List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage

Template:Short description This list 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 on AAPA 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.

2022

Rank	Port	Country	Kilotons
1	Ningbo-Zhoushan		Template:Nts
2	Tangshan		Template:Nts
3	Shanghai		Template:Nts
4	Qingdao		Template:Nts
5	Guangzhou		Template:Nts
6	Singapore		Template:Nts
7	Suzhou		Template:Nts
8	Rizhao		Template:Nts
9	Port Hedland		Template:Nts
10	Tianjin		Template:Nts
11	Rotterdam		Template:Nts
12	Yantai		Template:Nts
13	Busan		Template:Nts
14	Beibu Gulf		Template:Nts
15	Taizhou		Template:Nts
16	Jiangyin		Template:Nts
17	Huanghua		Template:Nts
18	Dalian		Template:Nts
19	Fuzhou		Template:Nts
20	Lianyungang		Template:Nts

2018–2019

Rank	Port	Country		2019 kiloton	2018 kiloton
1	Ningbo-Zhoushan		MT	1,120,090	1,038,080
2	Shanghai		MT	716,770	716,590
3	Tangshan			656,740	636,990
4	Singapore		FT	626,180	630,130
5	Guangzhou		MT	606,160	538,330
6	Qingdao		MT	577,360	541,610
7	Suzhou			522,750	531,790
8	Port Hedland		MT	521,880	517,990
9	Tianjin		MT	492,200	472,810
10	Rotterdam		MT	469,400	468,980
11	Rizhao			463,770	437,520
12	Busan		RT	455,910	450,220
13	Yantai			386,320	333,610
14	Dalian		MT	366,410	351,300
15	Nantong		MT	336,200	265,980
16	Zhanjiang			329,160	157,720
17	Huanghua			287,160	287,160
18	Taizhou			282,430	255,130
19	Gwangyang		RT	276,040	268,130
20	Hong Kong	Template:Flagicon China	MT	263,320	258,540

2012–2017

Volumes in kilotons

Rank	Port	Country		2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
1	Ningbo-Zhoushan		MT	1,077,110	922,092	889,000	873,470	810,000	744,000
2	Shanghai		MT	705,630	647,446	646,514	678,376	696,985	644,659
3	Singapore		FT	626,170	593,297	575,846	581,268	560,888	538,012
4	Suzhou			607,740	573,760
5	Guangzhou		MT	566,190	544,374	475,481	500,975	472,760	438,000
6	Tangshan			565,400	515,800
7	Port Hedland		MT	512,330	484,510	452,940	446,922	488,000	288,443
8	Qingdao		MT	506,990	443,978	476,216	465,055	450,111	407,340
9	Tianjin		MT	502,840	428,098	440,430	445,780	477,399	477,000
10	Rotterdam		MT	467,350	461,177	466,363	444,733	440,464	441,527
11	Dalian		MT	451,050	318,413	320,658	337,366	320,843	303,000
12	Busan		RT	400,510	349,708	347,713	335,411	313,295	298,689
13	Yingkou			362,390	347,020
14	Rizhao			360,020	350,620
15	South Louisiana		MT	307,860	237,594	235,058	242,578	216,445	228,677
16	Gwangyang		RT	291,830	283,106	272,007	134,947	127,642	109,730
17	Yantai			285,600	265,360
18	Hong Kong	Template:Flagicon China	MT	281,550	256,730	256,488	297,737	276,055	269,282
19	Zhanjiang			281,520	255,170
20	Huanghua			269,570	245,110

Rankings 2004–2011

Volumes in kilotons

Rank	Port	Country	Measure	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
1	Shanghai		MT	590,439	534,371	505,715	508,000	561,446	537,000	443,000	378,962
2	Singapore		FT	531,176	501,566	472,300	515,415	483,616	448,500	423,267	393,418
3	Tianjin		MT	459,941	400,000	381,110	365,163	309,465	257,600	245,100	206,161
4	Rotterdam		MT	434,551	429,926	386,957	421,136	401,181	378,400	376,600	352,563
5	Guangzhou		MT	431,000	425,600	364,000	347,000	341,363	302,800	241,700	215,190
6	Qingdao		MT	372,000	350,120	274,304	278,271	265,020	224,200	184,300	161,650
7	Ningbo		MT	348,911	408,180	371,540	361,850	471,630	309,700	272,400	225,850
8	Qinhuangdao		MT	284,600	276,815	243,850	252,000	245,964	204,900	167,500	150,320
9	Busan		RT	281,513	262,963	226,182	241,683	243,564	217,900	217,200	219,760
10	Hong Kong	Template:Flagicon China	MT	277,444	267,815	242,967	259,402	245,433	238,200	230,139	220,879
11	Port Hedland		MT	246,672	198,997	178,625	159,391	130,707	111,800	110,600	108,500
12	South Louisiana		MT	223,633	214,337	192,853	203,157	207,785	204,600	192,549	203,517
13	Houston		MT	215,731	206,055	191,729	192,473	196,014	201,500	192,023	183,419
14	Dalian		MT	211,065	200,000	204,000	246,000	222,859	200,500	176,800	145,162
15	Shenzhen		MT	205,475	204,860	211,000	187,045	199,190	176,000	153,900	135,246
16	Klang		FT	193,726	168,588	137,615	152,348	135,514	122,000	109,700	99,911
17	Antwerp		MT	187,151	178,167	157,807	189,390	182,897	167,400	160,100	152,300
18	Nagoya		FT	186,305	185,703	165,101	218,130	215,602	208,000	187,100	182,289
19	Dampier		MT	171,844	165,025	N/A	140,823	133,949	126,000	110,100	87,92
20	Ulsan		RT	163,181	150,933	170,314	170,279	168,652	161,100	103,50	156,500

2005

Rank	Port	Country	Measure	Tons (000s)	+/- from 2004	% change from 2004
1	Shanghai		MT	443,000	64,038	16.90
2	Singapore		FT	423,267	29,849	7.59
3	Rotterdam		MT	376,600	24,037	6.82
4	Ningbo		MT	272,400	46,550	20.61
5	Tianjin		MT	245,100	38,939	18.89
6	Guangzhou		MT	241,700	26,510	12.32
7	Hong Kong	Template:Flagicon China	MT	230,139	9,260	4.19
8	Busan		RT	217,200	-2,560	-1.16
9	South Louisiana		MT	192,549	-10,968	-5.39
10	Houston		MT	192,023	8,604	4.69
11	Nagoya		FT	187,100	4,811	2.64
12	Qingdao		MT	184,300	22,650	14.01
13	Gwangyang		RT	177,500	11,625	7.01
14	Dalian		MT	176,800	31,638	21.79
15	Qinhuangdao		MT	167,500	17,180	11.43
16	Chiba		FT	165,700	-3,554	-2.10
17	Antwerp		MT	160,100	7,773	5.10
18	Shenzhen		MT	153,900	18,654	13.79
19	New York/New Jersey		MT	138,014	-314	-0.23
20	Kaohsiung		MT	137,900	-14,568	-9.55
21	Yokohama		FT	133,300	6,340	4.99
22	Hamburg		MT	125,700	11,216	9.80
23	Incheon		RT	123,500	10,427	9.22
24	Novorossiysk		MT	113,100	15,300	15.64
25	Port Hedland		MT	110,600	2,100	1.94
26	Dampier		MT	110,100	22,172	25.22
27	Klang		FT	109,700	9,789	9.80
28	Ulsan		RT	103,500	-53,017	-33.87
29	Kitakyushu		FT	101,700	-1,545	-1.50
30	Marseille		MT	96,600	2,507	2.66
31	Osaka		FT	93,100	-47	-0.05
32	Tubarão		MT	92,700	8,267	9.79
33	Port of Jebel Ali		MT	92,500	15,120	19.54
34	Tokyo		FT	92,000	573	0.63
35	Kobe		FT	91,200	5,539	6.47
36	Richards Bay		HT	86,600	1,646	1.94
37	Itaqui		MT	85,900	8,942	11.62
38	Newcastle		MT	85,600	2,040	2.44
39	Hay Point		MT	81,600	-3,959	-4.63
40	Vancouver		MT	76,500	2,926	3.98
41	Huntington		MT	76,104	5,924	8.44
42	Le Havre		MT	75,000	-1,175	-1.54
43	Amsterdam		MT	74,900	1,724	2.36
44	Long Beach		MT	72,447	-237	-0.33
45	Santos		MT	71,900	4,291	6.35
46	Beaumont		MT	71,566	-11,677	-14.03
47	Corpus Christi, Texas		MT	70,441	-1,207	-1.68
48	Gladstone		MT	67,200	4,052	6.42
49	Sepetiba		MT	67,100
50	Algeciras		MT	63,500	2,206	3.60

2004

Rank	Port	Country	Measure	Tons (000s)	+/- from 2003	% change from 2003
1	Singapore		FT	393,418	45,724	13.15
2	Shanghai		MT	378,962	62,752	19.85
3	Rotterdam		MT	352,563	25,605	7.83
4	Ningbo		MT	225,850	71,870	46.67
5	Hong Kong	Template:Flagicon China	MT	220,879	13,267	6.39
6	Busan		RT	219,760	57,300	35.27
7	Guangzhou		MT	215,190	47,470	28.30
8	Tianjin		MT	206,161	44,341	27.40
9	South Louisiana		MT	203,517	23,024	12.76
10	Houston		MT	183,419	10,099	5.83
11	Nagoya		FT	182,289	13,911	8.26
12	Chiba		FT	169,254	254	0.15
13	Gwangyang		RT	165,875	786	0.48
14	Qingdao		MT	161,650	20,750	14.73
15	Ulsan		RT	156,517	9,577	6.52
16	Kaohsiung		MT	152,468	13,636	9.82
17	Antwerp		MT	152,327	9,452	6.62
18	Qinhuangdao		MT	150,320	24,700	19.66
19	Dalian		MT	145,162	19,142	15.19
20	New York/New Jersey		MT	138,328	5,890	4.45
21	Shenzhen		MT	135,246	47,576	54.27
22	Yokohama		FT	126,960	1,017	0.81
23	Hamburg		MT	114,484	7,948	7.46
24	Incheon		RT	113,073	-17,945	-13.70
25	Port Hedland		MT	108,500	18,701	20.83
26	Kitakyushu		FT	103,245	14,355	16.15
27	Klang		FT	99,911	11,023	12.40
28	Novorossiysk		MT	97,800	12,300	14.32
29	Marseille		MT	94,093	-1,452	-1.52
30	Osaka		FT	93,147	3,460	3.86
31	Tokyo		FT	91,427	2,952	3.34
32	Dampier		MT	87,928	-952	-1.07
33	Kobe		FT	85,661	6,902	8.76
34	Hay Point		MT	85,559	8,013	10.33
35	Richards Bay	Template:SAF	HT	84,954	-2,567	-2.93
36	Tubarão		MT	84,433	6,812	8.78
37	Newcastle		MT	83,560	848	1.03
38	Beaumont		MT	83,243	3,773	4.75
39	Port of Jebel Ali		MT	77,380	13,754	21.62
40	Itaqui		MT	76,958	9,367	13.86
41	Le Havre		MT	76,175	4,682	6.55
42	Vancouver		MT	73,574	6,847	10.26
43	Amsterdam		MT	73,176	7,715	11.79
44	Long Beach		MT	72,684	9,868	15.71
45	Corpus Christi, Texas		MT	71,648	1,543	2.20
46	New Orleans		MT	70,886	-5,230	-6.87
47	Huntington		MT	70,180	-303	-0.43
48	Santos		MT	67,609	7,532	12.54
49	Gladstone		MT	63,148	3,487	5.84
50	Texas City		MT	61,987

2003

Rank	Port	Country	Measure	Tons (000s)	+/- from 2002	% change from 2002
1	Singapore		FT	347,694	12,538	3.74
2	Rotterdam		MT	326,958	5,107	1.59
3	Shanghai		MT	316,210	77,604	32.52
4	Hong Kong	Template:Flagicon China	MT	207,612	15,102	7.84
5	South Louisiana		MT	180,493	-15,952	-8.12
6	Houston		MT	173,320	12,130	7.52
7	Chiba		FT	169,000	10,071	6.34
8	Nagoya		FT	168,378	10,358	6.55
9	Guangzhou		MT	167,720	27,325	19.46
10	Gwangyang		RT	165,089	11,642	7.59
11	Busan		RT	162,460	18,688	13.00
12	Tianjin		MT	161,820	32,820	25.44
13	Ningbo		MT	153,980	3,980	2.65
14	Ulsan		RT	146,940	-1,472	-0.99
15	Antwerp		MT	142,875	11,246	8.54
16	Qingdao		MT	140,900	20,900	17.42
17	Kaohsiung		MT	138,832	9,418	7.28
18	New York/New Jersey		MT	132,438	10,335	8.46
19	Incheon		RT	131,018	-15,163	-10.37
20	Dalian		MT	126,020	18,482	17.19
21	Yokohama		FT	125,943	7,871	6.67
22	Qinhuangdao		MT	125,620	4,468	3.69
23	Hamburg		MT	106,536	8,264	8.41
24	Marseille		MT	95,545	3,284	3.56
25	Port Hedland		MT	89,799	8,041	9.84
26	Osaka		FT	89,687	3,188	3.69
27	Kitakyushu		FT	88,890	4,641	5.51
28	Klang		FT	88,888	6,617	8.04
29	Dampier		MT	88,880	-3,348	-3.63
30	Tokyo		FT	88,475	5,530	6.67
31	Shenzhen		MT	87,670	11,788	15.53
32	Richards Bay	Template:SAF	HT	87,521	6,012	7.38
33	Novorossiysk		MT	85,500	22,209	35.09
34	Newcastle		MT	82,712	5,825	7.58
35	Beaumont		MT	79,470	1,480	1.90
36	Kobe		FT	78,759	158	0.20
37	Tubarão		MT	77,621	1,756	2.31
38	Hay Point		MT	77,546	2,874	3.85
39	New Orleans		MT	76,116	-1,047	-1.36
40	Le Havre		MT	71,493	3,795	5.61
41	Huntington		MT	70,483	-3,107	-4.22
42	Corpus Christi, Texas		MT	70,105	4,743	7.26
43	Itaqui		MT	67,591	2,649	4.08
44	Vancouver		MT	66,727	3,926	6.25
45	Amsterdam		MT	65,461	-4,956	-7.04
46	Port of Jebel Ali		MT	63,626
47	Long Beach		MT	62,816	1,201	1.95
48	Santos		MT	60,077	6,603	12.35
49	Gladstone		MT	59,661	5,195	9.54
50	Algeciras		MT	56,682

2002

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

References and notes

• AAPA World Port Rankings 2003
• AAPA World Port Rankings 2002