PortDB
106 seaports and harbors across six continents. From the container giants of East Asia to the historic harbors of the Mediterranean and the bulk ports of the Pilbara, understand where world trade moves.
Key Ports
Shanghai
The busiest container port in the world every year since 2010. The Yangshan Deep Water Port, opened in 2005 across a 32 kilometer ...
Singapore
The busiest transshipment hub on Earth at the tip of the Malay peninsula. Singapore connects every major shipping line through PSA...
Rotterdam
The largest port in Europe for sixty years. Maasvlakte 2, reclaimed land opened in 2013, extended the port into the North Sea with...
Jebel Ali
The flagship of Dubai and the largest man made harbor in the world, opened in 1979. Jebel Ali ranks in the global top ten with abo...
Los Angeles
The busiest container port in North America. Together with neighboring Long Beach it forms the San Pedro Bay complex moving roughl...
Hong Kong
The container pioneer of Asia and the busiest port in the world through much of the 1990s. Kwai Tsing container terminals moved sh...
Port Hedland
The largest bulk export port in the world, shipping over 500 million tonnes a year, mostly Pilbara iron ore to Asian steel mills. ...
Venice
The maritime republic that ruled East Mediterranean trade for five centuries. The Arsenal, the largest industrial complex in Europ...
Miami
The cruise capital of the world, moving about 7 million passengers a year from Biscayne Bay terminals. Royal Caribbean, Carnival, ...
Alexandria
Founded by Alexander in 331 BC, the greatest harbor of the Hellenistic world. The Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders, and...