The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003 Transportation
Ports In 36 editions of 36.
Ports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2003 edition carries it in 268 entries, in its Transportation section, under the heading “Ports and harbors”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2003 edition
- 268
- 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
- Chiba,
- Houston,
- Kawasaki,
- Kobe,
- Marseille,
- Mina' al Ahmadi (Kuwait),
- New Orleans,
- New York,
- Rotterdam,
- Yokohama
Africa
62 entriesAlgeria
- Algiers,
- Annaba,
- Arzew,
- Bejaia,
- Beni Saf,
- Dellys,
- Djendjene,
- Ghazaouet,
- Jijel,
- Mostaganem,
- Oran,
- Skikda,
- Tenes
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Banana,
- Boma,
- Bukavu,
- Bumba,
- Goma,
- Kalemie,
- Kindu,
- Kinshasa,
- Kisangani,
- Matadi,
- Mbandaka
Ethiopia
- none;
- Ethiopia is landlocked and was by agreement with Eritrea using the ports of Assab and Massawa;
- since the border dispute with Eritrea flared, Ethiopia has used the port of Djibouti for nearly all of its imports
Morocco
- Agadir,
- El Jadida,
- Casablanca,
- El Jorf Lasfar,
- Kenitra,
- Mohammedia,
- Nador,
- Rabat,
- Safi,
- Tangier;
- also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla
Tanzania
- Bukoba,
- Dar es Salaam,
- Kigoma,
- Kilwa Masoko,
- Lindi,
- Mtwara,
- Mwanza,
- Pangani,
- Tanga,
- Wete,
- Zanzibar
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
- there are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica;
- most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and helicopters;
- a few stations have a basic wharf facility;
- US coastal stations include McMurdo (77 51 S, 166 40 E), Palmer (64 43 S, 64 03 W);
- government use only except by permit (see Permit Office under "Legal System");
- all ships at port are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty;
- offshore anchorage is sparse and intermittent
Arctic Region
4 entriesGreenland
- Aasiaat (Egedesminde),
- Ilulissat (Jakobshavn),
- Kangerlussuaq,
- Nanortalik,
- Narsarsuaq,
- Nuuk (Godthab),
- Qaqortoq (Julianehab),
- Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg),
- Tasiilaq (March 2001)
Iceland
- Akureyri,
- Hornafjordhur,
- Isafjordhur,
- Keflavik,
- Raufarhofn,
- Reykjavik,
- Seydhisfjordhur,
- Straumsvik,
- Vesttmannaeyjar
Asia
23 entriesChina
- Dalian,
- Fuzhou,
- Guangzhou,
- Haikou,
- Huangpu,
- Lianyungang,
- Nanjing,
- Nantong,
- Ningbo,
- Qingdao,
- Qinhuangdao,
- Shanghai,
- Shantou,
- Shenzhen,
- Tianjin,
- Wenzhou,
- Xiamen,
- Xingang,
- Yantai,
- Zhanjiang (2001)
India
- Chennai (Madras),
- Cochin,
- Jawaharal Nehru,
- Kandla,
- Kolkata (Calcutta),
- Mumbai (Bombay),
- Vishakhapatnam
Japan
- Akita,
- Amagasaki,
- Chiba,
- Hachinohe,
- Hakodate,
- Higashi-Harima,
- Himeji,
- Hiroshima,
- Kawasaki,
- Kinuura,
- Kobe,
- Kushiro,
- Mizushima,
- Moji,
- Nagoya,
- Osaka,
- Sakai,
- Sakaide,
- Shimizu,
- Tokyo,
- Tomakomai
Kazakhstan
- Aqtau (Shevchenko),
- Atyrau (Gur'yev),
- Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),
- Pavlodar,
- Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Korea, North now North Korea
- Ch'ongjin,
- Haeju,
- Hungnam (Hamhung),
- Kimch'aek,
- Kosong,
- Najin,
- Namp'o,
- Sinuiju,
- Songnim,
- Sonbong (formerly Unggi),
- Ungsang,
- Wonsan
Korea, South now South Korea
- Chinhae,
- Inch'on,
- Kunsan,
- Masan,
- Mokp'o,
- P'ohang,
- Pusan,
- Tonghae-hang,
- Ulsan,
- Yosu
Russia
- Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky,
- Arkhangel'sk,
- Astrakhan',
- De-Kastri,
- Indigirskiy,
- Kaliningrad,
- Kandalaksha,
- Kazan',
- Khabarovsk,
- Kholmsk,
- Krasnoyarsk,
- Lazarev,
- Mago,
- Mezen',
- Moscow,
- Murmansk,
- Nakhodka,
- Nevel'sk,
- Novorossiysk,
- Onega,
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy,
- Rostov,
- Shakhtersk,
- Saint Petersburg,
- Sochi,
- Taganrog,
- Tuapse,
- Uglegorsk,
- Vanino,
- Vladivostok,
- Volgograd,
- Vostochnyy,
- Vyborg
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesDominican Republic
- Barahona,
- La Romana,
- Manzanillo,
- Puerto Plata,
- San Pedro de Macoris,
- Santo Domingo
Haiti
- Cap-Haitien,
- Gonaives,
- Jacmel,
- Jeremie,
- Les Cayes,
- Miragoane,
- Port-au-Prince,
- Port-de-Paix,
- Saint-Marc
Jamaica
- Alligator Pond,
- Discovery Bay,
- Kingston,
- Montego Bay,
- Ocho Rios,
- Port Antonio,
- Rocky Point,
- Port Esquivel (Longswharf)
Puerto Rico
- Aguadilla,
- Arecibo,
- Fajardo,
- Guanica,
- Guayanilla,
- Guayama,
- Mayaguez,
- Playa de Ponce,
- San Juan
Trinidad and Tobago
- Pointe-a-Pierre,
- Point Fortin,
- Point Lisas,
- Port-of-Spain,
- Scarborough,
- Tembladora
Europe
46 entriesBelgium
- Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports),
- Brugge,
- Gent,
- Hasselt,
- Liege,
- Mons,
- Namur,
- Oostende,
- Zeebrugge
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje
Croatia
- Dubrovnik,
- Dugi Rat,
- Omisalj,
- Ploce,
- Pula,
- Rijeka,
- Sibenik,
- Split,
- Vukovar (inland waterway port on Danube),
- Zadar
Denmark
- Abenra,
- Alborg,
- Arhus,
- Copenhagen,
- Esbjerg,
- Fredericia,
- Frederikshavn,
- Hirtshals,
- Kolding,
- Odense,
- Roenne (Bornholm),
- Vejle
France
- Bordeaux,
- Boulogne,
- Cherbourg,
- Dijon,
- Dunkerque,
- La Pallice,
- Le Havre,
- Lyon,
- Marseille,
- Mullhouse,
- Nates,
- Paris,
- Rouen,
- Saint Nazaire,
- Saint Malo,
- Strasbourg
Germany
- Berlin,
- Bonn,
- Brake,
- Bremen,
- Bremerhaven,
- Cologne,
- Dresden,
- Duisburg,
- Emden,
- Hamburg,
- Karlsruhe,
- Kiel,
- Luebeck,
- Magdeburg,
- Mannheim,
- Rostock,
- Stuttgart
Greece
- Alexandroupolis,
- Elefsis,
- Irakleion (Crete),
- Kavala,
- Kerkyra,
- Chalkis,
- Igoumenitsa,
- Lavrion,
- Patrai,
- Peiraiefs (Piraeus),
- Thessaloniki,
- Volos
Italy
- Augusta (Sicily),
- Bagnoli,
- Bari,
- Brindisi,
- Gela,
- Genoa,
- La Spezia,
- Livorno,
- Milazzo,
- Naples,
- Porto Foxi,
- Porto Torres (Sardinia),
- Salerno,
- Savona,
- Taranto,
- Trieste,
- Venice (2001)
Netherlands
- Amsterdam,
- Delfzijl,
- Dordrecht,
- Eemshaven,
- Groningen,
- Haarlem,
- IJmuiden,
- Maastricht,
- Rotterdam,
- Terneuzen,
- Utrecht,
- Vlissingen
Norway
- Bergen,
- Drammen,
- Floro,
- Hammerfest,
- Harstad,
- Haugesund,
- Kristiansand,
- Larvik,
- Narvik,
- Oslo,
- Porsgrunn,
- Stavanger,
- Tromso,
- Trondheim
Portugal
- Aveiro,
- Funchal (Madeira Islands),
- Horta (Azores),
- Leixoes,
- Lisbon,
- Porto,
- Ponta Delgada (Azores),
- Praia da Vitoria (Azores),
- Setubal,
- Viana do Castelo
Spain
- Aviles,
- Barcelona,
- Bilbao,
- Cadiz,
- Cartagena,
- Castellon de la Plana,
- Ceuta,
- Huelva,
- La Coruna,
- Las Palmas (Canary Islands),
- Malaga,
- Melilla,
- Pasajes,
- Gijon,
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands),
- Santander,
- Tarragona,
- Valencia,
- Vigo
Sweden
- Gavle,
- Goteborg,
- Halmstad,
- Helsingborg,
- Hudiksvall,
- Kalmar,
- Karlshamn,
- Lulea,
- Malmo,
- Solvesborg,
- Stockholm,
- Sundsvall
Ukraine
- Berdyans'k,
- Feodosiya,
- Illichivs'k,
- Izmayil,
- Kerch,
- Kherson,
- Kiev (Kyyiv),
- Kiliya,
- Mariupol',
- Mykolayiv,
- Odesa,
- Reni,
- Sevastopol',
- Yalta,
- Yuzhnyy
United Kingdom
- Aberdeen,
- Belfast,
- Bristol,
- Cardiff,
- Dover,
- Falmouth,
- Felixstowe,
- Glasgow,
- Grangemouth,
- Hull,
- Leith,
- Liverpool,
- London,
- Manchester,
- Peterhead,
- Plymouth,
- Portsmouth,
- Scapa Flow,
- Southampton,
- Sullom Voe,
- Teesport,
- Tyne
Middle East
17 entriesIran
- Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war),
- Ahvaz,
- Bandar 'Abbas,
- Bandar-e Anzali,
- Bushehr,
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni,
- Bandar-e Lengeh,
- Bandar-e Mahshahr,
- Bandar-e Torkaman,
- Chabahar (Bandar Beheshti),
- Jazireh-ye Khark,
- Jazireh-ye Lavan,
- Jazireh-ye Sirri,
- Khorramshahr (limited operation since November 1992),
- Now Shahr
Lebanon
- Antilyas,
- Batroun,
- Beirut,
- Chekka,
- El Mina,
- Ez Zahrani,
- Jbail,
- Jounie,
- Naqoura,
- Sidon,
- Tripoli,
- Tyre
Saudi Arabia
- Ad Dammam,
- Al Jubayl,
- Duba,
- Jiddah,
- Jizan,
- Rabigh,
- Ra's al Khafji,
- Mishab,
- Ras Tanura,
- Yanbu' al Bahr,
- Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Turkey now Turkiye
- Gemlik,
- Hopa,
- Iskenderun,
- Istanbul,
- Izmir,
- Kocaeli (Izmit),
- Icel (Mersin),
- Samsun,
- Trabzon
United Arab Emirates
- 'Ajman,
- Al Fujayrah,
- Das Island,
- Khawr Fakkan,
- Mina' Jabal 'Ali,
- Mina' Khalid,
- Mina' Rashid,
- Mina' Saqr,
- Mina' Zayid,
- Umm al Qaywayn
North America
6 entriesCanada
- Becancour (Quebec),
- Churchill,
- Halifax,
- Hamilton,
- Montreal,
- New Westminster,
- Prince Rupert,
- Quebec,
- Saint John (New Brunswick),
- St. John's (Newfoundland),
- Sept Isles,
- Sydney,
- Trois-Rivieres,
- Thunder Bay,
- Toronto,
- Vancouver,
- Windsor
Mexico
- Acapulco,
- Altamira,
- Coatzacoalcos,
- Ensenada,
- Guaymas,
- La Paz,
- Lazaro Cardenas,
- Manzanillo,
- Mazatlan,
- Progreso,
- Salina Cruz,
- Tampico,
- Topolobampo,
- Tuxpan,
- Veracruz
United States
- Anchorage,
- Baltimore,
- Boston,
- Charleston,
- Chicago,
- Duluth,
- Hampton Roads,
- Honolulu,
- Houston,
- Jacksonville,
- Los Angeles,
- New Orleans,
- New York,
- Philadelphia,
- Port Canaveral,
- Portland (Oregon),
- Prudhoe Bay,
- San Francisco,
- Savannah,
- Seattle,
- Tampa,
- Toledo
Oceania
34 entriesAustralia
- Adelaide,
- Brisbane,
- Cairns,
- Darwin,
- Devonport (Tasmania),
- Fremantle,
- Geelong,
- Hobart (Tasmania),
- Launceston (Tasmania),
- Mackay,
- Melbourne,
- Sydney,
- Townsville
Baker Island
- none;
- offshore anchorage only;
- note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Howland Island
- none;
- offshore anchorage only;
- note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Jarvis Island
- none;
- offshore anchorage only;
- note - there is one small 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),
- Kolonia (Pohnpei),
- Lele,
- Moen
South America
14 entriesArgentina
- Bahia Blanca,
- Buenos Aires,
- Comodoro Rivadavia,
- Concepcion del Uruguay,
- La Plata,
- Mar del Plata,
- Necochea,
- Rio Gallegos,
- Rosario,
- Santa Fe,
- Ushuaia
Bolivia
- Puerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the Bolivia/Brazil border);
- also, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Brazil
- Belem,
- Fortaleza,
- Ilheus,
- Imbituba,
- Manaus,
- Paranagua,
- Porto Alegre,
- Recife,
- Rio de Janeiro,
- Rio Grande,
- Salvador,
- Santos,
- Vitoria
Chile
- Antofagasta,
- Arica,
- Chanaral,
- Coquimbo,
- Iquique,
- Puerto Montt,
- Punta Arenas,
- San Antonio,
- San Vicente,
- Talcahuano,
- Valparaiso
Colombia
- Bahia de Portete,
- Barranquilla,
- Buenaventura,
- Cartagena,
- Leticia,
- Puerto Bolivar,
- San Andres,
- Santa Marta,
- Tumaco,
- Turbo
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Stanley
note: the primary port is located in Stanley Harbour and known locally as FIPASS (Falkland Interim Port and Storage System); the facility consists of seven permanently moored barges providing 300 meters of berthing space; it was installed by the military after 1982 and handed over to the Falkland Islands Government in 1988
Peru
- Callao,
- Chimbote,
- Ilo,
- Matarani,
- Paita,
- Puerto Maldonado,
- Salaverry,
- San Martin,
- Talara,
- Iquitos,
- Pucallpa,
- Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries
Uruguay
- Colonia,
- Fray Bentos,
- Juan La Caze,
- La Paloma,
- Montevideo,
- Nueva Palmira,
- Paysandu,
- Punta del Este,
- Piriapolis
Venezuela
- Amuay,
- Bajo Grande,
- El Tablazo,
- La Guaira,
- La Salina,
- Maracaibo,
- Matanzas,
- Palua,
- Puerto Cabello,
- Puerto la Cruz,
- Puerto Ordaz,
- Puerto Sucre,
- Punta Cardon
Southeast Asia
19 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- Bassein,
- Bhamo,
- Chauk,
- Mandalay,
- Moulmein,
- Myitkyina,
- Rangoon,
- Akyab (Sittwe),
- Tavoy
Malaysia
- Bintulu,
- Kota Kinabalu,
- Kuantan,
- Kuching,
- Kudat,
- Labuan,
- Lahad Datu,
- Lumut,
- Miri,
- Pasir Gudang,
- George Town (Penang),
- Port Dickson,
- Port Kelang,
- Sandakan,
- Sibu,
- Tanjung Berhala,
- Tanjung Kidurong,
- Tawau
Philippines
- Batangas,
- Cagayan de Oro,
- Cebu,
- Davao,
- Guimaras Island,
- Iligan,
- Iloilo,
- Jolo,
- Legaspi,
- Manila,
- Masao,
- Puerto Princesa,
- San Fernando,
- Subic Bay,
- Zamboanga
Oceans
5 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),
- Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece),
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),
- Rotterdam (Netherlands),
- Saint Petersburg (Russia),
- Stockholm (Sweden)
Indian Ocean
- Chennai (Madras; India),
- Colombo (Sri Lanka),
- Durban (South Africa),
- Jakarta (Indonesia),
- Kolkata (Calcutta; India) Melbourne (Australia),
- Mumbai (Bombay; India),
- Richards Bay (South Africa)
Pacific Ocean
- Bangkok (Thailand),
- Hong Kong,
- Kao-hsiung (Taiwan),
- Los Angeles (US),
- Manila (Philippines),
- Pusan (South Korea),
- San Francisco (US),
- Seattle (US),
- Shanghai (China),
- Singapore,
- Sydney (Australia),
- Vladivostok (Russia),
- Wellington (NZ),
- Yokohama (Japan)
Southern Ocean
McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica
note: few ports or harbors exist on the southern side of the Southern Ocean; ice conditions limit use of most of them to short periods in midsummer; even then some cannot be entered without icebreaker escort; most antarctic ports are operated by government research stations and, except in an emergency, are not open to commercial or private vessels; vessels in any port south of 60 degrees south are subject to inspection by Antarctic Treaty observers (see Article 7)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Ports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ports/2003.