republic of China	4,745	4,711	4,703	4,703
35	Tokyo	Japan	4,570	4,500	4,700	4,150	4,917	4,861	4,752	4,640	4,286	4,271	3,358
36	Mundra	India	4,419	4,240	3,320	2,895
37	Savannah	United States	4,352	4,046	3,645	3,737	3,346	3.034	2,966	2,945	2,825	2,616	1,662
38	Colón	Panama	4,324	3,891	3,258	3,577	3,356	2,060	1,900	1,600	2,802	2,262
39	Santos	Brazil	4.122	3,854	3,394	3,645	3,685	3,446	3,172	2,985	2,716	2,675	1,883
40	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	4.117	4,150	3,957	4,188	4,200	4,561	4,738	4.010	3,830	3,326	2,426
41	Rizhao	People's Republic of China	4,040	3,238	3,010	2,810
42	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	3,930	3,850	4,000	3,980	3,680	3,400	3,700	3,519	3,400	3,200	2,717
43	Tanjung Perak ( Surabaya )	Indonesia	3,865	3,553	3,355	3,154
44	Seattle / Tacoma	United States	3,798	3,665	3,616	3,531	3,456	3,461	3,510	3,590
45	Cai Mep	Vietnam	3,566	3,065
46	Dongguan	People's Republic of China	3,500	3,910	3,640	3,363
47	Tangier Med (Tangiers)	Morocco	3,472	3,312	3,023	2,971	3,354	2,558	1,900	2,070	2,058
48	Barcelona	Spain	3,422	2,973
49	Fuzhou	People's Republic of China	3,400	3,007
50	Vancouver	Canada	3,396	3,252		3,054	2,913	2,825	2,713	2,551	2,514	2,307
...	Salalah	Oman		3,946	3,325	2,569
...	Nanjing	People's Republic of China		3,170	3,084	2,940
...	Marsaxlokk	Malta		3,150	3,084	3,064
...	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates			4,330	4,414	4,256	3,800	3,996	3,230	3,023	2.112	1,819
...	Port Said	Egypt			3,036	3,462	3,036	4,100	3,631	4,272	3,646	3,202	869
...	Balboa	Panama			2,832	3,078	3,236	3,064	3,251	3,232	2,759	2.011
...	Ambarli (Istanbul)	Turkey			2,798	3,062	3,445	3,378	3,097	2,686	2,540
...	Gioia Tauro	Italy				2,956	3,062	3,087	2,721	2,305	2,851	4,468	3,261
...	Yokohama	Japan				2,787	2,775	2,888	3,053	3,083	3,280	3,490	2,718
...	Durban	South Africa				2,770	2,633	2,529	2,713	2,762
...	Kobe	Japan				2,707	2,765	2,553	2,568	2,470	2,556
...	Keelung	Taiwan				2,666	2,943	2,642	2,705	2,403	2,199
...	Melbourne	Australia				2,638	2,492	2,548	2,507	2,348
...	Nagoya	Japan				2,631	2,740	2,709	2,655	2,623	2,549	2,817	2,304

Individual evidence

1. ↑ One Hundred Container Ports 2019:. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
2. ↑ One Hundred Container Ports 2018:. Retrieved April 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Lloyd's List Top 100 Ports | Maritime Intelligence . ( informa.com [accessed June 18, 2018]).
4. ↑ AAPA World Port Rankings 2015
5. ↑ AAPA World Port Rankings 2014
6. ↑ The Lloyd's List of the World's Busiest Container Ports 2013 ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ The Lloyd's List of the World's Busiest Container Ports 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ The Lloyd's List of the World's Busiest Container Ports 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ The Lloyd's List of the World's Busiest Container Ports 2010 ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ AAPA World Port Rankings 2008
11. ↑ AAPA World Port Rankings 2004 ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.