The world’s busiest container port tracked by the Magna Factbook is Shanghai (China) at 47,030,300 TEU (2021). The top five are Shanghai (China), Singapore (Singapore), Ningbo (China), Shenzhen (China), Guangzhou (China). Full per-port pages with country transport files are below.
| Port (country) | Throughput |
|---|---|
| <strong>Shanghai</strong> (China) | 47,030,300 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Singapore</strong> (Singapore) | 37,470,000 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Ningbo</strong> (China) | 31,070,000 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Shenzhen</strong> (China) | 28,767,600 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Guangzhou</strong> (China) | 24,180,000 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Qingdao</strong> (China) | 23,710,000 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Tianjin</strong> (China) | 20,269,400 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Rotterdam</strong> (Netherlands) | 15,300,000 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Xiamen</strong> (China) | 12,045,700 TEU (2021) |
| <strong>Antwerp</strong> (Belgium) | 12,020,000 TEU (2021) |
