SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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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| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| 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, Luanda, Soyo |
| 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 (2006) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Saint John's |
| Arctic Ocean |
Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US) |
| Argentina |
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin, San Nicolas |
| 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 |
| Bangladesh |
Chittagong, Mongla Port |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
| Belarus |
Mazyr |
| Belgium |
Antwerp, Brussels, Gent, Liege, Oostende, 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 |
Gebig, Itaqui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, San Sebasttiao, Santos, Sepetiba Terminal, Tubarao, Vitoria |
| 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, Preah Seihanu (Sihanoukville) |
| Cameroon |
Douala, Limboh Terminal |
| Canada |
Fraser River Port, Halifax, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec, Saint John's (Newfoundland), Sept-Isles, Vancouver |
| Cape Verde |
Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal |
| Cayman Islands |
Cayman Brac, George Town |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga |
| Chile |
Antofagasta, Arica, Huasco, Iquique, Lirquen, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso |
| China |
Dalian, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai |
| Christmas Island |
Flying Fish Cove |
| Clipperton Island |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Port Refuge |
| Colombia |
Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Muelles El Bosque, Puerto Bolivar, Santa Marta, Turbo |
| Comoros |
Mayotte, Moutsamoudou |
| 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, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro |
| Denmark |
Aalborg, Aarhus, Asnaesvaerkets, Copenhagen, Elsinore, Ensted, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Frederikshavn, Kalundborg, Odense, Roenne |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti |
| Dominica |
Portsmouth, Roseau |
| Dominican Republic |
Boca Chica, Puerto Plata, Rio Haina, Santo Domingo |
| East Timor |
Dili |
| Ecuador |
Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar |
| Egypt |
Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Suez, Zeit |
| El Salvador |
Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
| Eritrea |
Assab, Massawa |
| Estonia |
Kopli, Kuivastu, Muuga, Tallinn, Virtsu |
| Ethiopia |
Ethiopia is landlocked and uses the port of Djibouti |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Stanley |
| Faroe Islands |
Torshavn |
| Fiji |
Lambasa, Lautoka, Suva |
| Finland |
Hamina, Hanko, Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Pori, Porvoo, Raahe, Rauma, Turku |
| France |
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), Bordeaux, Calais, Degrad de Cannes (French Guiana), Dunkerque, Fort-de-France (Martinique), La Pallice, La Trinite (Martinique), Le Havre, Le Port (Reunion), Marin (Martinique), Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe), Rouen, Strasbourg |
| French Polynesia |
Papeete |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Gabon |
Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Owendo, Port-Gentil |
| Gambia, The |
Banjul |
| Gaza Strip |
Gaza |
| Georgia |
Bat'umi, P'ot'i |
| Germany |
Bremen, Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Rostock, Wilhemshaven |
| Ghana |
Takoradi, Tema |
| Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
| Greece |
Agioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Irakleion, Pachi, Piraeus, Thessaloniki |
| Greenland |
Sisimiut |
| Grenada |
Saint George's |
| Guam |
Apra Harbor |
| Guatemala |
Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla |
| Guernsey |
Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson |
| Guinea |
Kamsar |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
| Haiti |
Cap-Haitien |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Honduras |
Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela |
| Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
| Hungary |
Budapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs (2003) |
| Iceland |
Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Hornafjordhur, Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur |
| India |
Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), 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, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang, Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok |
| Iran |
Assaluyeh, Bushehr |
| Iraq |
Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr |
| Ireland |
Cork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford |
| Israel |
Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa |
| Italy |
Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Melilli Oil Terminal, Ravenna, Taranto, Trieste, Venice |
| Jamaica |
Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point |
| Jan Mayen |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Japan |
Chiba, Kawasaki, Kiire, Kisarazu, Kobe, Mizushima, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Yohohama |
| Jersey |
Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier |
| Jordan |
Al 'Aqabah |
| Kazakhstan |
Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk) |
| Kenya |
Mombasa |
| 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, Masan, 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, Chekka, Jounie, Tripoli |
| Liberia |
Buchanan, Monrovia |
| Libya |
As Sidrah, Az Zuwaytinah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Tripoli, Zawiyah |
| Liechtenstein |
none |
| Lithuania |
Klaipeda |
| Luxembourg |
Mertert |
| Macau |
Macau |
| Madagascar |
Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara |
| Malawi |
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba |
| Malaysia |
Bintulu, Johor, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas |
| Maldives |
Male |
| Mali |
Koulikoro |
| Malta |
Marsaxlokk, Valletta |
| Man, Isle of |
Castletown, Douglas, Ramsey |
| Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
| Mauritania |
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis |
| Mayotte |
Dzaoudzi |
| Mexico |
Altamira, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Veracruz |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Tomil Harbor |
| Monaco |
Monaco |
| Montserrat |
Plymouth |
| Morocco |
Agadir, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Nador, Safi, Tangier |
| Mozambique |
Beira, Maputo, Nacala |
| Namibia |
Luderitz, Walvis Bay |
| Nauru |
Nauru |
| Navassa Island |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Netherlands |
Amsterdam, Groningen, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen, Zaanstad |
| Netherlands Antilles |
Bopec Terminal, Fuik Bay, Kralendijk, Willemstad |
| New Caledonia |
Noumea |
| New Zealand |
Auckland, Lyttelton, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei |
| Nicaragua |
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff |
| Niger |
none |
| Nigeria |
Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos, Port Harcourt |
| Niue |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Norfolk Island |
none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Saipan, Tinian |
| Norway |
Borg Havn, Bergen, Mo i Rana, Molde, 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 |
| Panama |
Balboa, Colon, Cristobal |
| Papua New Guinea |
Kimbe, Lae, Rabaul |
| Paracel Islands |
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion |
| Peru |
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries |
| Philippines |
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iligan, Iloilo, Manila, Surigao |
| Pitcairn Islands |
Adamstown (on Bounty Bay) |
| Poland |
Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin |
| Portugal |
Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines |
| Puerto Rico |
Las Mareas, Mayaguez, San Juan |
| Qatar |
Doha |
| Romania |
Braila, Constanta, Galati, Tulcea |
| Russia |
Anapa, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Rostov-na-Donu, Saint Petersburg, Taganrog, Vanino, Vostochnyy |
| Rwanda |
Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre, Charlestown |
| 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 |
| Seychelles |
Victoria |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava, Komarno |
| Slovenia |
Koper |
| Solomon Islands |
Honiara, Malloco Bay, Shortland Harbor, Viru Harbor, Yandina |
| Somalia |
Boosaaso, Berbera, Kismaayo, Merca, Mogadishu |
| South Africa |
Cape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Grytviken |
| Southern Ocean |
McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica |
| Spain |
Algeciras, Barcelona, Cartagena, Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna, Tarragona, Valencia |
| Spratly Islands |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo, Galle |
| Sudan |
Port Sudan |
| Suriname |
Paramaribo |
| Svalbard |
Barentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden |
| Sweden |
Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Oxelosund, Stenungsund, Stockholm, Trelleborg |
| Switzerland |
Basel |
| Syria |
Baniyas, Latakia |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sao Tome |
| Taiwan |
Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Zanzibar City |
| Thailand |
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha |
| Togo |
Kpeme, Lome |
| Tokelau |
none; offshore anchorage only |
| Tonga |
Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain |
| Tunisia |
Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Skhira |
| Turkey |
Aliaga, Ambarli, Eregli, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Toros |
| Turkmenistan |
Turkmenbasy |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
Grand Turk, Providenciales |
| Tuvalu |
Funafuti |
| Uganda |
Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell |
| Ukraine |
Feodosiya, Kerch, Kherson, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni, Yuzhnyy |
| United Arab Emirates |
Al Fujayrah, Khawr Fakkan, Mina' Jabal 'Ali, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina' Zayid, Sharjan |
| United Kingdom |
Hound Point, Immingham, Milford Haven, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Teesport |
| United States |
Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Fray Bentos, Colonia, Juan Lacaze |
| Uzbekistan |
Termiz (Amu Darya) |
| Vanuatu |
Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo) |
| Venezuela |
Amuay, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon |
| Vietnam |
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, Nishtun |
| 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.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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