List of World's Busiest Ports By Cargo Tonnage - 2004

2004

Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s) +/- from 2003 % change from 2003
1 Singapore Singapore FT 393,418 45,724 13.15
2 Shanghai People's Republic of China MT 378,962 62,752 19.85
3 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 352,563 25,605 7.83
4 Ningbo People's Republic of China MT 225,850 71,870 46.67
5 Hong Kong People's Republic of China MT 220,879 13,267 6.39
6 Busan South Korea RT 219,760 57,300 35.27
7 Guangzhou People's Republic of China MT 215,190 47,470 28.30
8 Tianjin People's Republic of China MT 206,161 44,341 27.40
9 South Louisiana United States MT 203,517 23,024 12.76
10 Houston United States MT 183,419 10,099 5.83
11 Nagoya Japan FT 182,289 13,911 8.26
12 Chiba Japan FT 169,254 254 0.15
13 Gwangyang South Korea RT 165,875 786 0.48
14 Qingdao People's Republic of China MT 161,650 20,750 14.73
15 Ulsan South Korea RT 156,517 9,577 6.52
16 Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) MT 152,468 13,636 9.82
17 Antwerp Belgium MT 152,327 9,452 6.62
18 Qinhuangdao People's Republic of China MT 150,320 24,700 19.66
19 Dalian People's Republic of China MT 145,162 19,142 15.19
20 New York/New Jersey United States MT 138,328 5,890 4.45
21 Shenzhen People's Republic of China MT 135,246 47,576 54.27
22 Yokohama Japan FT 126,960 1,017 0.81
23 Hamburg Germany MT 114,484 7,948 7.46
24 Incheon South Korea RT 113,073 -17,945 -13.70
25 Port Hedland Australia MT 108,500 18,701 20.83
26 Kitakyushu Japan FT 103,245 14,355 16.15
27 Klang Malaysia FT 99,911 11,023 12.40
28 Marseilles France MT 94,093 -1,452 -1.52
29 Osaka Japan FT 93,147 3,460 3.86
30 Tokyo Japan FT 91,427 2,952 3.34
31 Dampier Australia MT 87,928 -952 -1.07
32 Kobe Japan FT 85,661 6,902 8.76
33 Hay Point Australia MT 85,559 8,013 10.33
34 Richards Bay South Africa HT 84,954 -2,567 -2.93
35 Tubarão Brazil MT 84,433 6,812 8.78
36 Newcastle Australia MT 83,560 848 1.03
37 Beaumont United States MT 83,243 3,773 4.75
38 Dubai United Arab Emirates MT 77,380 13,754 21.62
39 Itaqui Brazil MT 76,958 9,367 13.86
40 Le Havre France MT 76,175 4,682 6.55
41 Vancouver Canada MT 73,574 6,847 10.26
42 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 73,176 7,715 11.79
43 Long Beach United States MT 72,684 9,868 15.71
44 Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 71,648 1,543 2.20
45 New Orleans United States MT 70,886 -5,230 -6.87
46 Huntington United States MT 70,180 -303 -0.43
47 Santos Brazil MT 67,609 7,532 12.54
48 Gladstone Australia MT 63,148 3,487 5.84
49 Texas City United States MT 61,987
50 Algeciras Spain MT 61,294 4,612 8.14

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