Bulk Ports

The largest bulk export port in the world, shipping over 500 million tonnes a year, mostly Pilbara iron ore to Asian steel mills. ...

The second great Pilbara iron ore harbor, exporting around 170 million tonnes a year through Rio Tinto terminals. Dampier is also ...

The largest coal export port in the world, shipping around 150 million tonnes a year from Hunter Valley mines. In 2007 the bulk ca...

The industrial powerhouse of Queensland, exporting around 120 million tonnes of coal plus LNG from three Curtis Island plants. Har...

Spread along 87 miles of the lower Mississippi, the largest port in the United States by tonnage with around 240 million tonnes of...

The fastest growing crude oil export port in the United States, loading supertankers with around 200 million tonnes of petroleum a...

The Vale iron ore complex at Vitoria, opened in 1966 to ship Minas Gerais ore. Around 100 million tonnes a year of ore and pellets...

The coal and bulk giant of South Africa, opened in 1976. The Richards Bay Coal Terminal is among the largest in the world, exporti...

The deepest natural port in southern Africa, exporting iron ore since 1976 over the 861 kilometer Sishen railway. Around 60 millio...

The Arctic iron ore port of Norway, ice free all year thanks to a branch of the Gulf Stream. Ore trains have rolled down the Ofote...

The largest city inside the Arctic Circle and the largest Russian port in the Arctic, ice free year round thanks to the North Atla...

The main Russian port on the Black Sea, moving over 100 million tonnes a year of grain, crude, and containers. The notorious bora ...

The largest port on the Black Sea, handling around 90 million tonnes a year. The Danube Black Sea Canal, opened in 1984, links riv...

The great grain port of Ukraine, founded in 1794 as the Russian Empire window to the south. Odesa and nearby Pivdennyi shipped gra...

The Houston Ship Channel, opened as a deepwater channel in 1914, runs some 80 kilometers from Galveston Bay to the city and is lin...

Founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 600 BC as Massalia, Marseille has been the main French gateway to the Mediterranean ...