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Field Listing :: Ports and terminals

This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.

Country	Ports and terminals


Afghanistan	Kheyrabad, Shir Khan


Albania	Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore


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


American Samoa	Pago Pago


Angola	Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Namibe


Anguilla	Blowing Point, Road Bay


Antarctica	there are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica; most coastal stations have sparse and intermittent offshore anchorages; a few stations have basic wharf facilities


Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's


Arctic Ocean	Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)


Argentina	Arroyo Seco, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin


Aruba	Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas


Ashmore and Cartier Islands	none; offshore anchorage only

Atlantic 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)


Australia	Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney


Austria	Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna


Azerbaijan	Baku (Baki)


Bahamas, The	Freeport, Nassau, South Riding Point


Bahrain	Mina' Salman, Sitrah


Bangladesh	Chittagong, Mongla Port


Barbados	Bridgetown


Belarus	Mazyr


Belgium	Antwerp, Gent, Liege, Zeebrugge


Belize	Belize City, Big Creek


Benin	Cotonou


Bermuda	Hamilton, Saint George


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


Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava River), Orasje


Bouvet Island	none; offshore anchorage only


Brazil	Guaiba, Ilha Grande, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao


British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia


British Virgin Islands	Road Town


Brunei	Lumut, Muara, Seria


Bulgaria	Burgas, Varna


Burma	Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe


Burundi	Bujumbura


Cambodia	Phnom Penh, Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville)


Cameroon	Douala, Limboh Terminal


Canada	Fraser River Port, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec City, Saint John (New Brunswick), Sept-Isles, Vancouver


Cape Verde	Porto Grande


Cayman Islands	Cayman Brac, George Town


Central African Republic	Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga


Chile	Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso


China	Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin


Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove


Clipperton Island	none; offshore anchorage only


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Port Refuge


Colombia	Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo


Comoros	Mayotte, Mutsamudu


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka


Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville, Djeno, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire


Cook Islands	Avatiu


Coral Sea Islands	none; offshore anchorage only


Costa Rica	Caldera, Puerto Limon


Cote d'Ivoire	Abidjan, Espoir, San-Pedro


Croatia	Omisalj, Ploce, Rijeka, Sibenik, Vukovar (on Danube River)


Cuba	Cienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas


Cyprus	area under government control: Larnaca, Limassol, Vasilikos;; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: Famagusta, Kyrenia


Czech Republic	Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem


Denmark	Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Ensted, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Kalundborg


Djibouti	Djibouti


Dominica	Portsmouth, Roseau


Dominican Republic	Boca Chica, Caucedo, Puerto Plata, Rio Haina, Santo Domingo


Ecuador	Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Manta, Puerto Bolivar


Egypt	Ayn Sukhnah, Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Sidi Kurayr, Suez


El Salvador	Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco


Equatorial Guinea	Bata, Malabo


Eritrea	Assab, Massawa


Estonia	Kuivastu, Kunda, Muuga, Tallinn, Virtsu


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

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)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	Stanley


Faroe Islands	Torshavn, Vagur


Fiji	Lautoka, Suva


Finland	Hamina, Helsinki, Kokkola, Kotka, Naantali, Pori, Raahe, Rauma, Turku


France	Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg


French Polynesia	Papeete


French Southern and Antarctic Lands	none; offshore anchorage only


Gabon	Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Port-Gentil


Gambia, The	Banjul


Gaza Strip	Gaza


Georgia	Bat'umi, P'ot'i


Germany	Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck, Rostock, Wilhemshaven


Ghana	Tema


Gibraltar	Gibraltar


Greece	Agioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Pachi, Piraeus, Thessaloniki


Greenland	Sisimiut


Grenada	Saint George's


Guam	Apra Harbor


Guatemala	Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla


Guernsey	Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson


Guinea	Conakry, Kamsar


Guinea-Bissau	Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim


Guyana	Georgetown


Haiti	Cap-Haitien


Heard Island and McDonald Islands	none; offshore anchorage only


Honduras	La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela


Hong Kong	Hong Kong


Hungary	Budapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs


Iceland	Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik


India	Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mormugao, Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam


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)


Indonesia	Banjarmasin, Belawan, Ciwandan, Kotabaru, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang, Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok


Iran	Assaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e-Eman Khomeyni


Iraq	Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr


Ireland	Cork, Dublin, Shannon Foynes


Isle of Man	Douglas, Ramsey


Israel	Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa


Italy	Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Ravenna, Sarroch, Taranto, Trieste, Venice


Jamaica	Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point


Jan Mayen	none; offshore anchorage only


Japan	Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yohohama


Jersey	Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier


Jordan	Al 'Aqabah


Kazakhstan	Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)


Kenya	Mombasa


Kiribati	Betio


Korea, North	Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan


Korea, South	Inch'on, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan


Kuwait	Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi


Kyrgyzstan	Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)


Latvia	Riga, Ventspils


Lebanon	Beirut, Tripoli


Liberia	Buchanan, Monrovia


Libya	As Sidrah, Az Zuwaytinah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Tripoli, Zawiyah


Lithuania	Klaipeda


Luxembourg	Mertert


Macau	Macau


Madagascar	Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara


Malawi	Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba


Malaysia	Bintulu, Johor Bahru, Kuantan, Labuan, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang (Port Klang), Tanjung Pelepas


Maldives	Male


Mali	Koulikoro


Malta	Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta


Marshall Islands	Majuro


Mauritania	Nouadhibou, Nouakchott


Mauritius	Port Louis


Mayotte	Dzaoudzi


Mexico	Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Veracruz


Micronesia, Federated States of	Tomil Harbor


Monaco	Monaco


Montenegro	Bar


Montserrat	Little Bay, Plymouth


Morocco	Agadir, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Safi


Mozambique	Beira, Maputo, Nacala


Namibia	Luderitz, Walvis Bay


Nauru	Nauru


Navassa Island	none; offshore anchorage only


Netherlands	Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen


Netherlands Antilles	Bopec Terminal, Willemstad


New Caledonia	Noumea


New Zealand	Auckland, Lyttelton, Marsden Point, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei


Nicaragua	Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff


Nigeria	Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos


Niue	none; offshore anchorage only


Norfolk Island	none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade


Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan, Tinian


Norway	Bergen, Borg Havn, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Oslo, Sture


Oman	Mina' Qabus, Salalah


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)


Pakistan	Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim


Palau	Koror


Panama	Balboa, Colon, Cristobal


Papua New Guinea	Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak


Paracel Islands	small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded


Paraguay	Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion


Peru	Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries


Philippines	Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila, Nasipit Harbor


Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)


Poland	Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin


Portugal	Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines


Puerto Rico	Guayanilla, Mayaguez, San Juan


Qatar	Doha, Ra's Laffan


Romania	Braila, Constanta, Galati, Tulcea


Russia	Azov, Kaliningrad, Kavkaz, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Primorsk, Saint Petersburg, Vostochnyy


Rwanda	Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Saint Helena: Jamestown Ascension Island: Georgetown Tristan da Cunha: Calshot Harbor


Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre


Saint Lucia	Castries, Cul-de-Sac, Vieux-Fort


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown


Samoa	Apia


Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome


Saudi Arabia	Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah


Senegal	Dakar


Seychelles	Victoria


Sierra Leone	Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands


Singapore	Singapore


Slovakia	Bratislava, Komarno


Slovenia	Koper


Solomon Islands	Honiara, Malloco Bay, Viru Harbor


Somalia	Berbera, Kismaayo


South Africa	Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay


South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	Grytviken

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


Spain	Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, Valencia


Spratly Islands	none; offshore anchorage only


Sri Lanka	Colombo


Sudan	Port Sudan


Suriname	Paramaribo, Wageningen


Svalbard	Barentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden


Sweden	Brofjorden, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Lulea, Malmo, Stenungsund, Stockholm, Trelleborg, Visby


Switzerland	Basel


Syria	Latakia, Tartus


Taiwan	Chilung (Keelung), Kaohsiung, Taichung


Tanzania	Dar es Salaam


Thailand	Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha


Timor-Leste	Dili


Togo	Kpeme, Lome


Tokelau	none; offshore anchorage only


Tonga	Nuku'alofa


Trinidad and Tobago	Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain


Tunisia	Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Rades, Sfax, Skhira


Turkey	Aliaga, Diliskelesi, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mercin Limani, Nemrut Limani


Turkmenistan	Turkmenbasy


Turks and Caicos Islands	Grand Turk, Providenciales


Tuvalu	Funafuti


Uganda	Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell


Ukraine	Feodosiya, Kerch, Kherson, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Yuzhnyy


United Arab Emirates	Mina' Zayid (Abu Dhabi), Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah), Khawr Fakkan (Sharjah)


United Kingdom	Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England); Forth Ports, Hound Point (Scotland); Milford Haven (Wales)


United States	Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City


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


Uruguay	Montevideo


Uzbekistan	Termiz (Amu Darya)


Vanuatu	Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)


Venezuela	La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon


Vietnam	Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City


Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie, Limetree Bay


Wake Island	none; two offshore anchorages for large ships


Wallis and Futuna	Leava, Mata-Utu


Western Sahara	Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)


World	top ten container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) throughput: Singapore - 25,866,400; Shanghai - 25,002,000; Hong Kong - 20,983,000; Shenzhen (China) - 18,250,100; Pusan (South Korea) - 11,954,861; Guangzhou (China) - 11,190,000; Dubai (UAE) - 11,124,082; Ningbo (China) - 10,502,800; Qingdao (China) - 10,260,000; - Rotterdam - 9,743,290 (2009)


Yemen	Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla


Zambia	Mpulungu


Zimbabwe	Binga, Kariba

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