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Latest Lloyd’s List Container Port Rankings

Shanghai#1
Singapore#2
Ningbo-Zhoushan#3
Shenzhen#4
Qingdao#5
Guangzhou#6
Busan#7
Tianjin#8
Dubai#9
Port Klang#10
Ports of Johor#11
Rotterdam#12

Each wedge is one entry; longer wedges indicate a higher source rank.

ShanghaiChina

SingaporeSingapore

Ningbo-ZhoushanChina

ShenzhenChina

QingdaoChina

GuangzhouChina

BusanSouth Korea

TianjinChina

DubaiUnited Arab Emirates

Port KlangMalaysia

#10

Ports of JohorMalaysia

#11

RotterdamThe Netherlands

#12

Antwerp-BrugesBelgium

#13

Hong KongChina

#14

XiamenChina

#15

Tanger MedMorocco

#16

Laem ChabangThailand

#17

Los AngelesUnited States

#18

SuzhouChina

#19

Beibu GulfChina

#20

Long BeachUnited States

#21

Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam

#22

New York / New JerseyUnited States

#23

KaohsiungTaiwan

#24

MundraIndia

#25

Hai PhongVietnam

#26

HamburgGermany

#27

Tanjung PriokIndonesia

#28

ColomboSri Lanka

#29

Jawaharlal NehruIndia

#30

Cai MepVietnam

#31

RizhaoChina

#32

LianyungangChina

#33

Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates

#34

ManilaPhilippines

#35

SantosBrazil

#36

YingkouChina

#37

ColónPanama

#38

SavannahUnited States

#39

ValenciaSpain

#40

YantaiChina

#41

DalianChina

#42

Port SaidEgypt

#43

BremerhavenGermany

#44

TokyoJapan

#45

AlgecirasSpain

#46

PiraeusGreece

#47

Gioia TauroItaly

#48

Tanjung Perak (Surabaya)Indonesia

#49

SalalahOman

#50

Highlights

In the 2026 edition, Lloyd’s List ranked Shanghai first, followed by Singapore and Ningbo-Zhoushan.

The public edition gives the order of 100 ports; it does not publish their exact throughput figures.

Source: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Container Ports 2026, 2025.

Source: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Container Ports 2026 · entered by hand Oct 19, 2026

About this ranking

Latest published data · 2026

Source: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Container Ports 2026 ↗
Reference period: 2025Dataset updated Oct 19, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: The official annual order of the world’s 100 busiest container ports. The publisher does not make exact throughput figures public on the free edition page.
Unit: Rank
Coverage & value range: Global entities · 100 listed portsAcross 46 country/territory labelsValues: #1 to #100
Ranking direction: Lowest value first (ascending)#1 is the lowest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: Official annual port order for the 2025 throughput year. Lloyd’s List publishes the ordered top 100 publicly; exact throughput figures are available only to subscribers. Values here are rank positions, where 1 is busiest.

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

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