Top 10 busiest container ports in the world

The 10 busiest container ports in the world are Shanghai, Singapore, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Busan, Tianjin, Hong Kong, and Rotterdam. (Ranking by container throughput in 2022)

Rank Port Country 2022
(TEUs)
2021
(TEUs)
2022 vs 2021
(%)
1 Shanghai China 47,303,000 47,030,300 ↑ 0.6%
2 Singapore Singapore 37,289,600 37,571,200 ↓ 0.7%
3 Ningbo-Zhoushan China 33,351,000 31,070,000 ↑ 7.3%
4 Shenzhen China 30,036,200 28,767,600 ↑ 4.4%
5 Qingdao China 25,670,000 23,710,000 ↑ 8.3%
6 Guangzhou China 24,857,600 24,466,500 ↑ 1.6%
7 Busan South Korea 22,071,862 22,706,130 ↓ 2.8%
8 Tianjin China 21,021,300 20,269,400 ↑ 3.7%
9 Hong Kong China 16,685,000 17,798,000 ↓ 6.3%
10 Rotterdam Netherlands 14,455,000 15,300,000 ↓ 5.5%

Top 10 busiest container ports in China

The 10 busiest container ports in China are Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, and Suzhou. (Ranking by container throughput in 2022)

Rank Port City 2022
(TEUs)
2021
(TEUs)
2022 vs 2021
(%)
1 Shanghai Shanghai 47,303,000 47,030,300 ↑ 0.6%
2 Ningbo-Zhoushan Ningbo 33,351,000 31,070,000 ↑ 7.3%
3 Shenzhen Shenzhen 30,036,200 28,767,600 ↑ 4.4%
4 Qingdao Qingdao 25,670,000 23,710,000 ↑ 8.3%
5 Guangzhou Guangzhou 24,857,600 24,466,500 ↑ 1.6%
6 Tianjin Tianjin 21,021,300 20,269,400 ↑ 3.7%
7 Hong Kong Hong Kong 16,685,000 17,798,000 ↓ 6.3%
8 Xiamen Xiamen 12,434,700 12,045,700 ↑ 3.2%
9 Kaohsiung Kaohsiung 9,491,615 9,864,438 ↓ 3.8%
10 Suzhou Suzhou 9,079,900 8,114,900 ↑ 11.9%

Top 10 busiest container ports in the USA

The 10 busiest container ports in the USA are Los Angeles, New York & New Jersey, Long Beach, Savannah, Houston, Virginia, Northwest Seaport Alliance (Seattle and Tacoma), South Carolina Ports (Charleston, Georgetown, Greer, Dillon), Oakland, and Jacksonville. (Ranking by container throughput in 2022)

Rank Port State 2022
(TEUs)
2021
(TEUs)
2022 vs 2021
(%)
1 Los Angeles California 9,911,158 10,677,609 ↓ 7.2%
2 New York & New Jersey New York 9,493,664 8,985,931 ↑ 5.7%
3 Long Beach California 9,133,657 9,384,368 ↓ 2.7%
4 Savannah Georgia 5,892,131 5,613,163 ↑ 5.0%
5 Houston Texas 3,974,901 3,453,226 ↑ 15.1%
6 Virginia Virginia 3,703,230 3,522,834 ↑ 5.1%
7 Northwest Seaport Alliance (Seattle and Tacoma) Washington 3,384,019 3,736,206 ↓ 9.4%
8 South Carolina Ports (Charleston, Georgetown, Greer, Dillon) South Carolina 2,792,313 2,751,442 ↑ 1.5%
9 Oakland California 2,337,607 2,448,553 ↓ 4.5%
10 Jacksonville Florida 1,298,132 1,407,310 ↓ 7.8%

Top 10 busiest container ports in Europe

The 10 busiest container ports in Europe are Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Valencia, Piraeus, Algeciras, Bremerhaven, Barcelona, Gioia Tauro, and Felixstowe. (Ranking by container throughput in 2022)

Rank Port Country 2022
(TEUs)
2021
(TEUs)
2022 vs 2021
(%)
1 Rotterdam Netherlands 14,455,000 15,300,000 ↓ 5.5%
2 Antwerp Belgium 13,484,035 14,223,508 ↓ 5.2%
3 Hamburg Germany 8,261,977 8,715,000 ↓ 5.2%
4 Valencia Spain 5,052,272 5,604,478 ↓ 9.9%
5 Piraeus Greece 5,000,948 5,311,775 ↓ 5.9%
6 Algeciras Spain 4,767,282 4,799,497 ↓ 0.7%
7 Bremerhaven Germany 4,572,866 5,018,899 ↓ 8.9%
8 Barcelona Spain 3,522,944 3,532,351 ↓ 0.3%
9 Gioia Tauro Italy 2,337,607 3,146,553 ↑ 7.4%
10 Felixstowe United Kingdom 3,300,000 3,700,000 ↓ 10.8%