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Major Container Ports of the World

Container shipping moves the majority of the world’s manufactured goods. These ports are recorded in the World Port Index as offering container-handling facilities, ranked by their charted channel and berth depth — a useful proxy for the size of container vessel they can accommodate.

  1. 1
    Port of Male
    MVMCPMaldives
    35 m
    Channel/berth
  2. 2
    Port of Chi-Lung
    TWKELTaiwan
    26 m
    Channel/berth
  3. 3
    Port of Aasiaat
    GLJEGGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  4. 4
    Port of Bergen
    NOBGONorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  5. 5
    Port of Cumana (Puerto Sucre)
    VECUMVenezuela
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  6. 6
    Port of Dos Bocas Terminal
    MXDBTMexico
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  7. 7
    Port of Glomfjord
    NOGLONorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  8. 8
    Port of Hammerfest
    NOHFTNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  9. 9
    Port of Kajalleq Upernavik
    GLJUVGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  10. 10
    Port of Kirkenes
    NOKKNNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  11. 11
    Port of Larvik
    NOLARNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  12. 12
    Port of Maloy
    NOMAYNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  13. 13
    Port of Maniitsoq
    GLJSUGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  14. 14
    Port of Mo I Rana
    NOMQNNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  15. 15
    Port of Molde
    NOMOLNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  16. 16
    Port of Nanortalik Havn
    GLJNNGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  17. 17
    Port of Narsaq
    GLJNSGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  18. 18
    Port of Narsarssuaq
    GLUAKGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  19. 19
    Port of Provideniya
    RUPVSRussia
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  20. 20
    Port of Qeqertarsuaq
    GLJGOGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  21. 21
    Port of Rabaul
    PGRABPapua New Guinea
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  22. 22
    Port of Roseau
    DMRSUDominica
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  23. 23
    Port of Santa Marta
    COSMRColombia
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  24. 24
    Port of Sisimiut
    GLJHSGreenland
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  25. 25
    Port of Stavanger
    NOSVGNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  26. 26
    Port of Sunndalsora
    NOSUNNorway
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  27. 27
    Port of Suva Harbor
    FJSUVFiji
    23.2 m
    Channel/berth
  28. 28
    Port of Arendal
    NOARENorway
    21.6 m
    Channel/berth
  29. 29
    Port of Basseterre
    KNBASSaint Kitts and Nevis
    21.6 m
    Channel/berth
  30. 30
    Port of El Guamache
    VEEGUVenezuela
    21.6 m
    Channel/berth
  31. 31
    Port of Philipsburg
    SXPHISint Maarten
    21.6 m
    Channel/berth
  32. 32
    Port of Andoany
    Madagascar
    20.1 m
    Channel/berth
  33. 33
    Port of Bodo
    NOBOONorway
    20.1 m
    Channel/berth
  34. 34
    Port of Puerto Progreso
    MXPGOMexico
    20 m
    Channel/berth
  35. 35
    Port of Duqm
    OMDQMOman
    19 m
    Channel/berth
  36. 36
    Port of Richards Bay
    ZARCBSouth Africa
    19 m
    Channel/berth
  37. 37
    Port of Vishakhapatnam
    INNRPIndia
    19 m
    Channel/berth
  38. 38
    Port of Vladivostok
    RUVVORussia
    19 m
    Channel/berth
  39. 39
    Port of Chennai (Madras)
    INMAAIndia
    18.6 m
    Channel/berth
  40. 40
    Port of Dampier
    AUDAMAustralia
    18.6 m
    Channel/berth
  41. 41
    Port of Darwin
    AUDRWAustralia
    18.6 m
    Channel/berth
  42. 42
    Port of Kota Baru
    IDKBUIndonesia
    18.6 m
    Channel/berth
  43. 43
    Port of Nuuk
    GLGOHGreenland
    18.6 m
    Channel/berth
  44. 44
    Port of Mina Raysut
    OMSLLOman
    18.5 m
    Channel/berth
  45. 45
    Port Of Sohar
    OMSOHOman
    18.5 m
    Channel/berth
  46. 46
    Port of Belize City
    BZBZEBelize
    18.2 m
    Channel/berth
  47. 47
    Port of Colombo
    LKCMBSri Lanka
    18 m
    Channel/berth
  48. 48
    Port of Newcastle
    AUNTLAustralia
    17.7 m
    Channel/berth
  49. 49
    Port of Kao-Hsiung
    TWKHHTaiwan
    17.6 m
    Channel/berth
  50. 50
    Port of Mundra
    INMUNIndia
    17.5 m
    Channel/berth
  51. 51
    Port of Muuga-Port of Tallin
    EEMUGEstonia
    17.2 m
    Channel/berth
  52. 52
    Port of Cap Haitien
    HTCAPHaiti
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  53. 53
    Port of Djibouti
    DJJIBDjibouti
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  54. 54
    Port of Kingston
    JMKINJamaica
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  55. 55
    Port of Port Hedland
    AUPHEAustralia
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  56. 56
    Port of Puerto Bolivar
    COPBOColombia
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  57. 57
    Port of St John's
    CASJFCanada
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  58. 58
    Port of Tarabulus
    LBKYELebanon
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  59. 59
    Port of Vardo
    NOVAONorway
    17.1 m
    Channel/berth
  60. 60
    Port of Bandar Abbas
    IRBNDIran
    17 m
    Channel/berth

Rankings are derived from depth figures in the public-domain NGA World Port Index and are for general reference only. Browse the full directory of ports or explore other lists below.

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