| 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 | 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 |