World’s Busiest Sea Ports

Most of the world’s busiest sea ports are in Asia of the world’s top ten, six are in China.

Shanghai is the world’s busiest container port followed by Singapore. Busan in South Korea is also in the Top Ten. Los Angeles in the US is ranked ninth.

Rotterdam in the Netherlands is ranked 13th and Antwerp in Belgium 15th. New York is 20th and Hamburg 21st. Almost all the other seaports in the Top 50 are in Asia and a handful in the Middle East reflecting these regions growing importance as hubs in world trade.

1	Shanghai	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta
2	Singapore	Singapore	Southeast Asia	Singapore Strait
3	Ningbo-Zhoushan	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta
4	Shenzhen	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta
5	Qingdao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea
6	Busan	South Korea	East Asia	Korean Strait
7	Tianjin	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea
8	Guangzhou	China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta
9	Los Angeles / Long Beach	United States	North America	West Coast
10	Jebel Ali	United Arab Emirates	West Asia	Persian Gulf
11	Hong Kong	Hong Kong, China	East Asia	Pearl River Delta
12	Port Klang	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait
13	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Europe	Rhine delta
14	Xiamen	China	East Asia	Taiwan Strait
15	Antwerp	Belgium	Europe	Scheldt delta
16	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	Southeast Asia	Malacca Strait
17	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	East Asia	Taiwan Strait
18	Laem Chabang	Thailand	Southeast Asia	Gulf of Thailand
19	Tanger-Med	Morocco	North Africa	Western Mediterranean
20	New York / New Jersey	United States	North America	East Coast
21	Hamburg	Germany	Europe	Elbe River
22	Taicang / Suzhou	China	East Asia	Yangtze Delta
23	Saigon	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	East Vietnam Sea
24	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	Southeast Asia	Java Sea
25	Colombo	Sri Lanka	Indian Subcontinent	Laccadive Sea
26	Mundra	India	Indian Subcontinent	Gulf of Kutch
27	Nhava Sheva / Mumbai	India	Indian Subcontinent	Arabian Sea
28	Savannah	United States	North America	East Coast
29	Rizhao	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea
30	Hai Phong	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	Hong River Delta
31	Vũng Tàu	Vietnam	Southeast Asia	East Vietnam Sea
32	Lianyungang	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea
33	Manila	Philippines	Southeast Asia	Manila Bay
34	Qinzhou	China	East Asia	Gulf of Tonkin
35	Colón	Panama	Central America	Caribbean coast
36	Valencia	Spain	Europe	Western Mediterranean
37	Piraeus	Greece	Europe	Eastern Mediterranean
38	Yingkou	China	East Asia	Liaodong Bay
39	Santos	Brazil	South America	South Atlantic Ocean
40	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	West Asia	Red Sea
41	Algeciras	Spain	Europe	Western Mediterranean
42	Bremerhaven	Germany	Europe	North Sea
43	Salalah	Oman	West Asia	Arabian Sea
44	Dalian	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea
45	Tokyo	Japan	East Asia	Tokyo Bay
46	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	West Asia	Persian Gulf
47	Port Said	Egypt	North Africa	North of Suez Canal
48	Yantai	China	East Asia	Yellow Sea
49	Houston	United States