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World Container Ports

20.06.2025
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List of World Container Ports

World ports are an indispensable part of container transportation and serve as the lifeblood of global trade. They contribute to the world economy by loading and unloading millions of tons of container cargo each year. World Container Ports listed ports form important centers of global trade, and their strategic locations play a significant role in commerce.

Container shipping facilitates the instant and reliable transportation of goods and services worldwide, helping to accelerate global trade. In this context, world ports also make a substantial contribution to the development of trade.

They enable the transportation of billions of dollars worth of goods and services each year, making a significant contribution to the growth of the global economy. Therefore, the strategic importance of world ports in container shipping is substantial. 

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Here is the list of container ports worldwide:

Turkey Izmir container ports

Turkey Container Ports: Istanbul Ambarli Port, one of the largest ports. Asyaport port is another important port located between Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli, Trabzon, Mersin, and Samsun. 


A)

United States Container Ports: Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Toledo, Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Canaveral

Germany Hamburg container port

Germany Ports: Karlsruhe, Kiel, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart, Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg

Argentina Ports: La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay

Albania Ports: Shengjin, Vlore, Durres, and Sarande.

Australia Ports: Vienna, Enns, Krems, and Linz.

Azerbaijan Ports: Baku


B)

Bangladesh Ports: Mongla, Narayanganj, Chittagong, and Dhaka

Bahrain Ports: Sitrah, Manama, and Mina Salman

United Arab Emirates Ports: Mina Zayid, Umm al Qaywayn, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Das Island, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Mina Jabal Ali, Mina Khalid, Mina Rashid, Mina Saqr

Belgium Ports: Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnia Samac, Brcko, Orasje, Bosnia Gradiška, Bosnia Brod 

Brazil Ports: Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos, Vitoria, Imbituba, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus

Bulgaria Ports: Varna, Vidin, Nesebar, Ruse, Burgas, Lom


C)

China Ports: Xiamen, Xingang, Yantai, Zhanjiang, Huangpu, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shantou, Tianjin, Hong Kong, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou 

Czech Republic Ports: Usti nad Labem, Decin, and Prague. 


D)

Denmark Ports: Esbjerg, Fredericia, Kolding, Odense, Rønne, Vejle, Aabenraa, Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen


E) 

Estonia Ports: Paldiski, Parnu, Tallinn, Haapsalu, Kunda, Muuga

Indonesia Ports: Makassar, Palembang, Semarang, Surabaya, Cilacap, Cirebon, Jakarta, Kupang


F)

France Ports: Nantes, Paris, Fos, Le Havre, Lyon, Marseille


G)

Georgia Ports: Sukhumi, Batumi, Poti 

South Africa Ports: Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha, Cape Town, Durban, East London

South Korea Ports: Incheon, Gunsan, Masan, Chinhae, Mokpo, Pohang, Busan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu 


H)

Netherlands Rotterdam container port

Netherlands Container Ports: Groningen, Haarlem, Ijmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen, Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven

India Ports: Kandla, Kolkata, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Chennai, Cochin, Jawaharlal Nehru


I)

Iraq Ports: Khawr az Zubayr and Al Basrah, along with Umm Qasr ports. 


İ)

Italy Container Ports: Porto Torres (Sardinia), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice, Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela, Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo, Naples 

Switzerland Ports: Basel

Sweden Ports: Malmo, Solvesborg, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar, Karlshamn, Gavle, Gothenburg, Halmstad 

Spain Ports: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo, Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas, Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Gijon 

Israel Ports: Eilat, Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Ashdod, Ashkelon.

United Kingdom Ports: Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyn, Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe 

 

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