List of World's Busiest Ports By Cargo Tonnage - 2003

2003

Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s) +/- from 2002 % change from 2002
1 Singapore Singapore FT 347,694 12,538 3.74
2 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 326,958 5,107 1.59
3 Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 316,210 77,604 32.52
4 Hong Kong People's Republic of China MT 207,612 15,102 7.84
5 South Louisiana United States MT 180,493 -15,952 -8.12
6 Houston United States MT 173,320 12,130 7.52
7 Chiba Japan FT 169,000 10,071 6.34
8 Nagoya Japan FT 168,378 10,358 6.55
9 Guangzhou People's Republic of China MT 167,720 27,325 19.46
10 Gwangyang South Korea RT 165,089 11,642 7.59
11 Busan South Korea RT 162,460 18,688 13.00
12 Tianjin People's Republic of China MT 161,820 32,820 25.44
13 Ningbo People's Republic of China MT 153,980 3,980 2.65
14 Ulsan South Korea RT 146,940 -1,472 -0.99
15 Antwerp Belgium MT 142,875 11,246 8.54
16 Qingdao People's Republic of China MT 140,900 20,900 17.42
17 Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) MT 138,832 9,418 7.28
18 New York/New Jersey United States MT 132,438 10,335 8.46
19 Incheon South Korea RT 131,018 -15,163 -10.37
20 Dalian People's Republic of China MT 126,020 18,482 17.19
21 Yokohama Japan FT 125,943 7,871 6.67
22 Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 125,620 4,468 3.69
23 Hamburg Germany MT 106,536 8,264 8.41
24 Marseilles France MT 95,545 3,284 3.56
25 Port Hedland Australia MT 89,799 8,041 9.84
26 Osaka Japan FT 89,687 3,188 3.69
27 Kitakyushu Japan FT 88,890 4,641 5.51
28 Klang Malaysia FT 88,888 6,617 8.04
29 Dampier Australia MT 88,880 -3,348 -3.63
30 Tokyo Japan FT 88,475 5,530 6.67
31 Shenzhen People's Republic of China MT 87,670 11,788 15.53
32 Richards Bay South Africa HT 87,521 6,012 7.38
33 Newcastle Australia MT 82,712 5,825 7.58
34 Beaumont United States MT 79,470 1,480 1.90
35 Kobe Japan FT 78,759 158 0.20
36 Tubarão Brazil MT 77,621 1,756 2.31
37 Hay Point Australia MT 77,546 2,874 3.85
38 New Orleans United States MT 76,116 -1,047 -1.36
39 Le Havre France MT 71,493 3,795 5.61
40 Huntington United States MT 70,483 -3,107 -4.22
41 Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 70,105 4,743 7.26
42 Itaqui Brazil MT 67,591 2,649 4.08
43 Vancouver Canada MT 66,727 3,926 6.25
44 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 65,461 -4,956 -7.04
45 Dubai United Arab Emirates MT 63,626
46 Long Beach United States MT 62,816 1,201 1.95
47 Santos Brazil MT 60,077 6,603 12.35
48 Gladstone Australia MT 59,661 5,195 9.54
49 Algeciras Spain MT 56,682
50 Grimsby & Immingham United Kingdom MT 55,931

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