List Of World's Busiest Ports By Cargo Tonnage
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.
Rank | Port | Country | Measure | 2010 thousands of tons |
2009 thousands of tons |
2008 thousands of tons |
2007 thousands of tons |
2006 millions of tons |
2005 thousands of tons |
2004 thousands of tons |
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1 | Shanghai | People's Republic of China | MT | 534,371 | 505,715 | 508,000 | 561,446 | 537.0 | 443,000 | 378,962 |
2 | Singapore | Singapore | FT | 501,566 | 472,300 | 515,415 | 483,616 | 448.5 | 423,267 | 393,418 |
3 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | MT | 429,926 | 386,957 | 421,136 | 401,181 | 378.4 | 376,600 | 352,563 |
4 | Guangzhou | People's Republic of China | MT | 425,600 | 364,000 | 347,000 | 341,363 | 302.8 | 241,700 | 215,190 |
5 | Ningbo | People's Republic of China | MT | 408,180 | 371,540 | 361,850 | 471,630 | 309.7 | 272,400 | 225,850 |
6 | Tianjin | People's Republic of China | MT | 400,000 | 381,110 | 365,163 | 309,465 | 257.6 | 245,100 | 206,161 |
7 | Qingdao | People's Republic of China | MT | 350,120 | 274,304 | 278,271 | 265,020 | 224.2 | 184,300 | 161,650 |
8 | Qinghuangdao | People's Republic of China | MT | 276,815 | 243,850 | 252,000 | 245,964 | 204.9 | 167,500 | 150,320 |
9 | Hong Kong | People's Republic of China | MT | 267,815 | 242,967 | 259,402 | 245,433 | 238.2 | 230,139 | 220,879 |
10 | Busan | South Korea | RT | 262,963 | 226,182 | 241,683 | 243,564 | 217.9 | 217,200 | 219,760 |
11 | South Louisiana | United States | MT | 214,337 | 192,853 | 203,157 | 207,785 | 204.6 | 192,549 | 203,517 |
12 | Houston | United States | MT | 206,055 | 191,729 | 192,473 | 196,014 | 201.5 | 192,023 | 183,419 |
13 | Shenzhen | People's Republic of China | MT | 204,860 | 211,000 | 187,045 | 199,190 | 176.0 | 153,900 | 135,246 |
14 | Dalian | People's Republic of China | MT | 200,000 | 204,000 | 246,000 | 222,859 | 200.5 | 176,800 | 145,162 |
15 | Port Hedland | Australia | MT | 198,997 | 178,625 | 159,391 | 130,707 | 111.8 | 110,600 | 108,500 |
16 | Nagoya | Japan | FT | 185,703 | 165,101 | 218,130 | 215,602 | 208.0 | 187,100 | 182,289 |
17 | Antwerp | Belgium | MT | 178,167 | 157,807 | 189,390 | 182,897 | 167.4 | 160,100 | 152,300 |
18 | Klang | Malaysia | FT | 168,588 | 137,615 | 152,348 | 135,514 | 122.0 | 109,700 | 99,911 |
19 | Dampier | Australia | MT | 165,025 | N/A | 140,823 | 133,949 | 126.0 | 110,100 | 87,92 |
20 | Chiba | Japan | MT | 155,256 | 144,904 | 165,143 | 169,202 | 167.0 | 165,700 | 169,300 |
MT=Metric Tons; HT= Harbor Tons; FT=Freight Tons; RT = Revenue Tons
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