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Top 50 Global Container Ports

Special Report

Journal of Commerce Top 50 Global Container Ports

Total annual container throughput, in TEUs, 2024 vs. 2023 and 2022

1 Shanghai China 47,303,000 49,158,000 51,508,000 3.9 % 4.8 % www. portshanghai. com. cn 2 Singapore Singapore 37,289,500 39,012,954 41,124,045 4.6 % 5.4 % www. singaporepsa. com 3 Ningbo-Zhoushan China 33,360,000 35,300,000 39,300,800 5.8 % 11.3 % www. nbport. com. cn 4 Shenzhen China 30,040,000 29,880,000 33,398,600-0.5 % 11.8 % www. szport. net 5 Qingdao China 25,660,000 28,770,000 30,847,000 12.1 % 7.2 % www. qdport. com 6 Guangzhou( Nansha) China 24,600,000 25,110,000 26,450,000 2.1 % 5.3 % www. gzport. com 7 Busan South Korea 22,078,196 23,151,328 24,402,022 4.9 % 5.4 % www. busanpa. com 8 Tianjin China 21,030,000 22,187,200 23,292,500 5.5 % 5.0 % www. tianjinportdev. com 9 Los Angeles-Long Beach US 19,044,816 16,648,349 19,947,077-12.6 % 19.8 % www. portoflosangeles. org 10 Jebel Ali( Dubai) UAE 13,971,000 14,473,000 15,536,000 3.6 % 7.3 % www. dpworld. com 11 Port Klang Malaysia 13,223,928 14,061,022 14,644,527 6.3 % 4.1 % www. pka. gov. my 12 Rotterdam Netherlands 14,456,313 13,446,709 13,820,000-7.0 % 2.8 % www. portofrotterdam. com 13 Hong Kong China 16,687,000 14,401,000 13,691,000-13.7 %-4.9 % www. mardep. gov. hk 14 Antwerp Belgium 13,470,000 12,500,000 13,517,000-7.2 % 8.1 % www. portofantwerp. com 15 Xiamen China 12,420,000 12,553,700 12,255,700 1.1 %-2.4 % www. portxiamen. gov. cn 16 Tanjung Pelepas Malaysia 10,512,806 10,480,537 12,253,309-0.3 % 16.9 % www. ptp. com. my 17 Tanger Med Morocco 7,596,800 8,614,400 10,241,392 13.4 % 18.9 % www. tmpa. ma 18 Laem Chabang Thailand 8,741,077 8,868,200 9,554,700 1.5 % 7.7 % www. laemchabangport. com 19 Kaohsiung Taiwan 9,491,615 8,833,831 9,228,418-6.9 % 4.5 % www. twport. com. tw 20 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 8,396,600 8,314,000 9,158,200-1.0 % 10.2 % www. vpa. org. vn 21 Guangxi Beibu Gulf China 7,020,000 8,020,000 9,020,000 14.2 % 12.5 % www. bbwgw. com 22 New York and New Jersey US 9,493,664 7,810,051 8,697,767-17.7 % 11.4 % www. panynj. gov 23 Mundra India 6,503,000 7,231,000 8,231,000 11.2 % 13.8 % www. adaniports. com 24 Hamburg Germany 8,332,709 7,755,000 7,825,000-6.9 % 0.9 % www. hafen-hamburg. de 25 Colombo Sri Lanka 6,862,184 6,949,912 7,792,069 1.3 % 12.1 % www. slpa. lk 26 Tanjung Priok( Jakarta) Indonesia 6,750,302 6,750,302 7,600,000 0.0 % 12.6 % www. priokport. co. id 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Port India 5,959,111 6,354,400 7,052,689 6.6 % 11.0 % www. jnport. gov. in 28 Rizhao China 5,800,000 6,104,000 6,710,000 5.2 % 9.9 % www. en. rzport. com 29 Lianyungang China 5,570,000 6,100,000 6,690,700 9.5 % 9.7 % www. lyg. gov. cn 30 Cai Mep 1 Vietnam 5,593,400 5,482,800 6,031,080-2.0 % 10.0 % www. tcit. com. vn 31 Khalifa Seaport UAE 4,330,000 4,910,000 5,900,000 13.4 % 20.2 % www. adports. ae 32 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4,960,100 5,586,100 5,800,000 12.6 % 3.8 % www. mawani. gov. sa 33 Yingkou China 5,000,000 5,330,000 5,560,000 6.6 % 4.3 % www. ykport. com. cn 34 Savannah US 5,892,131 4,927,654 5,545,557-16.4 % 12.5 % www. gaports. com 35 Manila Philippines 5,466,979 5,209,028 5,502,927-4.7 % 5.6 % www. ppa. com. ph 36 Valencia Spain 5,052,272 4,796,985 5,476,000-5.1 % 14.2 % www. valenciaport. com 37 Santos Brazil 4,451,000 4,284,000 5,400,000-3.8 % 26.1 % www. portodesantos. com. br 38 Dalian China 4,460,000 5,030,000 5,400,000 12.8 % 7.4 % www. dlport. cn 39 Colon Panama 5,103,000 4,869,000 5,290,000-4.6 % 8.6 % www. amp. gob. pa 40 Yantai China 4,120,000 4,639,000 5,090,000 12.6 % 9.7 % www. yantaiport. gov. cn 41 Piraeus Greece 5,000,089 5,100,882 4,788,000 2.0 %-6.1 % www. pct. com. gr 42 Algeciras Spain 4,767,282 4,733,526 4,706,000-0.7 %-0.6 % www. apba. es 43 Tokyo Japan 4,931,841 4,570,857 4,700,678-7.3 % 2.8 % www. kouwan. metro. tokyo. lg. jp 44 Bremerhaven Germany 4,572,000 4,180,919 4,445,000-8.6 % 6.3 % www. bremenports. de 45 Tanjung Perak( Surabaya) Indonesia 4,070,000 4,090,000 4,300,000 0.5 % 5.1 % www. pelindo. co. id 46 Houston US 3,974,000 3,824,000 4,139,991-3.8 % 8.3 % www. porthouston. com 47 Hai Phong 1 Vietnam 5,600,000 4,027,400 4,120,030-28.1 % 2.3 % www. haiphongport. com. vn 48 Felixstowe 1 UK 3,700,000 4,000,000 4,080,000 8.1 % 2.0 % www. portoffelixstowe. co. uk 49 Dongguan China 3,410,000 3,901,500 4,017,700 14.4 % 3.0 % www. dg. gov. cn

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