Six of the world's ten busiest ports are in China
Containers handled in 2025, million TEU, at the world's ten busiest container ports.
Shanghai handled more boxes than any port on earth, first for a 16th straight year.
Chinese ports fill six places in the top ten and handle 219m TEU between them.
Share of the top ten's combined 320m TEU that moved through Chinese ports.
the numbers
| Throughput, 2025 (m TEU) | |
|---|---|
| Shanghai, China | 55.1 |
| Singapore | 44.7 |
| Ningbo-Zhoushan, China | 43.9 |
| Shenzhen, China | 35.4 |
| Qingdao, China | 32.9 |
| Guangzhou, China | 28.1 |
| Busan, South Korea | 24.9 |
| Tianjin, China | 24.0 |
| Dubai (Jebel Ali), UAE | 15.6 |
| Port Klang, Malaysia | 15.1 |
source notes & method
Secondary sourcing: Lloyd's List tables are paywalled; values are as reported by WION and DredgeWire quoting Visual Capitalist's compilation of Lloyd's List 2026 rankings. Top five cross-checked with DynaLiners figures (Shanghai 55.06m, Singapore 44.66m, Ningbo 43.87m, Shenzhen 35.41m, Qingdao 32.89m, via Container News) and Shanghai government (16th year at No 1). Hong Kong (12th) is counted separately from mainland China. Totals and 69% share derived by progrss.
Published 26 Sep 2026
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