List of world's busiest port regions

This is a list of the World's busiest port regions, identified by regions of intense port activity typically concentrated around key economic centres. Several of the world's ports are managed or operated as distinct ports despite their geographical proximity, and many serve a single city or urban area.

Region

Ports

Gross tonnage handled

Total

Yangtze River Delta, People's Republic of China

Port of Shanghai (Waigaoqiao, Yangshan)

443,000

863,920

Port of Ningbo

268,000

Port of Suzhou

152,920

Holland-Antwerp, Belgium/Netherlands

Port of Amsterdam

73,176

578,066

Port of Antwerp

152,327

Port of Rotterdam

352,563

Pearl River Delta, People's Republic of China

Port of Guangzhou

215,190

571,315

Port of Hong Kong

220,879

Port of Shenzhen

135,246

Bohai Bay, People's Republic of China

Port of Dalian

145,162

512,973

Port of Qingdao

161,650

Port of Tianjin

206,161

Singapore Strait, Singapore/Malaysia

Johor Port

28,290

Port of Singapore

393,418

Port of Tanjung Pelepas

Osaka Bay, Japan

Port of Kobe

185,781

467,986

Port of Osaka

141,808

Port of Sakai-Senboku

72,750

Port of Wakayama-Shimotsu

39,018

Others (Himeji,Nishinomiya,Hannan])

28,629

Tokyo Bay, Japan

Chiba Port

169,254

Port of Kawasaki

Port of Tokyo

91,427

Port of Yokohama

126,960

Port of Yokosuka

New Orleans area, Louisiana, United States

Port of Baton Rouge

Port of New Orleans

70,886

Port of South Louisiana

203,517

Los Angeles, California, United States

Port of Long Beach

72,684

Port of Los Angeles

See also

  • World's busiest port by cargo tonnage
  • World's busiest port by shipping tonnage
  • World's busiest container port
  • World's busiest transshipment port
  • World's busiest bunkering port
  • World's busiest port by cargo value
  • World's busiest port by area
  • List of seaports