List of World's Busiest Ports By Cargo Tonnage - 2002

2002

Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)
1 Singapore Singapore MT 335,156
2 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 321,851
3 Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 238,606
4 South Louisiana United States MT 196,445
5 Hong Kong People's Republic of China MT 192,510
6 Houston United States MT 161,190
7 Chiba Japan FT 158,929
8 Nagoya Japan FT 158,020
9 Gwangyang South Korea RT 153,447
10 Ningbo People's Republic of China MT 150,000
11 Ulsan South Korea RT 148,412
12 Incheon South Korea RT 146,181
13 Busan South Korea RT 143,772
14 Guangzhou People's Republic of China MT 140,395
15 Antwerp Belgium MT 131,629
16 Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) MT 129,414
17 Tianjin People's Republic of China MT 129,000
18 New York/New Jersey United States MT 122,103
19 Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 121,152
20 Qingdao People's Republic of China MT 120,000
21 Yokohama Japan FT 118,072
22 Dalian People's Republic of China MT 107,538
23 Hamburg Germany MT 98,272
24 Marseilles France MT 92,261
25 Dampier Australia MT 92,228
26 Osaka Japan FT 86,499
27 Kitakyushu Japan FT 84,249
28 Tokyo Japan FT 82,945
29 Klang Malaysia FT 82,271
30 Port Hedland Australia MT 81,758
31 Richards Bay South Africa MT 81,509
32 Kobe Japan FT 78,601
33 Beaumont United States MT 77,990
34 New Orleans United States MT 77,163
35 Newcastle Australia MT 76,887
36 Shenzhen People's Republic of China MT 75,882
37 Tubarão Brazil MT 75,865
38 Hay Point Australia MT 74,672
39 Huntington United States MT 73,590
40 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 70,417
41 Le Havre France MT 67,698
42 Corpus Christi United States MT 65,362
43 Itaqui Brazil MT 64,942
44 Novorossiysk Russia MT 63,291
45 Vancouver Canada MT 62,801
46 Long Beach United States MT 61,615
47 Baton Rouge United States MT 54,997
48 Gladstone Australia MT 54,466
49 Plaquemines United States MT 53,661
50 Santos Brazil MT 53,474

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