The CIA World Factbook Edition 1994 Communications
Ports In 36 editions of 36.
Ports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1994 edition carries it in 247 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1994 edition
- 247
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Ports and terminals” (2006 to 2023), “Ports and harbors” (1997 to 2005) and “Ports” (1990 to 2025).
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World
1 entryWorld
- Mina' al Ahmadi (Kuwait),
- Chiba,
- Houston,
- Kawasaki,
- Kobe,
- Marseille,
- New Orleans,
- New York,
- Rotterdam,
- Yokohama
Africa
51 entriesAlgeria
- Algiers,
- Annaba,
- Arzew,
- Bejaia,
- Djendjene,
- Ghazaouet,
- Jijel,
- Mers el Kebir,
- Mostaganem,
- Oran,
- Skikda
Morocco
- Agadir,
- Casablanca,
- El Jorf Lasfar,
- Kenitra,
- Mohammedia,
- Nador,
- Safi,
- Tangier;
- also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown (Saint Helena), Georgetown (Ascension)
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Tanga, and Zanzibar are ocean ports; Mwanza on Lake Victoria and Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika are inland ports
Antarctic Region
5 entriesArctic Region
4 entriesAsia
21 entriesChina
- Dalian,
- Guangzhou,
- Huangpu,
- Qingdao,
- Qinhuangdao,
- Shanghai,
- Xingang,
- Zhanjiang,
- Ningbo,
- Xiamen,
- Tanggu,
- Shantou
Japan
- Chiba,
- Muroran,
- Kitakyushu,
- Kobe,
- Tomakomai,
- Nagoya,
- Osaka,
- Tokyo,
- Yokkaichi,
- Yokohama,
- Kawasaki,
- Niigata,
- Fushiki-Toyama,
- Shimizu,
- Himeji,
- Wakayama-Shimozu,
- Shimonoseki,
- Tokuyama-Shimomatsu
Korea, North now North Korea
- primary - Ch'ongjin,
- Hungnam (Hamhung),
- Najin,
- Namp'o,
- Wonsan;
- secondary - Haeju,
- Kimch'aek,
- Kosong,
- Sinuiju,
- Songnim,
- Sonbong (formerly Unggi),
- Ungsang
Russia
- coastal - St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Petropavlovsk, Arkhangel'sk, Novorossiysk, Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Kholmsk, Korsakov, Magadan, Tiksi, Tuapse, Vanino, Vostochnyy, Vyborg;
- inland - Astrakhan', Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Samara, Moscow, Rostov, Volgograd
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesBelize
- Belize City;
- additional ports for shallow draught craft include Corozol,
- Punta Gorda,
- Big Creek
Virgin Islands
- Saint Croix - Christiansted, Frederiksted;
- Saint Thomas - Long Bay, Crown Bay, Red Hook;
- Saint John - Cruz Bay
Europe
42 entriesCroatia
- coastal - Omisalj (oil),
- Ploce,
- Rijeka,
- Split;
- inland - Osijek,
- Slavonski Samac,
- Vukovar,
- Zupanja
Czech Republic now Czechia
- coastal outlets are in Poland (Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin), Croatia (Rijeka), Slovenia (Koper), Germany (Hamburg, Rostock);
- principal river ports are Prague on the Vltava, Decin on the Elbe (Labe)
France
- coastal - Bordeaux,
- Boulogne,
- Brest,
- Cherbourg,
- Dunkerque,
- Fos-Sur-Mer,
- Le Havre,
- Marseille,
- Nantes,
- Sete,
- Toulon;
- inland - Rouen
Germany
- coastal - Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Cuxhaven, Emden, Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Lubeck, Wilhelmshaven, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Sassnitz;
- inland - 31 major on Rhine and Elbe rivers
Hungary
- Budapest and Dunaujvaros are river ports on the Danube;
- coastal outlets are Rostock (Germany), Gdansk (Poland), Gdynia (Poland), Szczecin (Poland), Galati (Romania), and Braila (Romania)
Italy
- Cagliari (Sardinia),
- Genoa,
- La Spezia,
- Livorno,
- Naples,
- Palermo (Sicily),
- Taranto,
- Trieste,
- Venice
Netherlands
coastal - Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Den Helder, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Ijmuiden, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, Terneuzen, Vlissingen; inland - 29 ports
Poland
Gdansk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Swinoujscie; principal inland ports are Gliwice on Kanal Gliwicki, Wrocaw on the Oder, and Warsaw on the Vistula
Romania
- Constanta,
- Galati,
- Braila,
- Mangalia;
- inland ports are Giurgiu,
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin,
- Orsova
Slovakia
- maritime outlets are in Poland (Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin), Croatia (Rijeka), Slovenia (Koper), Germany (Hamburg, Rostock);
- principal river ports are Komarno on the Danube and Bratislava on the Danube
Spain
Algeciras, Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, El Ferrol del Caudillo, Puerto de Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Mahon, Malaga, Melilla, Rota, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Sagunto, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo, and 175 minor ports
Sweden
- Gavle,
- Goteborg,
- Halmstad,
- Helsingborg,
- Kalmar,
- Malmo,
- Stockholm;
- numerous secondary and minor ports
Ukraine
- coastal - Berdyans'k,
- Illichivs'k,
- Kerch,
- Kherson,
- Mariupol',
- Mykolayiv,
- Odesa,
- Sevastopol',
- Pivdenne;
- inland - Kiev (Kyyiv)
Middle East
16 entriesIran
- Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war),
- Bandar Beheshti,
- Bandar-e 'Abbas,
- Bandar-e Bushehr,
- Bandar-e Khomeyni,
- Bandar-e Torkeman (Caspian Sea port),
- Khorramshahr (repaired after being largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war) has been in limited operation since November 1992
United Arab Emirates
- Al Fujayrah,
- Khawr Fakkan,
- Mina' Jabal 'Ali,
- Mina' Khalid,
- Mina' Rashid,
- Mina' Saqr,
- Mina' Zayid
North America
6 entriesCanada
- Halifax,
- Montreal,
- Quebec,
- Saint John (New Brunswick),
- Saint John's (Newfoundland),
- Toronto,
- Vancouver
Mexico
- Acapulco,
- Altamira,
- Coatzacoalcos,
- Ensenada,
- Guaymas,
- Manzanillo,
- Mazatlan,
- Progreso,
- Puerto Vallarta,
- Salina Cruz,
- Tampico,
- Tuxpan,
- Veracruz
United States
- Anchorage,
- Baltimore,
- Beaumont,
- Boston,
- Charleston,
- Chicago,
- Cleveland,
- Duluth,
- Freeport,
- Galveston,
- Hampton Roads,
- Honolulu,
- Houston,
- Jacksonville,
- Long Beach,
- Los Angeles,
- Milwaukee,
- Mobile,
- New Orleans,
- New York,
- Philadelphia,
- Portland (Oregon),
- Richmond (California),
- San Francisco,
- Savannah,
- Seattle,
- Tampa,
- Wilmington
Oceania
33 entriesAustralia
- Adelaide,
- Brisbane,
- Cairns,
- Darwin,
- Devonport,
- Fremantle,
- Geelong,
- Hobart,
- Launceston,
- Mackay,
- Melbourne,
- Sydney,
- Townsville
Baker Island
none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Howland Island
none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Jarvis Island
none; offshore anchorage only - one boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- Colonia (Yap),
- Truk,
- Okat and Lelu (Kosrae)
Palmyra Atoll
- the main harbor is West Lagoon, which is entered by a channel on the southwest side of the atoll;
- both the channel and harbor will accommodate vessels drawing 6 meters of water;
- much of the road and many causeways built during the war are unserviceable and overgrown
South America
14 entriesBrazil
- Belem,
- Fortaleza,
- Ilheus,
- Manaus,
- Paranagua,
- Porto Alegre,
- Recife,
- Rio de Janeiro,
- Rio Grande,
- Salvador,
- Santos
Southeast Asia
18 entriesMalaysia
- Tanjong Kidurong,
- Kota Kinabalu,
- Kuching,
- Pasir Gudang,
- Penang,
- Port Kelang,
- Sandakan,
- Tawau
Paracel Islands
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island currently under expansion
Oceans
4 entriesAtlantic Ocean
- Alexandria (Egypt),
- Algiers (Algeria),
- Antwerp (Belgium),
- Barcelona (Spain),
- Buenos Aires (Argentina),
- Casablanca (Morocco),
- Colon (Panama),
- Copenhagen (Denmark),
- Dakar (Senegal),
- Gdansk (Poland),
- Hamburg (Germany),
- Helsinki (Finland),
- Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain),
- Le Havre (France),
- Lisbon (Portugal),
- London (UK),
- Marseille (France),
- Montevideo (Uruguay),
- Montreal (Canada),
- Naples (Italy),
- New Orleans (US),
- New York (US),
- Oran (Algeria),
- Oslo (Norway),
- Piraeus (Greece),
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),
- Rotterdam (Netherlands),
- Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad; Russia),
- Stockholm (Sweden)
Indian Ocean
- Bombay (India),
- Calcutta (India),
- Madras (India),
- Colombo (Sri Lanka),
- Durban (South Africa),
- Fremantle (Australia),
- Jakarta (Indonesia),
- Melbourne (Australia),
- Richards Bay (South Africa)
Pacific Ocean
- Bangkok (Thailand),
- Hong Kong,
- Los Angeles (US),
- Manila (Philippines),
- Pusan (South Korea),
- San Francisco (US),
- Seattle (US),
- Shanghai (China),
- Singapore,
- Sydney (Australia),
- Vladivostok (Russia),
- Wellington (NZ),
- Yokohama (Japan)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1994, “Ports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ports/1994.