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Busiest Ports in the World

This list features the busiest ports in the world by total cargo capacity - (measured in TEU - twenty-foot equivalent unit) - in 2024.

RANK	PORT	TEU (cargo capacity)	COUNTRY
1	Shanghai	51.51 million	China
2	Singapore	41.12 million	Singapore
3	Ningbo-Zhoushan	39.30 million	China
4	Shenzhen	33.40 million	China
5	Qingdao	30.87 million	China
6	Guangzhou	26.07 million	China
7	Busan	24.40 million	South Korea
8	Tianjin	23.29 million	China
9	Jebel Ali	15.54 million	United Arab Emirates
10	Hong Kong	13.69 million	China
11	Klang	14.64 million	Malaysia
12	Rotterdam	13.82 million	Netherlands
13	Xiamen	12.26 million	China
14	Antwerp	13.50 million	Belgium
15	Tanjung Pelepas	12.25 million	Malaysia
16	Los Angeles	10.30 million	United States
17	Tanger Med	10.24 million	Morocco
18	Suzhou	9.67 million	China
19	Long Beach	9.65 million	United States
20	Laem Chabang	9.55 million	Thailand

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References

World Shipping Council, 2023. Top 50 ports. [online] Available at: https://www.worldshipping.org/top-50-container-ports (Accessed 1 December 2025). Visual Capitalist, 2023. Busiest ports in the world. [online] Available at: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/busiest-ports-in-the-world/ (Accessed 1 December 2025). GoComet, 2023. Top 15 busiest ports in the world. [online] Available at: https://www.gocomet.com/blog/top-15-busiest-ports-in-the-world-gocomet/ (Accessed 1 December 2025). Tec Container Solutions, 2024. Busiest ports in the world. [online] Available at: https://teccontainersolutions.com/2024/03/busiest-ports-in-the-world/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).

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