List of busiest container ports

This is a list of the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in shipping containers) by total number of actual twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. Data listed in thousands of TEU.

Container Traffic (in thousand TEUs):
Rank	Port	Economy	2013^[1]	2012^[2]	2011^[3]	2010^[4]	2009^[5]	2008^[6]	2007^[7]	2006^[8]	2005^[9]	2004^[10]
1	Shanghai	China	33,617	32,529	31,700	29,069	25,002	27,980	26,150	21,710	18,084	14,557
2	Singapore	Singapore	32,240	31,649	29,937	28,431	25,866	29,918	27,932	24,792	23,192	21,329
3	Shenzhen	China	23,280	22,940	22,570	22,510	18,250	21,414	21,099	18,469	16,197	13,615
4	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	22,352	23,117	24,384	23,532	20,983	24,248	23,881	23,539	22,427	21,984
5	Busan	South Korea	17,690	17,046	16,185	14,157	11,954	13,425	13,270	12,039	11,843	11,430
6	Ningbo-Zhoushan	China	17,351	16,670	14,686	13,144	10,502	11,226	9,349	7,068	5,208	4,006
7	Qingdao	China	15,520	14,503	13,020	12,012	10,260	10,320	9,462	7,702	6,307	5,140
8	Guangzhou	China	15,309	14,744	14,400	12,550	11,190	11,001	9,200	6,600	4,685	3,308
9	Jebel Ali (Dubai)	United Arab Emirates	13,641	13,270	13,000	11,600	11,124	11,827	10,653	8,923	7,619	6,429
10	Tianjin	China	13,010	12,300	11,500	10,080	8,700	8,500	7,103	5,950	4,801	3,814
11	Rotterdam	Netherlands	11,621	11,866	11,877	11,146	9,743	10,784	10,791	9,655	9,287	8,281
12	Dalian	China	10,860	8,060	6,400	5,242	4,552	4,503	4,574	3,212	2,665	2,211
13	Port Klang	Malaysia	10,350	10,000	9,604	8,870	7,309	7,970	7,120	6,326	5,544	5,244
14	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	9,938	9,781	9,636	8,872	8,581	9,677	10,257	9,775	9,471	9,714
15	Hamburg	Germany	9,302	8,864	9,022	7,900	7,007	9,737	9,890	8,862	8,088	7,003
16	Antwerp	Belgium	8,578	8,635	8,664	8,468	7,309	8,663	8,176	7,019	6,482	6,064
17	Xiamen	China	8,010	7,202	6,461	5,820	4,680	5,035	4,627	4,019	3,342	2,872
18	Los Angeles	United States	7,869	8,078	7,941	7,832	6,748	7,850	8,355	8,470	7,485	7,321
19	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	7,628	7,700	7,500	6,530	6,000	5,600	5,500	4,770	4,177	4,020
20	Long Beach	United States	6,731	6,046	6,061	6,263	5,067	6,350	7,316	7,289	6,710	5,780
21	Tanjung Priok (Jakarta)	Indonesia	6,590	6,200	5,618	4,715	3,800	3,984	3,900	3,280	3,282	3,170
22	Laem Chabang	Thailand	6,032	5,830	5,731	5,068	4,538	5,134	4,642	4,123	3,834	3,529
23	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	5,831	6,115	5,915	4,871	4,578	5,529	4,912	4,450	3,736	3,469
24	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	Vietnam	5,542	5,060	4,674	4,100	3,563	3,100	2,532	2,532	2,122	1,868
25	Lianyungang	China	5,490	5,020	4,850	3,870	3,021	3,001	2,001	1,302	1,005	N/A
26	New York and New Jersey	United States	5,467	5,530	5,503	5,292	4,561	5,265	5,299	5,093	4,785	4,478
27	Yingkou	China	5,301	4,851	4,033	3,338	2,537	2,030	1,371	838	634	N/A
28	Tokyo	Japan	4,861	4,752	4,640	4,286	3,810	4,271	3,818	3,969	3,593	3,358
29	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	4,561	4,738	4,010	3,830	3,091	3,326	3,068	2,964	2,836	2,426
30	Algeciras	Spain	4,501	4,114	3,603	2,810	3,042	3,324	3,152	3,257	3,180	2,937
31	Valencia	Spain	4,328	4,470	4,327	4,207	3,653	3,593	3,043	2,612	2,410	2,145
32	Colombo	Sri Lanka	4,306	4,180	4,263	4,137	3,464	3,687	3,380	3,079	2,455	2,221
33	Mumbai	India	4,162	4,260	4,217	3,857	4,061	3,953	4,060	3,298	2,667	2,361
34	Port Said	Egypt	4,100	3,631	4,272	3,646	3,300	3,202	2,127	2,127	1,522	869
35	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	3,800	3,996	3,230	3,023	2,750	2,112	1,850	1,730	1,929	1,819
36	Manila	Philippines	3,770	3,705	3,250	3,257	2,815	2,977	2,800	2,638	2,625	2,698
37	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	3,740	3,700	3,519	3,400	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,000	2,700	2,717
38	Santos	Brazil	3,446	3,172	2,985	2,716	2,252	2,675	2,533	2,208	2,240	1,883
39	Ambarli (Istanbul)	Turkey	3,378	3,097	2,686	2,540
40	Colón	Panama	3,356	2,060	1,900	1,600	2,802	1,856^[11]	2,262	N/A	1,947	2,150
41	Salalah	Oman	3,340	3,620	3,201	3,482	3,490	3,068	2,600	2,390	2,492	2,229
42	Taicang	China	3,267	4,015	3,058	2,212
43	Piraeus	Greece	3,164	2,745	1,680	1,198	665	434	1,373	N/A	N/A	N/A
44	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,087	2,721	2,305	2,851	2,857	3,468	3,445	2,900	3,161	3,261
45	Balboa	Panama	3,064	3,251	3,232	2,759	2,012	2,011	2,167	988	663
46	Savannah	United States	3,034	2,966	2,945	2,825	2,356	2,616	2,604	2,160	1,902	1,662
47	Tanjung Perak (Surabaya)	Indonesia	3,001	2,849	2,644	3,030
48	Yokohama	Japan	2,888	3,053	3,083	3,280	2,555	3,490	3,400	3,200	2,873	2,718
49	Vancouver	Canada	2,825	2,713	2,551	2,514	2,492	2,307	2,208	1,767	1,665
50	Malta Freeport	Malta	2,750	2,540	2,360	2,371
51	Nagoya	Japan	2,709	2,655	2,623	2,549	2,113	2,817	2,890	2,740	2,470	2,304
52	Nanjing	China	2,670	2,300	1,493	1,400
53	Keelung and Taipei	Taiwan	2,642	2,705	2,403	2,199
54	Durban	South Africa	2,633	2,529	2,713	2,762
55	Tanger-Med (Tangiers)	Morocco	2,558	1,900	2,070	2,058
56	Kobe	Japan	2,553	2,568	2,470	2,556
57	St Petersburg	Russia	2,515	2,525	2,365	1,928
58	Melbourne	Australia	2,492	2,548	2,507	2,348
59	Le Havre	France	2,486	2,306	2,220	2,400
60	Osaka	Japan	2,485	2,410	2,490	2,282
61	Mundra	India	2,390	1,520	1,344	1,149
62	Oakland	United States	2,347	2,344	2,343	2,330
63	Yeosu Gwangyang	South Korea	2,285	2,154	2,253	2,073
64	Virginia	United States	2,224	2,106	1,918	1,895
65	Incheon	South Korea	2,161	1,982	2,329	1,903
66	Sydney	Australia	2,153	2,094	2,054	1,986
67	Yantai	China	2,150	1,850	1,709	1,527
68	Manzanillo	Mexico	2,118	1,992	1,763	1,509
69	Rizhao	China	2,027	1,749
70	Bruges-Zeebrugge	Belgium	2,026	1,953	2,222	2,500
71	Cartagena	Colombia	2,014	2,201	1,853	1,581
72	Genoa	Italy	1,988	2,065	1,847	1,759
73	Fuzhou	China	1,977	1,825	1,451	1,319
74	Houston	United States	1,950	1,923	1,890	1,812
75	Callao	Peru	1,855	1,818	1,616	1,346
76	Shahid Rajaee	Iran	1,763	2,318	2,762	2,593
77	Barcelona	Spain	1,720	1,756	2,014	1,946
78	Tacoma	United States	1,718	1,711	1,489	1,455
79	Kingston	Jamaica	1,704	1,547	1,848	1,892
80	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	1,659	1,622	1,492	1,333
81	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1,651	1,656	1,852	1,759
82	Charleston	United States	1,601	1,515	1,380
83	Seattle	United States	1,593	1,886	2,030	2,140
84	Karachi	Pakistan	1,563	1,490	1,400	1,370
85	Dandong	China	1,560	1,250
86	Chittagong	Bangladesh	1,540	1,406	1,392	1,329
87	Guayaquil	Ecuador	1,518	1,449	1,406	1,093
88	Bangkok	Thailand	1,509	1,274	1,305	1,498
89	Alexandria	Egypt	1,508	1,500	1,490	1,350
90	Dongguan	China	1,500	1,100
91	Southampton	United Kingdom	1,491	1,476	1,563	1,540
92	Chennai	India	1,470	1,550	1,560	1,522
93	Taichung	Taiwan	1,468	1,395	1,380	1,357
94	Freeport	Bahamas	1,400	1,202
95	Mersin	Turkey	1,378	1,263
96	Haifa	Israel	1,357	1,372	1,235	1,264
97	Montreal	Canada	1,357	1,375	1,363	1,331
98	Zhongshan	China	1,320	1,204	1,423	1,294
99	La Spezia	Italy	1,298	1,247	1,307	1,285
100	Shantou	China	1,280	1,250

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