Shipping destinations by mass handled
Thislist ranks the busiest seaports by cargo tonnage , which refers to the total mass, or in some cases the volume, of cargo transported through each port. The rankings are based onAAPA world port data.
The cargo rankings based on tonnage should be interpreted with caution, since these measures are not directly comparable and cannot be standardized into a single unit. In the Measure column, MT = Metric Tons, HT = Harbor Tons, FT = Freight Tons, and RT = Revenue Tons.
Rank Port Country Kilotons[ 1] 1 Ningbo-Zhoushan China 1,261,340 2 Tangshan China 768,870 3 Shanghai China 727,770 4 Qingdao China 657,540 5 Guangzhou China 655,920 6 Singapore Singapore 578,190 7 Suzhou China 572,760 8 Rizhao China 570,570 9 Port Hedland Australia 566,210 10 Tianjin China 549,020 11 Rotterdam Netherlands 467,390 12 Yantai China 462,570 13 Busan South Korea 424,920 14 Beibu Gulf China 371,340 15 Taizhou China 364,440 16 Jiangyin China 350,620 17 Huanghua China 315,100 18 Dalian China 306,130 19 Fuzhou China 301,640 20 Lianyungang China 301,110
Rank Port Country 2019 kiloton[ 2] 2018 kiloton[ 3] 1 Ningbo-Zhoushan China MT 1,120,090 1,038,080 2 Shanghai China MT 716,770 716,590 3 Tangshan China 656,740 636,990 4 Singapore Singapore FT 626,180 630,130 5 Guangzhou China MT 606,160 538,330 6 Qingdao China MT 577,360 541,610 7 Suzhou China 522,750 531,790 8 Port Hedland Australia MT 521,880 517,990 9 Tianjin China MT 492,200 472,810 10 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 469,400 468,980 11 Rizhao China 463,770 437,520 12 Busan South Korea RT 455,910 450,220 13 Yantai China 386,320 333,610 14 Dalian China MT 366,410 351,300 15 Nantong China MT 336,200 265,980 16 Zhanjiang China 329,160 157,720 17 Huanghua China 287,160 287,160 18 Taizhou China 282,430 255,130 19 Gwangyang South Korea RT 276,040 268,130 20 Hong Kong MT 263,320 258,540
Volumes in kilotons Rank Port Country 2017[ 4] 2016[ 5] [ 6] 2015[ 7] [ 8] 2014[ 9] [ 10] 2013[ 11] [ 12] 2012[ 13] [ 14] 1 Ningbo-Zhoushan China MT 1,077,110 922,092 889,000 873,470 810,000 744,000 2 Shanghai China MT 705,630 647,446 646,514 678,376 696,985 644,659 3 Singapore Singapore FT 626,170 593,297 575,846 581,268 560,888 538,012 4 Suzhou China 607,740 573,760 5 Guangzhou China MT 566,190 544,374 475,481 500,975 472,760 438,000 6 Tangshan China 565,400 515,800 7 Port Hedland Australia MT 512,330 484,510 452,940 446,922 488,000 288,443 8 Qingdao China MT 506,990 443,978 476,216 465,055 450,111 407,340 9 Tianjin China MT 502,840 428,098 440,430 445,780 477,399 477,000 10 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 467,350 461,177 466,363 444,733 440,464 441,527 11 Dalian China MT 451,050 318,413 320,658 337,366 320,843 303,000 12 Busan South Korea RT 400,510 349,708 347,713 335,411 313,295 298,689 13 Yingkou China 362,390 347,020 14 Rizhao China 360,020 350,620 15 South Louisiana United States MT 307,860 237,594 235,058 242,578 216,445 228,677 16 Gwangyang South Korea RT 291,830 283,106 272,007 134,947 127,642 109,730 17 Yantai China 285,600 265,360 18 Hong Kong MT 281,550 256,730 256,488 297,737 276,055 269,282 19 Zhanjiang China 281,520 255,170 20 Huanghua China 269,570 245,110
Volumes in kilotons Rank Port Country Measure 2011[ 15] 2010[ 16] 2009[ 17] 2008[ 18] 2007[ 19] 2006[ 20] 2005[ 21] 2004[ 22] 1 Shanghai China MT 590,439 534,371 505,715 508,000 561,446 537,000 443,000 378,962 2 Singapore Singapore FT 531,176 501,566 472,300 515,415 483,616 448,500 423,267 393,418 3 Tianjin China MT 459,941 400,000 381,110 365,163 309,465 257,600 245,100 206,161 4 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 434,551 429,926 386,957 421,136 401,181 378,400 376,600 352,563 5 Guangzhou China MT 431,000 425,600 364,000 347,000 341,363 302,800 241,700 215,190 6 Qingdao China MT 372,000 350,120 274,304 278,271 265,020 224,200 184,300 161,650 7 Ningbo China MT 348,911 408,180 371,540 361,850 471,630 309,700 272,400 225,850 8 Qinhuangdao China MT 284,600 276,815 243,850 252,000 245,964 204,900 167,500 150,320 9 Busan South Korea RT 281,513 262,963 226,182 241,683 243,564 217,900 217,200 219,760 10 Hong Kong MT 277,444 267,815 242,967 259,402 245,433 238,200 230,139 220,879 11 Port Hedland Australia MT 246,672 198,997 178,625 159,391 130,707 111,800 110,600 108,500 12 South Louisiana United States MT 223,633 214,337 192,853 203,157 207,785 204,600 192,549 203,517 13 Houston United States MT 215,731 206,055 191,729 192,473 196,014 201,500 192,023 183,419 14 Dalian China MT 211,065 200,000 204,000 246,000 222,859 200,500 176,800 145,162 15 Shenzhen China MT 205,475 204,860 211,000 187,045 199,190 176,000 153,900 135,246 16 Klang Malaysia FT 193,726 168,588 137,615 152,348 135,514 122,000 109,700 99,911 17 Antwerp Belgium MT 187,151 178,167 157,807 189,390 182,897 167,400 160,100 152,300 18 Nagoya Japan FT 186,305 185,703 165,101 218,130 215,602 208,000 187,100 182,289 19 Dampier Australia MT 171,844 165,025 N/A 140,823 133,949 126,000 110,100 87,92 20 Ulsan South Korea RT 163,181 150,933 170,314 170,279 168,652 161,100 103,50 156,500
Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[ 21] +/- from 2004 % change from 2004 1 Shanghai China MT 443,000 64,038 16.90 2 Singapore Singapore FT 423,267 29,849 7.59 3 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 376,600 24,037 6.82 4 Ningbo China MT 272,400 46,550 20.61 5 Tianjin China MT 245,100 38,939 18.89 6 Guangzhou China MT 241,700 26,510 12.32 7 Hong Kong MT 230,139 9,260 4.19 8 Busan South Korea RT 217,200 -2,560 -1.16 9 South Louisiana United States MT 192,549 -10,968 -5.39 10 Houston United States MT 192,023 8,604 4.69 11 Nagoya Japan FT 187,100 4,811 2.64 12 Qingdao China MT 184,300 22,650 14.01 13 Gwangyang South Korea RT 177,500 11,625 7.01 14 Dalian China MT 176,800 31,638 21.79 15 Qinhuangdao China MT 167,500 17,180 11.43 16 Chiba Japan FT 165,700 -3,554 -2.10 17 Antwerp Belgium MT 160,100 7,773 5.10 18 Shenzhen China MT 153,900 18,654 13.79 19 New York/New Jersey United States MT 138,014 -314 -0.23 20 Kaohsiung Taiwan MT 137,900 -14,568 -9.55 21 Yokohama Japan FT 133,300 6,340 4.99 22 Hamburg Germany MT 125,700 11,216 9.80 23 Incheon South Korea RT 123,500 10,427 9.22 24 Novorossiysk Russia MT 113,100 15,300 15.64 25 Port Hedland Australia MT 110,600 2,100 1.94 26 Dampier Australia MT 110,100 22,172 25.22 27 Klang Malaysia FT 109,700 9,789 9.80 28 Ulsan South Korea RT 103,500 -53,017 -33.87 29 Kitakyushu Japan FT 101,700 -1,545 -1.50 30 Marseille France MT 96,600 2,507 2.66 31 Osaka Japan FT 93,100 -47 -0.05 32 Tubarão Brazil MT 92,700 8,267 9.79 33 Port of Jebel Ali United Arab Emirates MT 92,500 15,120 19.54 34 Tokyo Japan FT 92,000 573 0.63 35 Kobe Japan FT 91,200 5,539 6.47 36 Richards Bay South Africa HT 86,600 1,646 1.94 37 Itaqui Brazil MT 85,900 8,942 11.62 38 Newcastle Australia MT 85,600 2,040 2.44 39 Hay Point Australia MT 81,600 -3,959 -4.63 40 Vancouver Canada MT 76,500 2,926 3.98 41 Huntington United States MT 76,104 5,924 8.44 42 Le Havre France MT 75,000 -1,175 -1.54 43 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 74,900 1,724 2.36 44 Long Beach United States MT 72,447 -237 -0.33 45 Santos Brazil MT 71,900 4,291 6.35 46 Beaumont United States MT 71,566 -11,677 -14.03 47 Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 70,441 -1,207 -1.68 48 Gladstone Australia MT 67,200 4,052 6.42 49 Sepetiba Brazil MT 67,100 50 Algeciras Spain MT 63,500 2,206 3.60
Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[ 22] +/- from 2003 % change from 2003 1 Singapore Singapore FT 393,418 45,724 13.15 2 Shanghai China MT 378,962 62,752 19.85 3 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 352,563 25,605 7.83 4 Ningbo China MT 225,850 71,870 46.67 5 Hong Kong MT 220,879 13,267 6.39 6 Busan South Korea RT 219,760 57,300 35.27 7 Guangzhou China MT 215,190 47,470 28.30 8 Tianjin 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 China MT 161,650 20,750 14.73 15 Ulsan South Korea RT 156,517 9,577 6.52 16 Kaohsiung Republic of China MT 152,468 13,636 9.82 17 Antwerp Belgium MT 152,327 9,452 6.62 18 Qinhuangdao China MT 150,320 24,700 19.66 19 Dalian China MT 145,162 19,142 15.19 20 New York/New Jersey United States MT 138,328 5,890 4.45 21 Shenzhen 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 Novorossiysk Russia MT 97,800 12,300 14.32 29 Marseille France MT 94,093 -1,452 -1.52 30 Osaka Japan FT 93,147 3,460 3.86 31 Tokyo Japan FT 91,427 2,952 3.34 32 Dampier Australia MT 87,928 -952 -1.07 33 Kobe Japan FT 85,661 6,902 8.76 34 Hay Point Australia MT 85,559 8,013 10.33 35 Richards Bay South Africa HT 84,954 -2,567 -2.93 36 Tubarão Brazil MT 84,433 6,812 8.78 37 Newcastle Australia MT 83,560 848 1.03 38 Beaumont United States MT 83,243 3,773 4.75 39 Port of Jebel Ali United Arab Emirates MT 77,380 13,754 21.62 40 Itaqui Brazil MT 76,958 9,367 13.86 41 Le Havre France MT 76,175 4,682 6.55 42 Vancouver Canada MT 73,574 6,847 10.26 43 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 73,176 7,715 11.79 44 Long Beach United States MT 72,684 9,868 15.71 45 Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 71,648 1,543 2.20 46 New Orleans United States MT 70,886 -5,230 -6.87 47 Huntington United States MT 70,180 -303 -0.43 48 Santos Brazil MT 67,609 7,532 12.54 49 Gladstone Australia MT 63,148 3,487 5.84 50 Texas City United States MT 61,987
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 China MT 316,210 77,604 32.52 4 Hong Kong 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 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 China MT 161,820 32,820 25.44 13 Ningbo 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 China MT 140,900 20,900 17.42 17 Kaohsiung 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 China MT 126,020 18,482 17.19 21 Yokohama Japan FT 125,943 7,871 6.67 22 Qinhuangdao China MT 125,620 4,468 3.69 23 Hamburg Germany MT 106,536 8,264 8.41 24 Marseille 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 China MT 87,670 11,788 15.53 32 Richards Bay South Africa HT 87,521 6,012 7.38 33 Novorossiysk Russia MT 85,500 22,209 35.09 34 Newcastle Australia MT 82,712 5,825 7.58 35 Beaumont United States MT 79,470 1,480 1.90 36 Kobe Japan FT 78,759 158 0.20 37 Tubarão Brazil MT 77,621 1,756 2.31 38 Hay Point Australia MT 77,546 2,874 3.85 39 New Orleans United States MT 76,116 -1,047 -1.36 40 Le Havre France MT 71,493 3,795 5.61 41 Huntington United States MT 70,483 -3,107 -4.22 42 Corpus Christi, Texas United States MT 70,105 4,743 7.26 43 Itaqui Brazil MT 67,591 2,649 4.08 44 Vancouver Canada MT 66,727 3,926 6.25 45 Amsterdam Netherlands MT 65,461 -4,956 -7.04 46 Port of Jebel Ali United Arab Emirates MT 63,626 47 Long Beach United States MT 62,816 1,201 1.95 48 Santos Brazil MT 60,077 6,603 12.35 49 Gladstone Australia MT 59,661 5,195 9.54 50 Algeciras Spain MT 56,682
Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s) 1 Singapore Singapore MT 335,156 2 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 321,851 3 Shanghai China MT 238,606 4 South Louisiana United States MT 196,445 5 Hong Kong 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 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 China MT 140,395 15 Antwerp Belgium MT 131,629 16 Kaohsiung Taiwan MT 129,414 17 Tianjin China MT 129,000 18 New York/New Jersey United States MT 122,103 19 Qinhuangdao China MT 121,152 20 Qingdao China MT 120,000 21 Yokohama Japan FT 118,072 22 Dalian China MT 107,538 23 Hamburg Germany MT 98,272 24 Marseille 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 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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