Top 15 Largest Seaports of the World


rank name of port country total cargo (metric tons)
2009		 total cargo (metric tons)
2010
1. Shanghai China 590,000,000 650,000,000
2. Ningbo-Zhoushan China 570,000,000 627,000,000
3. Singapore Singapore 434,500,000 463,074,600
4. Rotterdam Netherlands 387,000,000 429,900,000
5. Tianjin China 380,000,000 408,000,000
6. Guangzhou China 375,000,000 400,000,000
7. Qingdao China 315,500,000 350,100,000
8. Dalian China 203,700,000 300,800,000
9. Hong Kong China 242,967,000 267,815,000
10. Qinhuangdao China 243,850,000 257,000,000
11. Busan South Korea 208,100,000 241,132,000
12. Houston USA 155,500,000 225,000,000
13. South Louisiana USA 195,555,000 223,310,000
14. Shenzhen China 194,000,000 221,000,000
15. Rizhao China 181,310,000 221,000,000
source: various.
note: some ports use freight tons (volume measurement), others revenue tons and again others metric tons (weight), above all are converted (where necessary) to metric tons. To get from freight ton (FT) to metric ton (MT) FT was multiplied by 0.920.

Top 15 Largest Containerports of the World


rank name of port country total TEU
2009		 total TEU
2010
1. Shanghai China 25,002,000 29,069,000
2. Singapore Singapore 25,866,600 28,431,100
3. Hong Kong China 21,040,000 23,699,000
4. Shenzhen China 18,250,000 22,510,000
5. Ningbo-Zhoushan China 10,503,000 13,144,000
6. Busan South Korea 11,980,325 12,946,722
7. Guangzhou China 11,190,000 12,550,000
8. Qingdao China 10,260,000 12,012,000
9. Dubai UAE 11,124,000 11,600,000
10. Rotterdam Netherlands 9,743,000 11,146,000
11. Tianjin China 8,700,000 10,080,000
12. Kaohsiung Taiwan 8,581,000 9,181,211
13. Port Klang Malaysia 7,300,000 8,900,000
14. Antwerp Belgium 7,309,639 8,468,000
15. Hamburg Germany 7,008,000 7,896,000
source: various.
note: units are in TEU's (Twenty Feet-Equivalent-Units).