The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 Transportation
Ports In 36 editions of 36.
Ports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2012 edition carries it in 237 entries, in its Transportation section, under the heading “Ports and terminals”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2012 edition
- 237
- 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
top ten container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) throughput:
- Shanghai (China) - 29,069,000;
- Singapore (Singapore) - 28,431,100;
- Hong Kong (China) - 23,669,242;
- Shenzhen (China) - 22,509,700;
- Busan (South Korea) - 14,194,334;
- Ningbo (China) - 13,144,000;
- Guangzhou (China) - 12,486,900;
- Qingdao (China) - 12,012,000;
- Dubai (UAE) - 11,575,775;
- - Rotterdam (Netherlands)- 11,145,804 (2010)
Africa
50 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Banana,
- Boma,
- Bukavu,
- Bumba,
- Goma,
- Kalemie,
- Kindu,
- Kinshasa,
- Kisangani,
- Matadi,
- Mbandaka
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- Brazzaville,
- Djeno,
- Impfondo,
- Ouesso,
- Oyo,
- Pointe-Noire
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Helena:
- Jamestown
- Ascension Island:
- Georgetown
- Tristan da Cunha:
- Calshot Harbor (Edinburgh)
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
- McMurdo Station;
- most coastal stations have sparse and intermittent offshore anchorages;
- a few stations have basic wharf facilities
Arctic Region
4 entriesAsia
18 entriesIndia
- Chennai,
- Jawaharal Nehru Port,
- Kandla,
- Kolkata (Calcutta),
- Mumbai (Bombay),
- Sikka,
- Vishakhapatnam
Kazakhstan
- Aqtau (Shevchenko),
- Atyrau (Gur'yev),
- Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),
- Pavlodar,
- Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Korea, North now North Korea
- Ch'ongjin,
- Haeju,
- Hungnam (Hamhung),
- Namp'o,
- Senbong,
- Songnim,
- Sonbong (formerly Unggi),
- Wonsan
Korea, South now South Korea
- Incheon (Inch'on),
- Pohang (P'ohang),
- Busan (Pusan),
- Ulsan,
- Yeosu (Yosu)
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesCuba
- Antilla,
- Cienfuegos,
- Guantanamo,
- Havana,
- Matanzas,
- Mariel,
- Nuevitas Bay,
- Santiago de Cuba,
- Tanamo
Dominican Republic
- Puerto Haina,
- Puerto Plata,
- Santo Domingo
- oil terminals:
- Andres LNG terminal (Boca Chica), Punta Nizao oil terminal
Jamaica
- Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades),
- Kingston,
- Montego Bay,
- Port Antonio,
- Port Esquivel,
- Port Kaiser,
- Rocky Point
Trinidad and Tobago
- Point Fortin,
- Point Lisas,
- Port of Spain,
- Scarborough
- oil terminals:
- Galeota Point terminal
Europe
41 entriesBelgium
- cargo ports (tonnage):
- Antwerp,
- Gent,
- Liege,
- Zeebrugge
- container ports (TEUs):
- Antwerp (8,662,891), Zeebrugge (2,209,715)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava River), Orasje
European Union
- Antwerp (Belgium),
- Barcelona (Spain),
- Braila (Romania),
- Bremen (Germany),
- Burgas (Bulgaria),
- Constanta (Romania),
- Copenhagen (Denmark),
- Galati (Romania),
- Gdansk (Poland),
- Hamburg (Germany),
- Helsinki (Finland),
- Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain),
- Le Havre (France),
- Lisbon (Portugal),
- London (UK),
- Marseille (France),
- Naples (Italy),
- Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece),
- Riga (Latvia),
- Rotterdam (Netherlands),
- Stockholm (Sweden),
- Talinn (Estonia),
- Tulcea (Romania),
- Varna (Bulgaria)
Germany
- Bremen,
- Bremerhaven,
- Duisburg,
- Hamburg,
- Karlsruhe,
- Lubeck,
- Neuss-Dusseldorf,
- Rostock,
- Wilhemshaven
- oil terminals:
- Brunsbuttel Canal terminals
Italy
- Augusta,
- Cagliari,
- Genoa,
- Livorno,
- Taranto,
- Trieste,
- Venice
- oil terminals:
- Melilli (Santa Panagia) oil terminal, Sarroch oil terminal
Spain
- Algeciras,
- Barcelona,
- Bilbao,
- Cartagena,
- Huelva,
- Tarragona,
- Valencia (Spain);
- Las Palmas,
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands)
United Kingdom
- Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England);
- Forth Ports (Scotland);
- Milford Haven (Wales)
- oil terminals:
- Fawley Marine terminal,
- Liverpool Bay terminal (England);
- Braefoot Bay terminal,
- Finnart oil terminal,
- Hound Point terminal (Scotland)
Middle East
16 entriesCyprus
- area under government control:
- Larnaca, Limassol, Vasilikos; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: Famagusta, Kyrenia
Turkey now Turkiye
- Aliaga,
- Ambarli,
- Diliskelesi,
- Eregli,
- Izmir,
- Izmit (Kocaeli),
- Mercin (Icel),
- Limani,
- Yarimca
United Arab Emirates
- Al Fujayrah,
- Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai),
- Khor Fakkan (Khawr Fakkan),
- Mubarraz Island,
- Mina' Rashid (Dubai),
- Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah)
North America
6 entriesCanada
- Fraser River Port,
- Halifax,
- Hamilton,
- Montreal,
- Port-Cartier,
- Quebec City,
- Saint John (New Brunswick),
- Sept-Isles,
- Vancouver
- oil terminals:
- Lower Lakes terminal
Mexico
- Altamira,
- Coatzacoalcos,
- Lazaro Cardenas,
- Manzanillo,
- Salina Cruz,
- Veracruz
- oil terminals:
- Cayo Arcas terminal, Dos Bocas terminal
United States
- cargo ports (tonnage):
- Baton Rouge,
- Corpus Christi,
- Hampton Roads,
- Houston,
- Long Beach,
- Los Angeles,
- New Orleans,
- New York,
- Plaquemines,
- Tampa,
- Texas City
- container ports (TEUs):
- Los Angeles (7,849,985),
- Long Beach (6,350,125),
- New York/New Jersey (5,265,058),
- Savannah (2,616,126),
- Oakland (2,236,244),
- Hampton Roads (2,083,278) (2008)
- cruise departure ports (passengers):
- Miami (2,032,000),
- Port Everglades (1,277,000),
- Port Canaveral (1,189,000),
- Seattle (430,000),
- Long Beach (415,000) (2009)
- oil terminals:
- LOOP terminal, Haymark terminal
Oceania
28 entriesAustralia
- Brisbane,
- Cairns,
- Dampier,
- Darwin,
- Fremantle,
- Gladstone,
- Geelong,
- Hay Point,
- Hobart,
- Jervis Bay,
- Melbourne,
- Newcastle,
- Port Adelaide,
- Port Dalrymple,
- Port Hedland,
- Port Kembla,
- Port Lincoln,
- Port Walcott,
- Sydney
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- Colonia (Tomil Harbor),
- Lele Harbor,
- Pohnepi Harbor
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, and Kingman Reef:
none; offshore anchorage only
- Johnston Atoll:
- Johnston Island
- Midway Islands:
- Sand Island
- Palmyra Atoll:
- West Lagoon
South America
13 entriesArgentina
- Arroyo Seco,
- Bahia Blanca,
- Buenos Aires,
- La Plata,
- Punta Colorada,
- Rosario,
- San Lorenzo-San Martin,
- Ushuaia
Bolivia
- Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border);
- Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Brazil
- cargo ports (tonnage):
- Ilha Grande (Gebig),
- Paranagua,
- Rio Grande,
- Santos,
- Sao Sebastiao,
- Tubarao
- container ports (TEUs):
- Santos (2,677,839), Itajai (693,580)
- oil terminals:
- DTSE/Gegua oil terminal,
- Guaiba Island terminal,
- Guamare oil terminal
Colombia
- Barranquilla,
- Buenaventura,
- Cartagena,
- Puerto Bolivar,
- Santa Marta,
- Turbo
- oil terminals:
- Covenas offshore terminal
Peru
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries
- oil terminals:
- Conchan oil terminal, La Pampilla oil terminal
Southeast Asia
18 entriesIndonesia
- Banjarmasin,
- Belawan,
- Kotabaru,
- Krueg Geukueh,
- Palembang,
- Panjang,
- Sungai Pakning,
- Tanjung Perak,
- Tanjung Priok
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 (China),
- 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 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
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “Ports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ports/2012.