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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 McMurdo Station; 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, Ushuaia
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, 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
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 cargo ports (tonnage): Antwerp, Gent, Liege, Zeebrugge
container ports (TEUs): Antwerp (8,662,891), Zeebrugge (2,209,715)
Belize Belize City, Big Creek
Benin Cotonou
Bermuda Hamilton, Ireland Island, 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 cargo ports (tonnage): Ilha Grande (Gebig), Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
container ports (TEUs): Santos (2,677,839), Itajai (693,580)
British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands Road Harbor
Brunei Lumut, Muara, Seria
Bulgaria Burgas, Varna
Burma Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe
Burundi Bujumbura
Cambodia Phnom Penh, Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville)
Cameroon Douala, Garoua, 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, Puerto Bolivar, 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, Sibernik, Split, Vukovar (on Danube River)
Cuba Antilla, Cienfuegos, Guantanamo, Havana, Matanzas, Mariel, Nuevitas Bay, Santiago de Cuba, Tanamo
Curacao Bullen Baai, Fuik Bay, Willemstad
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 Andres (Boca Chica), Puerto Haina, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo
Ecuador Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Manta, Puerto Bolivar
Egypt Ayn Sukhnah, Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Sidi Kurayr, Suez
El Salvador Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco
Equatorial Guinea Bata, Luba, Malabo (2010)
Eritrea Assab, Massawa
Estonia Kuivastu, Kunda, Muuga, Parnu Reid, Sillamae, Tallinn
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 Fuglafjordur, Torshavn, Vagur
Fiji Lautoka, Levuka, Suva
Finland Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Porvoo, Raahe, Rauma
France Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen
French Polynesia Papeete
French Southern and Antarctic Lands none; offshore anchorage only
Gabon Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Owendo, Port-Gentil
Gambia, The Banjul
Gaza Strip Gaza
Georgia Bat'umi, P'ot'i
Germany Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck, Neuss-Dusseldorf, Rostock, Wilhemshaven
Ghana Takoradi, Tema
Gibraltar Gibraltar
Greece Agioi Theodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Pachi, Piraeus, Thessaloniki
Greenland Sisimiut
Grenada Saint George's
Guam Apra Harbor
Guatemala Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla
Guernsey Braye Bay, Saint Peter Port
Guinea Conakry, Kamsar
Guinea-Bissau Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Guyana Georgetown
Haiti Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Port-au-Prince
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, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Sikka, 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, 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, Waterford
Isle of Man Douglas, Ramsey
Israel Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa
Italy Augusta, Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Santa Panagia (Melilli), Taranto, Trieste, Venice
Jamaica Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades), Kingston, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rocky Point
Jan Mayen none; offshore anchorage only
Japan Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yokohama
Jersey Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Jordan Al 'Aqabah
Kazakhstan Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Kenya Kisumu, Mombasa
Kiribati Betio (Tarawa Atoll), Canton Island, English Harbor
Korea, North Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Namp'o, Senbong, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Wonsan
Korea, South Incheon (Inch'on), Pohang (P'ohang), Busan (Pusan), Ulsan, Yeosu (Yosu)
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 Az Zawiyah, Marsa al Burayqah (Marsa el Brega), Ra's Lanuf, Tripoli
Lithuania Butinge, Klaipeda
Luxembourg Mertert
Macau Macau
Madagascar Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara (Tulear)
Malawi Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Malaysia Bintulu, Johor Bahru, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang (Port Klang), Tanjung Pelepas
Maldives Male
Mali Koulikoro
Malta Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta
Marshall Islands Enitwetak Island, Kwajalein, Majuro
Mauritania Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mexico Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Salina Cruz, Veracruz
Micronesia, Federated States of Colonia (Tomil Harbor), Lele Harbor, Pohnepi Harbor
Monaco Monaco
Montenegro Bar
Montserrat Little Bay, Plymouth
Morocco Casablanca, Jorf Lasfar, Mohammedia, Safi, Tangier
Mozambique Beira, Maputo, Nacala
Namibia Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Nauru Nauru
Navassa Island none; offshore anchorage only
Netherlands Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Moerdijk, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen
New Caledonia Noumea
New Zealand Auckland, Lyttelton, Manukau Harbor, Marsden Point, Tauranga, Wellington
Nicaragua Bluefields, Corinto
Nigeria Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos
Niue Alofi
Norfolk Island Kingston
Northern Mariana Islands Saipan, Tinian, Rota
Norway Bergen, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Sture
Oman Mina' Qabus, Salalah, Suhar
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
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 Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila
Pitcairn Islands Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Poland Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin
Portugal Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines
Puerto Rico Ensenada Honda, Mayaguez, Playa de Guayanilla, Playa de Ponce, San Juan
Qatar Doha, Mesaieed (Umaieed), Ra's Laffan
Romania Braila, Constanta, Galati (Galatz), Mancanului (Giurgiu), Midia, Tulcea
Russia Kaliningrad, Kavkaz, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Primorsk, Saint Petersburg, Vostochnyy
Rwanda Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Saint Barthelemy Gustavia
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena: Jamestown
Ascension Island: Georgetown
Tristan da Cunha: Calshot Harbor (Edinburgh)
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre, Charlestown
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, Jeddah, Yanbu al Bahr
Senegal Dakar
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
Singapore Singapore
Sint Maarten Philipsburg
Slovakia Bratislava, Komarno
Slovenia Koper
Solomon Islands Honiara, Malloco Bay, Viru Harbor, Tulaghi
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 (Spain); Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands)
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, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Stockholm, Trelleborg, Visby
Switzerland Basel
Syria Baniyas, Latakia, Tartus
Taiwan Chilung (Keelung), Kaohsiung, Hualian, Taichung
Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar
Thailand Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Map Ta Phut, Prachuap Port, Si Racha
Timor-Leste Dili
Togo Kpeme, Lome
Tokelau none; offshore anchorage only
Tonga Nuku'alofa, Neiafu, Pangai
Trinidad and Tobago Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain, Scarborough
Tunisia Bizerte, Gabes, Rades, Sfax, Skhira
Turkey Aliaga, Diliskelesi, Eregli, Izmir, Izmit (Kocaeli), Mercin (Icel), Limani, Yarimca
Turkmenistan Turkmenbasy
Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Harbour, Grand Turk, Providenciales
Tuvalu Funafuti
Uganda Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
Ukraine Feodosiya (Theodosia), Illichivsk, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Yuzhnyy
United Arab Emirates Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Khawr Fakkan (Khor Fakkan), Mubarraz Island, Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah)
United Kingdom Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England); Forth Ports, Hound Point (Scotland); Milford Haven (Wales)
United States cargo ports (tonnage): Baton Rouge, Corpus Christi, 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)
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 Bay, Luganville (Santo, Espiritu Santo), Port-Vila
Venezuela La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
Vietnam Cam Pha Port, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu My, Quy Nhon
Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, Cruz Bay, Frederiksted, Limetree Bay
Wake Island none; two offshore anchorages for large ships
Wallis and Futuna Leava, Mata-Utu
Western Sahara Ad Dakhla, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
World top ten container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) throughput: Singapore (Singapore) - 25,866,400; Shanghai (China) - 25,002,000; Hong Kong (China) - 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 (Netherlands)- 9,743,290 (2009)
Yemen Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla
Zambia Mpulungu
Zimbabwe Binga, Kariba
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