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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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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.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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