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World’s Busiest Container Ports by Throughput (2024)

Shanghai51.5M TEU
Singapore41.1M TEU
Ningbo-Zhoushan39.3M TEU
Shenzhen33.4M TEU
Qingdao30.9M TEU
Guangzhou26.1M TEU
Busan24.4M TEU
Tianjin23.3M TEU
Jebel Ali (Dubai)15.5M TEU
Port Klang14.6M TEU
Rotterdam13.8M TEU
Hong Kong13.7M TEU

Each wedge is one entry; longer wedges indicate higher values.

ShanghaiChina

51.5M TEU

SingaporeSingapore

41.1M TEU

Ningbo-ZhoushanChina

39.3M TEU

ShenzhenChina

33.4M TEU

QingdaoChina

30.9M TEU

GuangzhouChina

26.1M TEU

BusanSouth Korea

24.4M TEU

TianjinChina

23.3M TEU

Jebel Ali (Dubai)United Arab Emirates

15.5M TEU

Port KlangMalaysia

14.6M TEU

RotterdamNetherlands

13.8M TEU

Hong KongChina

13.7M TEU

Antwerp-BrugesBelgium

13.5M TEU

Tanjung PelepasMalaysia

12.3M TEU

XiamenChina

12.3M TEU

Los AngelesUnited States

10.3M TEU

Tanger-MedMorocco

10.2M TEU

Taicang (Suzhou)China

9.7M TEU

Laem ChabangThailand

9.6M TEU

Long BeachUnited States

9.6M TEU

Highlights

In the 2024 edition, Lloyd’s List ranked Shanghai first, followed by Singapore and Ningbo-Zhoushan.

The public edition gives the order of 20 ports; it does not publish their exact throughput figures.

Source: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports 2025 via Visual Capitalist, 2024.

Source: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports 2025 via Visual Capitalist · entered by hand Oct 20, 2026

About this ranking

Historical data · 2024

Source: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports 2025 via Visual Capitalist ↗
Reference period: 2024Dataset updated Oct 20, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: The 20 busiest container ports by 2024 throughput, measured in millions of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
Unit: million TEUs
Coverage & value range: Global entities · 20 listed portsValues: 9.6M TEU to 51.5M TEU
Ranking direction: Highest value first (descending)#1 is the highest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: Visual Capitalist reports 2024 container throughput from the Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports 2025 database. Values are millions of TEUs. Countries are shown for context; Hong Kong is listed under China in the source table.

Coverage describes this list, not necessarily the full population. Missing entries do not imply a value of zero. Collection & methodology →

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