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Afghanistan Kheyrabad, Shir Khan
Albania Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore
Algeria Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda
American Samoa Pago Pago
Angola Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Namibe
Anguilla Blowing Point, Road Bay
Antarctica there are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica; most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and helicopters; a few stations have a basic wharf facility; US coastal stations include McMurdo (77 51 S, 166 40 E), and Palmer (64 43 S, 64 03 W); government use only except by permit (see Permit Office under "Legal System"); all ships at port are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty; offshore anchorage is sparse and intermittent; relevant legal instruments and authorization procedures adopted by the states parties to the Antarctic Treaty regulating access to the Antarctic Treaty area, to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees of latitude south, have to be complied with (see "Legal System"); The Hydrographic Committee on Antarctica (HCA), a special hydrographic commission of International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), is responsible for hydrographic surveying and nautical charting matters in Antarctic Treaty area; it coordinates and facilitates provision of accurate and appropriate charts and other aids to navigation in support of safety of navigation in region; membership of HCA is open to any IHO Member State whose government has acceded to the Antarctic Treaty and which contributes resources and/or data to IHO Chart coverage of the area; members of HCA are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, NZ, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and the UK
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's
Arctic Ocean Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
Argentina Arroyo Seco, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin
Aruba Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
Ashmore and Cartier Islands none; offshore anchorage only
Atlantic Ocean Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
Australia Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
Austria Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku (Baki)
Bahamas, The Freeport, Nassau, South Riding Point
Bahrain Mina' Salman, Sitrah
Baker Island none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Bangladesh Chittagong, Mongla Port
Barbados Bridgetown
Bassas da India none; offshore anchorage only
Belarus Mazyr
Belgium Antwerp, Gent, Liege, Zeebrugge
Belize Belize City, Big Creek
Benin Cotonou
Bermuda Hamilton, Saint George
Bolivia Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border); Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje
Bouvet Island none; offshore anchorage only
Brazil Guaiba, Ilha Grande, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands Road Town
Brunei Lumut, Muara, Seria
Bulgaria Burgas, Varna
Burma Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe
Burundi Bujumbura
Cambodia Phnom Penh, Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville)
Cameroon Douala, Limboh Terminal
Canada Fraser River Port, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec City, Saint John (New Brunswick), Sept-Isles, Vancouver
Cape Verde Porto Grande
Cayman Islands Cayman Brac, George Town
Central African Republic Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga
Chile Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso
China Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin
Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove
Clipperton Island none; offshore anchorage only
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Port Refuge
Colombia Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo
Comoros Mayotte, Mutsamudu
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka
Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville, Djeno, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire
Cook Islands Avatiu
Coral Sea Islands none; offshore anchorage only
Costa Rica Caldera, Puerto Limon
Croatia Omisalj, Ploce, Rijeka, Sibenik, Vukovar (on Danube)
Cuba Cienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas
Cyprus area under government control: Larnaca, Limassol, Vasilikos; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: Famagusta, Kyrenia
Czech Republic Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan, Espoir, San-Pedro
Denmark Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Ensted, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Kalundborg
Djibouti Djibouti
Dominica Portsmouth, Roseau
Dominican Republic Boca Chica, Caucedo, Puerto Plata, Rio Haina, Santo Domingo
East Timor Dili
Ecuador Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Manta, Puerto Bolivar
Egypt Ayn Sukhnah, Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Sidi Kurayr, Suez
El Salvador Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco
Equatorial Guinea Bata, Malabo
Eritrea Assab, Massawa
Estonia Kuivastu, Kunda, Muuga, Tallinn, Virtsu
Ethiopia Ethiopia is landlocked and uses ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia
Europa Island none; offshore anchorage only
European Union Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Braila (Romania), Bremen (Germany), Burgas (Bulgaria), Constanta (Romania), Copenhagen (Denmark), Galati (Romania), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Naples (Italy), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Riga (Latvia), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden), Talinn (Estonia), Tulcea (Romania), Varna (Bulgaria)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Stanley
Faroe Islands Torshavn, Vagur
Fiji Lautoka, Suva
Finland Hamina, Helsinki, Kokkola, Kotka, Naantali, Pori, Raahe, Rauma, Turku
France Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg
French Guiana Degrad des Cannes
French Polynesia Papeete
French Southern and Antarctic Lands none; offshore anchorage only
Gabon Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Port-Gentil
Gambia, The Banjul
Gaza Strip Gaza
Georgia Bat'umi, P'ot'i
Germany Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck, Rostock, Wilhemshaven
Ghana Tema
Gibraltar Gibraltar
Glorioso Islands none; offshore anchorage only
Greece Agioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Pachi, Piraeus, Thessaloniki
Greenland Sisimiut
Grenada Saint George's
Guadeloupe Basse-Terre, Gustavia, Pointe-a-Pitre
Guam Apra Harbor
Guatemala Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla
Guernsey Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Guinea Conakry, Kamsar
Guinea-Bissau Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Guyana Georgetown
Haiti Cap-Haitien
Heard Island and McDonald Islands none; offshore anchorage only
Honduras La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Howland Island none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Iceland Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik
India Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mormugao, Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam
Indian Ocean Chennai (Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India) Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (South Africa)
Indonesia Banjarmasin, Belawan, Ciwandan, Kotabaru, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang, Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok
Iran Assaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e-Eman Khomeyni
Iraq Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr
Ireland Cork, Dublin, Shannon Foynes
Israel Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa
Italy Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Ravenna, Sarroch, Taranto, Trieste, Venice
Jamaica Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point
Jan Mayen none; offshore anchorage only
Japan Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yohohama
Jarvis Island none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island
Jersey Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Johnston Atoll Johnston Island
Jordan Al 'Aqabah
Juan de Nova Island none; offshore anchorage only
Kazakhstan Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Kenya Mombasa
Kingman Reef none; offshore anchorage only
Kiribati Betio
Korea, North Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan
Korea, South Inch'on, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan
Kuwait Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi
Kyrgyzstan Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)
Latvia Riga, Ventspils
Lebanon Beirut, Tripoli
Liberia Buchanan, Monrovia
Libya As Sidrah, Az Zuwaytinah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Tripoli, Zawiyah
Lithuania Klaipeda
Luxembourg Mertert
Macau Macau
Madagascar Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Malawi Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Malaysia Bintulu, Johor Bahru, Kuantan, Labuan, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas
Maldives Male
Mali Koulikoro
Malta Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta
Man, Isle of Douglas, Ramsey
Marshall Islands Majuro
Martinique Fort-de-France, La Trinite, Marin
Mauritania Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mayotte Dzaoudzi
Mexico Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Veracruz
Micronesia, Federated States of Tomil Harbor
Midway Islands Sand Island
Monaco Monaco
Montenegro Bar
Montserrat Little Bay, Plymouth
Morocco Agadir, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Safi
Mozambique Beira, Maputo, Nacala
Namibia Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Nauru Nauru
Navassa Island none; offshore anchorage only
Netherlands Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen
Netherlands Antilles Bopec Terminal, Willemstad
New Caledonia Noumea
New Zealand Auckland, Lyttelton, Marsden Point, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei
Nicaragua Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff
Nigeria Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos
Niue none; offshore anchorage only
Norfolk Island none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
Northern Mariana Islands Saipan, Tinian
Norway Bergen, Borg Havn, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Oslo, Sture
Oman Mina' Qabus, Salalah
Pacific Ocean Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-hsiung (Taiwan), Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
Pakistan Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim
Palau Koror
Palmyra Atoll West Lagoon
Panama Balboa, Colon, Cristobal
Papua New Guinea Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak
Paracel Islands small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded
Paraguay Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Peru Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries
Philippines Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila, Nasipit Harbor
Pitcairn Islands Adamstown (on Bounty Bay)
Poland Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin
Portugal Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines
Puerto Rico Guayanilla, Mayaguez, San Juan
Qatar Doha, Ra's Laffan
Romania Braila, Constanta, Galati, Tulcea
Russia Azov, Kaliningrad, Kavkaz, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Primorsk, Saint Petersburg, Vostochnyy
Rwanda Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Réunion Le Port
Saint Helena Georgetown (on Ascension), Jamestown
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Castries, Cul-de-Sac, Vieux-Fort
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
Samoa Apia
Saudi Arabia Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Senegal Dakar
Serbia and Montenegro Bar
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Bratislava, Komarno
Slovenia Koper
Solomon Islands Honiara, Malloco Bay, Viru Harbor
Somalia Berbera, Kismaayo
South Africa Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Grytviken
Spain Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, Valencia
Spratly Islands none; offshore anchorage only
Sri Lanka Colombo
Sudan Port Sudan
Suriname Paramaribo, Wageningen
Svalbard Barentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden
Sweden Brofjorden, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Lulea, Malmo, Stenungsund, Stockholm, Trelleborg, Visby
Switzerland Basel
Syria Latakia, Tartus
São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tome
Taiwan Chilung (Keelung), Kaohsiung, Taichung
Tanzania Dar es Salaam
Thailand Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha
Togo Kpeme, Lome
Tokelau none; offshore anchorage only
Tonga Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain
Tromelin Island none; offshore anchorage only
Tunisia Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Rades, Sfax, Skhira
Turkey Aliaga, Diliskelesi, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mercin Limani, Nemrut Limani
Turkmenistan Turkmenbasy
Turks and Caicos Islands Grand Turk, Providenciales
Tuvalu Funafuti
Uganda Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
Ukraine Feodosiya, Kerch, Kherson, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Yuzhnyy
United Arab Emirates Mina' Zayid (Abu Dhabi), Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah), Khawr Fakkan (Sharjah)
United Kingdom Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England), Forth Ports, Hound Point (Scotland), Milford Haven (Wales)
United States Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City
Uruguay Montevideo
Uzbekistan Termiz (Amu Darya)
Vanuatu Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)
Venezuela La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
Vietnam Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City
Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie, Limetree Bay
Wake Island none; two offshore anchorages for large ships
Wallis and Futuna Leava, Mata-Utu
Western Sahara Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
Yemen Aden, Hudaydah, Mukalla
Zambia Mpulungu
Zimbabwe Binga, Kariba
DEFINITION: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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