Ports In 36 editions of 36.

• top twenty container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) throughput: Shanghai (China) - 43,303,000;
• Singapore (Singapore) - 37,195,636;
• Ningbo (China) - 27,530,000;
• Shenzhen (China) - 25,770,000;
• Guangzhou (China) - 23,236,200;
• Busan (South Korea) - 21,992,001;
• Qingdao (China) - 21,010,000;
• Hong Kong (China) - 18,361,000;
• Tianjin (China) - 17,264,000;
• Rotterdam (Netherlands) - 14,810,804;
• Dubai (UAE) - 14,111,000;
• Port Kelang (Malaysia) - 13,580,717;
• Antwerp (Belgium) - 11,860,204;
• Xiamen (China) - 11,122,200;
• Kaohsiung (Taiwan) - 10,428,634;
• Los Angeles (US) - 9,337,632;
• Hamburg (Germany) - 9,274,215;
• Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia) - 9,100,000;
• Dalian (China) - 8,760,000;
• Laem Chabang (Thailand) - 8,106,928 (2019)

major seaport(s):

• Algiers,
• Annaba,
• Arzew,
• Bejaia,
• Djendjene,
• Jijel,
• Mostaganem,
• Oran,
• Skikda

LNG terminal(s) (export):

• Arzew,
• Bethioua,
• Skikda

major seaport(s):

• Cabinda,
• Lobito,
• Luanda,
• Namibe

LNG terminal(s) (export):

Angola Soyo

major seaport(s):

Cotonou

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Cotonou

lake port(s):

Bujumbura (Lake Tanganyika)

major seaport(s):

Porto Grande

oil terminal(s):

Limboh Terminal

river port(s):

Douala (Wouri)

Garoua (Benoue)

river port(s):

Bangui (Oubangui)

Nola (Sangha)

major seaport(s):

Moroni, Moutsamoudou

major seaport(s):

Banana

river or lake port(s):

• Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo);
• Kindu (Lualaba);
• Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu);
• Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika)

major seaport(s):

Pointe-Noire

oil terminal(s):

Djeno

river port(s):

Brazzaville (Congo)

Impfondo (Oubangui) Ouesso (Sangha) Oyo (Alima)

major seaport(s):

Abidjan, San-Pedro

oil terminal(s):

Espoir Offshore Terminal

major seaport(s):

Djibouti

major seaport(s):

• Mediterranean Sea - Alexandria,
• Damietta,
• El Dekheila,
• Port Said

oil terminal(s):

Ain Sukhna terminal, Sidi Kerir terminal

container port(s) (TEUs):

Port Said (East) (3,816,084) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (export):

• Damietta,
• Idku (Abu Qir Bay),
• Sumed

Gulf of Suez - Suez

major seaport(s):

• Bata,
• Luba,
• Malabo

LNG terminal(s) (export):

Bioko Island

major seaport(s):

Assab, Massawa

Ethiopia is landlocked and uses the ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia

major seaport(s):

• Libreville,
• Owendo,
• Port-Gentil

oil terminal(s):

Gamba, Lucina

major seaport(s):

Banjul

major seaport(s):

Takoradi, Tema

major seaport(s):

Conakry, Kamsar

major seaport(s):

• Bissau,
• Buba,
• Cacheu,
• Farim

major seaport(s):

Kisumu, Mombasa

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Mombasa

major seaport(s):

Buchanan, Monrovia

major seaport(s):

Marsa al Burayqah (Marsa el Brega), Tripoli

oil terminal(s):

Az Zawiyah, Ra's Lanuf

LNG terminal(s) (export):

Marsa el Brega

major seaport(s):

• Antsiranana (Diego Suarez),
• Mahajanga,
• Toamasina,
• Toliara (Tulear)

lake port(s):

• Chipoka,
• Monkey Bay,
• Nkhata Bay,
• Nkhotakota,
• Chilumba (Lake Nyasa)

river port(s):

Koulikoro (Niger)

major seaport(s):

Nouadhibou, Nouakchott

major seaport(s):

Port Louis

major seaport(s):

• Ad Dakhla,
• Agadir,
• Casablanca,
• Jorf Lasfar,
• Laayoune (El Aaiun),
• Mohammedia,
• Safi,
• Tangier

container port(s) (TEUs):

Tangier (4,801,713) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Jorf Lasfar (planned)

major seaport(s):

• Beira,
• Maputo,
• Nacala

LNG terminal(s) (export):

Coral Sul (FLNG)

major seaport(s):

Luderitz, Walvis Bay

major seaport(s):

• Bonny Inshore Terminal,
• Calabar,
• Lagos

oil terminal(s):

• Bonny Terminal,
• Brass Terminal,
• Escravos Terminal,
• Forcados Terminal,
• Pennington Terminal,
• Qua Iboe Terminal

LNG terminal(s) (export):

Bonny Island

lake port(s):

• Cyangugu,
• Gisenyi,
• Kibuye (Lake Kivu)

major seaport(s):

Saint Helena

Saint Helena:

Jamestown

Ascension Island:

Georgetown

Tristan da Cunha:

Calshot Harbor (Edinburgh)

major seaport(s):

Sao Tome

major seaport(s):

Dakar

major seaport(s):

Victoria

major seaport(s):

• Freetown,
• Pepel,
• Sherbro Islands

major seaport(s):

Berbera, Kismaayo

major seaport(s):

• Cape Town,
• Durban,
• Port Elizabeth,
• Richards Bay,
• Saldanha Bay

container port(s) (TEUs):

Durban (2,769,869) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Mossel Bay

major seaport(s):

Port Sudan

major seaport(s):

Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar

major seaport(s):

Kpeme, Lome

major seaport(s):

• Bizerte,
• Gabes,
• Rades,
• Sfax,
• Skhira

lake port(s):

• Entebbe,
• Jinja,
• Port Bell (Lake Victoria)

river port(s):

Mpulungu (Zambezi)

river port(s):

Binga, Kariba (Zambezi)

most coastal stations have sparse and intermittent offshore anchorages; a few stations have basic wharf facilities

none; offshore anchorage only

none; offshore anchorage only

none; offshore anchorage only

major seaport(s):

Grytviken

major seaport(s):

Sisimiut

major seaport(s):

• Grundartangi,
• Hafnarfjordur,
• Reykjavik

none; offshore anchorage only

major seaport(s):

• Barentsburg,
• Longyearbyen,
• Ny-Alesund,
• Pyramiden

river port(s):

Hairatan, Qizil Qal`ah (Amu Darya)

major seaport(s):

Baku (Baki) located on the Caspian Sea

major seaport(s):

Chattogram (Chittagong)

container port(s) (TEUs):

Chattogram (Chittagong) (3,088,187) (2019)

river port(s):

Mongla Port (Sela River)

major seaport(s):

Diego Garcia

major seaport(s):

• Dalian,
• Ningbo,
• Qingdao,
• Qinhuangdao,
• Shanghai,
• Shenzhen,
• Tianjin

container port(s) (TEUs):

• Dalian (8,760,000),
• Guangzhou (23,236,200),
• Ningbo (27,530,000),
• Qingdao (21,010,000),
• Shanghai (43,303,000),
• Shenzhen (25,770,000),
• Tianjin (17,264,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

• Fujian,
• Guangdong,
• Jiangsu,
• Shandong,
• Shanghai,
• Tangshan,
• Zhejiang

river port(s):

Guangzhou (Pearl)

major seaport(s):

Black Sea - Batumi, Poti

major seaport(s):

• Chennai,
• Jawaharal Nehru Port,
• Kandla,
• Kolkata (Calcutta),
• Mumbai (Bombay),
• Sikka,
• Vishakhapatnam

container port(s) (TEUs):

Jawaharal Nehru Port (5,100,891), Mundra (4,732,699) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

• Dabhol,
• Dahej,
• Hazira,
• Kochi

major seaport(s):

• Chiba,
• Kawasaki,
• Kobe,
• Mizushima,
• Moji,
• Nagoya,
• Osaka,
• Tokyo,
• Tomakomai,
• Yokohama

container port(s) (TEUs):

• Kobe (2,871,642),
• Nagoya (2,844,004),
• Osaka (2,456,028),
• Tokyo (4,510,000),
• Yokohama (2,990,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

• Chita,
• Fukwoke,
• Futtsu,
• Hachinone,
• Hakodate,
• Hatsukaichi,
• Higashi Ohgishima,
• Higashi Niigata,
• Himeiji,
• Joetsu,
• Kagoshima,
• Kawagoe,
• Kita Kyushu,
• Mizushima,
• Nagasaki,
• Naoetsu,
• Negishi,
• Ohgishima,
• Oita,
• Sakai,
• Sakaide,
• Senboku,
• Shimizu,
• Shin Minato,
• Sodegaura,
• Tobata,
• Yanai,
• Yokkaichi

Okinawa - Nakagusuku

major seaport(s):

Caspian Sea - Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev)

river port(s):

• Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),
• Pavlodar,
• Semey (Semipalatinsk) (Irtysh River)

major seaport(s):

• Ch'ongjin,
• Haeju,
• Hungnam,
• Namp'o,
• Songnim,
• Sonbong (formerly Unggi),
• Wonsan

major seaport(s):

• Busan,
• Incheon,
• Gunsan,
• Kwangyang,
• Mokpo,
• Pohang,
• Ulsan,
• Yeosu

container port(s) (TEUs):

• Busan (21,992,001),
• Incheon (3,091,955),
• Kwangyang (2,378,337) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

• Incheon,
• Kwangyang,
• Pyeongtaek,
• Samcheok,
• Tongyeong,
• Yeosu

lake port(s):

Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)(Lake Ysyk-Kol)

major seaport(s):

Male

major seaport(s):

Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim

container port(s) (TEUs):

Karachi (2,097,855) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Port Qasim

major seaport(s):

Arctic Ocean:

Arkhangelsk, Murmansk

Baltic Sea:

• Kaliningrad,
• Primorsk,
• Saint Petersburg

Black Sea:

Novorossiysk

Pacific Ocean:

• Nakhodka,
• Vladivostok,
• Vostochnyy

oil terminal(s):

Kavkaz oil terminal, Primorsk

container port(s) (TEUs):

Saint Petersburg (2,221,724) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (export):

Sabetta, Sakhalin Island

river port(s):

• Astrakhan, Kazan (Volga River);
• Rostov-on-Don (Don River);
• Saint Petersburg (Neva River)

major seaport(s):

Colombo

container port(s) (TEUs):

Colombo (7,228,337) (2019)

major seaport(s):

Caspian Sea - Turkmenbasy

river port(s):

Termiz (Amu Darya)

major seaport(s):

Blowing Point, Road Bay

major seaport(s):

Saint John's

major seaport(s):

Barcadera, Oranjestad

oil terminal(s):

Sint Nicolaas

cruise port(s):

Oranjestad

major seaport(s):

• Freeport,
• Nassau,
• South Riding Point

cruise port(s):

Nassau

container port(s) (TEUs):

Freeport (1,396,568) (2019)

major seaport(s):

Bridgetown

major seaport(s):

Belize City, Big Creek

major seaport(s):

Road Harbor

major seaport(s):

Cayman Brac, George Town

major seaport(s):

Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Puerto Limon

Pacific Ocean - Caldera

major seaport(s):

• Antilla,
• Cienfuegos,
• Guantanamo,
• Havana,
• Matanzas,
• Mariel,
• Nuevitas Bay,
• Santiago de Cuba

major seaport(s):

Willemstad

oil terminal(s):

Bullen Baai (Curacao Terminal)

bulk cargo port(s):

Fuik Bay (phosphate rock)

major seaport(s):

Portsmouth, Roseau

major seaport(s):

• Puerto Haina,
• Puerto Plata,
• Santo Domingo

oil terminal(s):

Punta Nizao oil terminal

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Andres LNG terminal (Boca Chica)

major seaport(s):

Puerto Cutuco

oil terminal(s):

Acajutla offshore terminal

major seaport(s):

Saint George's

major seaport(s):

Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla

major seaport(s):

• Cap-Haitien,
• Gonaives,
• Jacmel,
• Port-au-Prince

major seaport(s):

• La Ceiba,
• Puerto Cortes,
• San Lorenzo,
• Tela

major seaport(s):

• Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades),
• Kingston,
• Montego Bay,
• Port Antonio,
• Port Esquivel,
• Port Kaiser,
• Rocky Point

container port(s) (TEUs):

Kingston (1,647,609) (2019)

major seaport(s):

Little Bay, Plymouth

none; offshore anchorage only

major seaport(s):

Bluefields, Corinto

major seaport(s):

• Balboa,
• Colon,
• Cristobal

container port(s) (TEUs):

Balboa (2,894,654), Colon (4,379,477) (2019)

major seaport(s):

• Ensenada Honda,
• Mayaguez,
• Playa de Guayanilla,
• Playa de Ponce,
• San Juan

container port(s) (TEUs):

San Juan (2,142,662) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Guayanilla Bay

major seaport(s):

Gustavia

major seaport(s):

Basseterre, Charlestown

major seaport(s):

• Castries,
• Cul-de-Sac,
• Vieux-Fort

major seaport(s):

Kingstown

major seaport(s):

Philipsburg

oil terminal(s):

Coles Bay oil terminal

major seaport(s):

• Point Fortin,
• Point Lisas,
• Port of Spain,
• Scarborough

oil terminal(s):

Galeota Point terminal

LNG terminal(s) (export):

Port Fortin

major seaport(s):

• Cockburn Harbour,
• Grand Turk,
• Providenciales

major seaport(s):

• Charlotte Amalie,
• Christiansted,
• Cruz Bay,
• Frederiksted,
• Limetree Bay

major seaport(s):

• Durres,
• Sarande,
• Shengjin,
• Vlore

river port(s):

• Enns,
• Krems,
• Linz,
• Vienna (Danube)

river port(s):

Mazyr (Prypyats')

major seaport(s):

Oostende, Zeebrugge

container port(s) (TEUs):

Antwerp (11,860,204) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Zeebrugge

river port(s):

Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River)

Brussels (Senne River) Liege (Meuse River)

river port(s):

• Bosanska Gradiska,
• Bosanski Brod,
• Bosanski Samac,
• Brcko,
• Orasje (Sava River)

major seaport(s):

Burgas, Varna (Black Sea)

major seaport(s):

• Ploce,
• Rijeka,
• Sibenik,
• Split

oil terminal(s):

Omisalj

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Krk Island

river port(s):

Vukovar (Danube)

river port(s):

Prague (Vltava)

Decin, Usti nad Labem (Elbe)

major seaport(s):

• Baltic Sea - Aarhus,
• Copenhagen,
• Fredericia,
• Kalundborg

cruise port(s):

Copenhagen

river port(s):

Aalborg (Langerak)

dry bulk cargo port(s):

Ensted (coal)

North Sea - Esbjerg,

major seaport(s):

• Kuivastu,
• Kunda,
• Muuga,
• Parnu Reid,
• Sillamae,
• Tallinn

major port(s):

• 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),
• Marseille (France),
• Naples (Italy),
• Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece),
• Riga (Latvia),
• Rotterdam (Netherlands),
• Split (Croatia),
• Stockholm (Sweden),
• Talinn (Estonia),
• Tulcea (Romania),
• Varna (Bulgaria)

major seaport(s):

• Fuglafjordur,
• Torshavn,
• Vagur

major seaport(s):

• Helsinki,
• Kotka,
• Naantali,
• Porvoo,
• Raahe,
• Rauma

LNG terminal(s) (import):

• Pori,
• Tornio Manga,
• Hamina

major seaport(s):

Atlantic Ocean:

• Brest,
• Calais,
• Dunkerque,
• Le Havre,
• Nantes

Mediterranean Sea:

Marseille

container port(s) (TEUs):

Le Havre (2,822,910) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

• Dunkerque,
• Fos Cavaou,
• Fos Tonkin,
• Montoir de Bretagne

river port(s):

• Bordeaux (Garronne);
• Nantes - Saint Nazaire (Loire);
• Paris, Rouen (Seine);
• Strasbourg (Rhine)

cruise/ferry port(s):

• Calais,
• Cherbourg,
• Le Havre

major seaport(s):

Baltic Sea:

Kiel, Rostock

North Sea:

• Bremerhaven,
• Brunsbuttel,
• Emden,
• Hamburg,
• Wilhelmshaven

oil terminal(s):

Brunsbuttel Canal terminals

container port(s) (TEUs):

Bremen/Bremerhaven (4,856,900), Hamburg (9,274,215) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Hamburg

river port(s):

• Bremen (Weser);
• Bremerhaven (Geeste);
• Duisburg, Karlsruhe, Neuss-Dusseldorf (Rhine);
• Lubeck (Wakenitz);
• Brunsbuttel, Hamburg (Elbe)

major seaport(s):

Gibraltar

major seaport(s):

• Aspropyrgos,
• Pachi,
• Piraeus,
• Thessaloniki

oil terminal(s):

Agioi Theodoroi

container port(s) (TEUs):

Piraeus (5,648,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Revithoussa

major seaport(s):

Braye Bay, Saint Peter Port

river port(s):

• Baja,
• Csepel (Budapest),
• Dunaujvaros,
• Gyor-Gonyu,
• Mohacs (Danube)

major seaport(s):

Dublin, Shannon Foynes

cruise port(s):

Cork (250,000), Dublin (359,966) (2020)

container port(s) (TEUs):

Dublin (529,563) (2016)

river port(s):

Cork (Lee), Waterford (Suir)

major seaport(s):

Douglas, Ramsey

major seaport(s):

• Augusta,
• Cagliari,
• Genoa,
• Livorno,
• Taranto,
• Trieste,
• Venice

oil terminal(s):

Melilli (Santa Panagia) oil terminal, Sarroch oil terminal

container port(s) (TEUs):

Genoa (2,621,472), Gioia Tauro (2,523,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

• Panigaglia (La Spezia),
• Adriatic (Porto Levante),
• Oristano (Sardinia),
• Ravenna,
• Toscana (Livorno)

major seaport(s):

• Gorey,
• Saint Aubin,
• Saint Helier

major seaport(s):

Riga, Ventspils

major seaport(s):

Klaipeda

oil terminal(s):

Butinge oil terminal

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Klaipeda

river port(s):

Mertert (Moselle)

major seaport(s):

Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta

container port(s) (TEUs):

Marsaxlokk (2,722,889) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Delimara

major seaport(s):

Hercules Port

major seaport(s):

Bar

major seaport(s):

IJmuiden, Vlissingen

container port(s) (TEUs):

Rotterdam (14,810,804) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Gate (Rotterdam)

river port(s):

• Amsterdam (Nordsee Kanaal);
• Moerdijk (Hollands Diep River);
• Rotterdam (Rhine River);
• Terneuzen (Western Scheldt River)

major seaport(s):

• Bergen,
• Haugesund,
• Maaloy,
• Mongstad,
• Narvik,
• Sture

LNG terminal(s) (export):

• Kamoy,
• Kollsnes,
• Melkoya Island,
• Tjeldbergodden

LNG terminal(s) (import):

Fredrikstad, Mosjoen