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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 |
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| 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 |