List of World's Busiest Ports By Cargo Tonnage

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
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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