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List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage
This is a list of the world's busiest seaports by cargo tonnage, the total mass, or in some cases volume, of actual cargo transported through the port. The
rankings are based on AAPA world port ranking data.

The cargo rankings based on tonnage should be interpreted with caution since these measures are not directly comparable and cannot be converted to a single,
standardized unit. In the Measure column, MT = Metric Tons, HT = Harbor Tons, FT = Freight Tons, and RT = Revenue Tons.

Contents
2012–2016
Rankings 2004–2011
2005
2004
2003
2002
References and notes

2012–2016
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Rank Port Country
kiloton[1][2] kiloton[3][4] kiloton[5][6] kiloton[7][8] kiloton[9][10]
Ningbo-  China
1 MT 922,092 889,000 873,470 810,000 744,000
Zhoushan

2 Shanghai  China MT 647,446 646,514 678,376 696,985 644,659

3 Singapore  Singapore FT 593,297 575,846 581,268 560,888 538,012

4 Guangzhou  China MT 544,374 475,481 500,975 472,760 438,000

5 Port Hedland  Australia MT 484,510 452,940 446,922 488,000 288,443

6 Rotterdam MT 461,177 466,363 444,733 440,464 441,527

 Netherlands

7 Qingdao  China MT 443,978 476,216 465,055 450,111 407,340

8 Tianjin  China MT 428,098 440,430 445,780 477,399 477,000

 South
9 Busan RT 349,708 347,713 335,411 313,295 298,689
Korea

10 Dalian  China MT 318,413 320,658 337,366 320,843 303,000

 South
11 Gwangyang RT 283,106 272,007 134,947 127,642 109,730
Korea

12 Hong Kong China MT 256,730 256,488 297,737 276,055 269,282

 United
13 South Louisiana MT 237,594 235,058 242,578 216,445 228,677
States
14 Port Klang  Malaysia MT 235,457 219,768 217,289 198,928 195,856

15 Xiamen  China MT 243,197 200,500 184,604 171,885 155,131

 United
16 Houston MT 224,969 218,575 212,561 207,973 216,082
States

17 Antwerp  Belgium MT 214,170 208,423 199,012 190,849 184,136

18 Nagoya  Japan FT 193,257 197,947 207,621 208,241 202,556

19 Shenzhen  China MT 189,509 191,037 192,093 201,546 196,458

20 Itaqui  Brazil MT 179,914 146,647 ? 135,421 133,507

Rankings 2004–2011
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Rank Port Country Measure 2011[11] 2010[12] 2009[13] 2008[14] 2007[15] 2006[16] 2005[17] 2004[18]
kiloton kiloton kiloton kiloton kiloton kiloton kiloton kiloton

1 Shanghai  China MT 590,439 534,371 505,715 508,000 561,446 537.0 443,000 378,962

2 Singapore FT 531,176 501,566 472,300 515,415 483,616 448.5 423,267 393,418

 Singapore

3 Tianjin  China MT 459,941 400,000 381,110 365,163 309,465 257.6 245,100 206,161

4 Rotterdam MT 434,551 429,926 386,957 421,136 401,181 378.4 376,600 352,563

 Netherlands

5 Guangzhou  China MT 431,000 425,600 364,000 347,000 341,363 302.8 241,700 215,190

6 Qingdao  China MT 372,000 350,120 274,304 278,271 265,020 224.2 184,300 161,650

7 Ningbo  China MT 348,911 408,180 371,540 361,850 471,630 309.7 272,400 225,850

8 Qinhuangdao  China MT 284,600 276,815 243,850 252,000 245,964 204.9 167,500 150,320

 South
9 Busan RT 281,513 262,963 226,182 241,683 243,564 217.9 217,200 219,760
Korea
 China,
10 Hong Kong MT 277,444 267,815 242,967 259,402 245,433 238.2 230,139 220,879
China

11 Port Hedland MT 246,672 198,997 178,625 159,391 130,707 111.8 110,600 108,500
 Australia
South  United
12 MT 223,633 214,337 192,853 203,157 207,785 204.6 192,549 203,517
Louisiana States
 United
13 Houston MT 215,731 206,055 191,729 192,473 196,014 201.5 192,023 183,419
States

14 Dalian  China MT 211,065 200,000 204,000 246,000 222,859 200.5 176,800 145,162

15 Shenzhen  China MT 205,475 204,860 211,000 187,045 199,190 176.0 153,900 135,246

16 Klang FT 193,726 168,588 137,615 152,348 135,514 122.0 109,700 99,911

 Malaysia

17 Antwerp MT 187,151 178,167 157,807 189,390 182,897 167.4 160,100 152,300

 Belgium

18 Nagoya  Japan FT 186,305 185,703 165,101 218,130 215,602 208.0 187,100 182,289

19 Dampier MT 171,844 165,025 N/A 140,823 133,949 126.0 110,100 87,92

 Australia
 South
20 Ulsan RT 163,181 150,933 170,314 170,279 168,652 161.1 103,50 156,500
Korea

2005

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[17] +/- from 2004 % change from 2004

1 Shanghai  China MT 443,000 64,038 16.90

2 Singapore  Singapore FT 423,267 29,849 7.59

3 Rotterdam  Netherlands MT 376,600 24,037 6.82

4 Ningbo  China MT 272,400 46,550 20.61

5 Tianjin  China MT 245,100 38,939 18.89

6 Guangzhou  China MT 241,700 26,510 12.32

7 Hong Kong China MT 230,139 9,260 4.19

8 Busan  South Korea RT 217,200 -2,560 -1.16

9 South Louisiana  United States MT 192,549 -10,968 -5.39

10 Houston  United States MT 192,023 8,604 4.69

11 Nagoya  Japan FT 187,100 4,811 2.64

12 Qingdao  China MT 184,300 22,650 14.01

13 Gwangyang  South Korea RT 177,500 11,625 7.01

14 Dalian  China MT 176,800 31,638 21.79

15 Qinhuangdao  China MT 167,500 17,180 11.43

16 Chiba  Japan FT 165,700 -3,554 -2.10

17 Antwerp  Belgium MT 160,100 7,773 5.10

18 Shenzhen  China MT 153,900 18,654 13.79

19 New York/New Jersey  United States MT 138,014 -314 -0.23

20 Kaohsiung  Taiwan MT 137,900 -14,568 -9.55

21 Yokohama  Japan FT 133,300 6,340 4.99

22 Hamburg  Germany MT 125,700 11,216 9.80

23 Incheon  South Korea RT 123,500 10,427 9.22

24 Port Hedland  Australia MT 110,600 2,100 1.94

25 Dampier  Australia MT 110,100 22,172 25.22

26 Klang  Malaysia FT 109,700 9,789 9.80

27 Ulsan  South Korea RT 103,500 -53,017 -33.87

28 Kitakyushu  Japan FT 101,700 -1,545 -1.50

29 Marseille  France MT 96,600 2,507 2.66

30 Osaka  Japan FT 93,100 -47 -0.05

31 Tubarão  Brazil MT 92,700 8,267 9.79

32 Port of Jebel Ali  United Arab Emirates MT 92,500 15,120 19.54

33 Tokyo  Japan FT 92,000 573 0.63

34 Kobe  Japan FT 91,200 5,539 6.47

35 Richards Bay  South Africa HT 86,600 1,646 1.94

36 Itaqui  Brazil MT 85,900 8,942 11.62

37 Newcastle  Australia MT 85,600 2,040 2.44

38 Hay Point  Australia MT 81,600 -3,959 -4.63

39 Vancouver  Canada MT 76,500 2,926 3.98

40 Huntington  United States MT 76,104 5,924 8.44

41 Le Havre  France MT 75,000 -1,175 -1.54

42 Amsterdam  Netherlands MT 74,900 1,724 2.36

43 Long Beach  United States MT 72,447 -237 -0.33

44 Santos  Brazil MT 71,900 4,291 6.35

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[17] +/- from 2004 % change from 2004

45 Beaumont  United States MT 71,566 -11,677 -14.03

46 Novorossiysk  Russia MT 70,800

47 Corpus Christi, Texas  United States MT 70,441 -1,207 -1.68

48 Gladstone  Australia MT 67,200 4,052 6.42

49 Sepetiba  Brazil MT 67,100

50 Algeciras  Spain MT 63,500 2,206 3.60

2004

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[18] +/- from 2003 % change from 2003

1 Singapore  Singapore FT 393,418 45,724 13.15

2 Shanghai  China MT 378,962 62,752 19.85

3 Rotterdam  Netherlands MT 352,563 25,605 7.83

4 Ningbo  China MT 225,850 71,870 46.67

5 Hong Kong China MT 220,879 13,267 6.39

6 Busan  South Korea RT 219,760 57,300 35.27

7 Guangzhou  China MT 215,190 47,470 28.30

8 Tianjin  China MT 206,161 44,341 27.40

9 South Louisiana  United States MT 203,517 23,024 12.76

10 Houston  United States MT 183,419 10,099 5.83

11 Nagoya  Japan FT 182,289 13,911 8.26

12 Chiba  Japan FT 169,254 254 0.15

13 Gwangyang  South Korea RT 165,875 786 0.48

14 Qingdao  China MT 161,650 20,750 14.73

15 Ulsan  South Korea RT 156,517 9,577 6.52

16 Kaohsiung  Republic of China MT 152,468 13,636 9.82

17 Antwerp  Belgium MT 152,327 9,452 6.62

18 Qinhuangdao  China MT 150,320 24,700 19.66

19 Dalian  China MT 145,162 19,142 15.19

20 New York/New Jersey  United States MT 138,328 5,890 4.45

21 Shenzhen  China MT 135,246 47,576 54.27

22 Yokohama  Japan FT 126,960 1,017 0.81

23 Hamburg  Germany MT 114,484 7,948 7.46

24 Incheon  South Korea RT 113,073 -17,945 -13.70

25 Port Hedland  Australia MT 108,500 18,701 20.83

26 Kitakyushu  Japan FT 103,245 14,355 16.15

27 Klang  Malaysia FT 99,911 11,023 12.40

28 Marseille  France MT 94,093 -1,452 -1.52

29 Osaka  Japan FT 93,147 3,460 3.86

30 Tokyo  Japan FT 91,427 2,952 3.34

31 Dampier  Australia MT 87,928 -952 -1.07

32 Kobe  Japan FT 85,661 6,902 8.76

33 Hay Point  Australia MT 85,559 8,013 10.33

34 Richards Bay  South Africa HT 84,954 -2,567 -2.93

35 Tubarão  Brazil MT 84,433 6,812 8.78

36 Newcastle  Australia MT 83,560 848 1.03

37 Beaumont  United States MT 83,243 3,773 4.75

38 Port of Jebel Ali  United Arab Emirates MT 77,380 13,754 21.62

39 Itaqui  Brazil MT 76,958 9,367 13.86

40 Le Havre  France MT 76,175 4,682 6.55

41 Vancouver  Canada MT 73,574 6,847 10.26

42 Amsterdam  Netherlands MT 73,176 7,715 11.79

43 Long Beach  United States MT 72,684 9,868 15.71

44 Corpus Christi, Texas  United States MT 71,648 1,543 2.20

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)[18] +/- from 2003 % change from 2003

45 New Orleans  United States MT 70,886 -5,230 -6.87

46 Huntington  United States MT 70,180 -303 -0.43

47 Santos  Brazil MT 67,609 7,532 12.54

48 Gladstone  Australia MT 63,148 3,487 5.84

49 Texas City  United States MT 61,987    

50 Algeciras  Spain MT 61,294 4,612 8.14

2003

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s) +/- from 2002 % change from 2002

1 Singapore  Singapore FT 347,694 12,538 3.74

2 Rotterdam  Netherlands MT 326,958 5,107 1.59

3 Shanghai  China MT 316,210 77,604 32.52

4 Hong Kong China MT 207,612 15,102 7.84

5 South Louisiana  United States MT 180,493 -15,952 -8.12

6 Houston  United States MT 173,320 12,130 7.52

7 Chiba  Japan FT 169,000 10,071 6.34

8 Nagoya  Japan FT 168,378 10,358 6.55

9 Guangzhou  China MT 167,720 27,325 19.46

10 Gwangyang  South Korea RT 165,089 11,642 7.59

11 Busan  South Korea RT 162,460 18,688 13.00

12 Tianjin  China MT 161,820 32,820 25.44

13 Ningbo  China MT 153,980 3,980 2.65

14 Ulsan  South Korea RT 146,940 -1,472 -0.99

15 Antwerp  Belgium MT 142,875 11,246 8.54

16 Qingdao  China MT 140,900 20,900 17.42

17 Kaohsiung  Republic of China MT 138,832 9,418 7.28

18 New York/New Jersey  United States MT 132,438 10,335 8.46

19 Incheon  South Korea RT 131,018 -15,163 -10.37

20 Dalian  China MT 126,020 18,482 17.19

21 Yokohama  Japan FT 125,943 7,871 6.67

22 Qinhuangdao  China MT 125,620 4,468 3.69

23 Hamburg  Germany MT 106,536 8,264 8.41

24 Marseille  France MT 95,545 3,284 3.56

25 Port Hedland  Australia MT 89,799 8,041 9.84

26 Osaka  Japan FT 89,687 3,188 3.69

27 Kitakyushu  Japan FT 88,890 4,641 5.51

28 Klang  Malaysia FT 88,888 6,617 8.04

29 Dampier  Australia MT 88,880 -3,348 -3.63

30 Tokyo  Japan FT 88,475 5,530 6.67

31 Shenzhen  China MT 87,670 11,788 15.53

32 Richards Bay  South Africa HT 87,521 6,012 7.38

33 Newcastle  Australia MT 82,712 5,825 7.58

34 Beaumont  United States MT 79,470 1,480 1.90

35 Kobe  Japan FT 78,759 158 0.20

36 Tubarão  Brazil MT 77,621 1,756 2.31

37 Hay Point  Australia MT 77,546 2,874 3.85

38 New Orleans  United States MT 76,116 -1,047 -1.36

39 Le Havre  France MT 71,493 3,795 5.61

40 Huntington  United States MT 70,483 -3,107 -4.22

41 Corpus Christi, Texas  United States MT 70,105 4,743 7.26

42 Itaqui  Brazil MT 67,591 2,649 4.08

43 Vancouver  Canada MT 66,727 3,926 6.25

44 Amsterdam  Netherlands MT 65,461 -4,956 -7.04

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s) +/- from 2002 % change from 2002
45 Port of Jebel Ali  United Arab Emirates MT 63,626    

46 Long Beach  United States MT 62,816 1,201 1.95

47 Santos  Brazil MT 60,077 6,603 12.35

48 Gladstone  Australia MT 59,661 5,195 9.54

49 Algeciras  Spain MT 56,682    

50 Grimsby & Immingham  United Kingdom MT 55,931    

2002

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)

1 Singapore  Singapore MT 335,156

2 Rotterdam  Netherlands MT 321,851

3 Shanghai  China MT 238,606

4 South Louisiana  United States MT 196,445

5 Hong Kong China MT 192,510

6 Houston  United States MT 161,190

7 Chiba  Japan FT 158,929

8 Nagoya  Japan FT 158,020

9 Gwangyang  South Korea RT 153,447

10 Ningbo  China MT 150,000

11 Ulsan  South Korea RT 148,412

12 Incheon  South Korea RT 146,181

13 Busan  South Korea RT 143,772

14 Guangzhou  China MT 140,395

15 Antwerp  Belgium MT 131,629

16 Kaohsiung  Taiwan MT 129,414

17 Tianjin  China MT 129,000

18 New York/New Jersey  United States MT 122,103

19 Qinhuangdao  China MT 121,152

20 Qingdao  China MT 120,000

21 Yokohama  Japan FT 118,072

22 Dalian  China MT 107,538

23 Hamburg  Germany MT 98,272

24 Marseille  France MT 92,261

25 Dampier  Australia MT 92,228

26 Osaka  Japan FT 86,499

27 Kitakyushu  Japan FT 84,249

28 Tokyo  Japan FT 82,945

29 Klang  Malaysia FT 82,271

30 Port Hedland  Australia MT 81,758

31 Richards Bay  South Africa MT 81,509

32 Kobe  Japan FT 78,601

33 Beaumont  United States MT 77,990

34 New Orleans  United States MT 77,163

35 Newcastle  Australia MT 76,887

36 Shenzhen  China MT 75,882

37 Tubarão  Brazil MT 75,865

38 Hay Point  Australia MT 74,672

39 Huntington  United States MT 73,590

40 Amsterdam  Netherlands MT 70,417

41 Le Havre  France MT 67,698

42 Corpus Christi  United States MT 65,362

43 Itaqui  Brazil MT 64,942

44 Novorossiysk  Russia MT 63,291

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Rank Port Country Measure Tons (000s)

45 Vancouver  Canada MT 62,801

46 Long Beach  United States MT 61,615

47 Baton Rouge  United States MT 54,997

48 Gladstone  Australia MT 54,466

49 Plaquemines  United States MT 53,661

50 Santos  Brazil MT 53,474

References and notes
1. AAPA World Port Rankings 2016 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202016.xlsx)
2. "Global Port Development Annual Report (2016)" (http://en.sisi-smu.org/index.php?c=article&id=16280).
3. AAPA World Port Rankings 2015 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202015.xlsx)
4. "Global Port Development Annual Report (2015)" (http://en.sisi-smu.org/index.php?c=article&id=14791).
5. AAPA World Port Rankings 2014 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202014.xlsx)
6. "Global Port Development Annual Report (2014)" (http://en.sisi-smu.org/index.php?c=article&id=13692).
7. AAPA World Port Rankings 2013 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Copy%20of%20WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202013.xlsx)
8. "Global Port Development Annual Report (2013)" (http://en.sisi-smu.org/index.php?c=article&id=12261).
9. AAPA World Port Rankings 2012 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202012.pdf)
10. "Global Port Development Annual Report (2012)" (http://en.sisi-smu.org/index.php?c=article&id=11522).
11. AAPA World Port Rankings 2011 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202011.pdf)
12. AAPA World Port Rankings 2010 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202010.pdf)
13. AAPA World Port Rankings 2009 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202009.pdf)
14. AAPA World Port Rankings 2008 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%2020081.pdf)
15. AAPA World Port Rankings 2007 (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLDPORTRANKINGS2007.xls) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/201004
07173222/http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLDPORTRANKINGS2007.xls) April 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
16. AAPA World Port Rankings 2006 (http://www.infoplease.com/business/world-port-ranking.html)
17. AAPA World Port Rankings 2005 (https://web.archive.org/web/20090124111730/http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKING
S%202005.xls) (archive link, was dead)
18. AAPA World Port Rankings 2004 (https://web.archive.org/web/20070106232745/http://www.aapa-ports.org/files/Statistics/WORLD_PORT_RANKINGS_200
4.xls) (archive link, was dead)

AAPA World Port Rankings 2003 (https://web.archive.org/web/20040401134837/http://www.aapa-ports.org/pdf/WORLD_PORT_RANKINGS_2003.xls)

AAPA World Port Rankings 2002 (https://web.archive.org/web/20040401134837/http://www.aapa-ports.org/pdf/WORLD_PORT_RANKINGS_2002.xls)

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