There are over 200 ports in the Baltic Sea. When only those ports that handle minimum of 50,000 tonnes of cargo annually, and where at least part of this cargo is international, are taken into account the number of ports reaches approximately 190. In 2008, the total amount of cargo handled in the Baltic Sea ports amounted to 822.4 million tonnes, which is 0.4 per cent less than in 2007. Primorsk, Saint Petersburg and Gothenburg were the biggest ports in the Baltic Sea in 2008. Together the three top ports handled over one fifth of total cargo volumes in the Baltic Sea in 2008.
This table lists statistics (2002) (Świnoujście, Szczecin and Helsinki - 2004, Lübeck and Rostock - 2005, Gdynia, Klaipėda, Gdańsk, Riga, Liepāja and Tallinn - 2010) for the major ports of the Baltic Sea. Container traffic is given in terms of Twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo.
| Authority | Country | City | Tons | Containers TEU | Passengers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft | Germany | Lübeck/Travemünde | 700727590000000000027,590,000 | 700455677000000000055,677 | 7005134000000000000134,000 |
| Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock | Germany | Rostock | 70062290000000000002,290,000 | 70062220000000000002,220,000 | |
| Port of Gdańsk authority | Poland | Gdańsk | 700727182097000000027,182,097 | 7005511876000000000511,876 | 7005164331000000000164,331 |
| Port of Gdynia authority | Poland | Gdynia | 700714735000000000014,735,000 | 7005485255000000000485,255 | 7005460231000000000460,231 |
| Port of Police authority | Poland | Police, Poland | 70062445500000000002,445,500 | - | 700123000000000000023 |
| Port of Szczecin | Poland | Szczecin | 7005996300000000000996,300 | 700438025000000000038,025 | 7002123000000000000123 |
| Port of Świnoujście | Poland | Świnoujście | 7005924500000000000924,500 | 70034517000000000004,517 | 7005929899000000000929,899 |
| Szczecin-Świnoujście Seaports authority | Poland | Świnoujście, Szczecin | 700719215900000000019,215,900 | 700442542000000000042,542 | 7005930022000000000930,022 |
| Sea Commercial Port of Kaliningrad | Russia | Kaliningrad | 70062719000000000002,719,000 | 700421313000000000021,313 | 50000000000000000000 |
| Port of Klaipėda of the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority | Lithuania | Klaipėda | 700731273200000000031,273,200 | 7005314500000000000314,500 | 7005321000000000000321,000 |
| Free port of Ventspils Authority | Latvia | Ventspils | 700724815000000000024,815,000 | - | - |
| Free port of Liepāja Authority | Latvia | Liepāja | 70064383000000000004,383,000 | - | - |
| Freeport of Riga | Latvia | Riga | 700730475600000000030,475,600 | - | 700460000000000000060,000 |
| Port of Tallinn | Estonia | Tallinn | 700736500000000000036,500,000 | 7005179569000000000179,569 | 70068480000000000008,480,000 |
| JSC Sea port of St Petersburg | Russia | Saint Petersburg | 700758052900000000058,052,900 | 7005456836000000000456,836 | |
| Primorsk Oil Terminal | Russia | Primorsk | 700777566300000000077,566,300 | - | - |
| Port of Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki | 700711652000000000011,652,000 | 7005472000000000000472,000 | 70068700000000000008,700,000 |
| Port of Pori | Finland | Pori | 70065531953000000005,531,953 | 700461048000000000061,048 | |
| Port of Kotka | Finland | Kotka | 70068167941000000008,167,941 | 7005370000000000000370,000 | |
| Port of Rauma | Finland | Rauma | 70066320217000000006,320,217 | 7005115821000000000115,821 | |
| Port of Turku | Finland | Turku | 70063900000000000003,900,000 | 70064500000000000004,500,000 | |
| Ports of Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm | 70064705000000000004,705,000 | 700436400000000000036,400 | 70069700000000000009,700,000 |
| Port of Oxelösund | Sweden | Oxelösund | 70067539000000000007,539,000 | ||
| Port of Trelleborg | Sweden | Trelleborg | 700710336000000000010,336,000 | 70062000000000000002,000,000+ | |
| Copenhagen Malmö Port | Denmark/Sweden | Copenhagen/Malmö | 700718000000000000018,000,000 | 7005194000000000000194,000 | 70061300000000000001,300,000 |
| Port of Helsingborg | Sweden | Helsingborg | 70067107000000000007,107,000 |
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