World’s Busiest Port, Ships and Cargo Wise

busiest sea port

The world’s two busiest sea ports based on shipping and cargo tonnage are the Port of Shanghai and the Port of Singapore respectively. For several years, the record on busiest port by cargo tonnage was held by Port of Rotterdam, but Port of Shanghai yank the record in 2005. Thanks to the booming economy in Asia, the region now holds the record of busiest ports serving thousands of ships and hundreds of metric tons of cargo yearly in Singapore Port and Shanghai Port. Ships come from and go to other key ports in the world from these two ports.

Busiest port by shipping tonnage

singapore port

Since 2005, Port of Singapore held the world’s busiest hub handling 1.15 billion gross shipping tons. In 2010, Singapore received more than 130,000 ships in its port. Ships that come from 600 key ports from 123 countries operated by more than 200 liners. Proof of the busy ship traffic in Singapore is the 25 million tones of bunker fuel sold to ships in the port in 2005 ready for their next voyage. Aside from cargo ships, Singapore port also serves hundreds of cruise ships that visit Southeast Asia and makes Singapore its home in the region.

Busiest port by cargo tonnage

shanghai port

Based on cargo tonnage on the other hand, the record for busiest port in the world goes to Shanghai port. Ships are served on three major container ports in Port of Shanghai namely Wusongkou, Waigaoqiao, and Yangshan. More than 2,000 container ships arrive and depart from Shanghai port every month en route to ports in North America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and other ports in Asia. Billions of goods exchange hands in this port. That is to say the famous China made products depart from the port to their final destination, and raw materials come into the port to feed China’s penchant for raw materials.

Busy ports in America

los angeles port

In the other side of the globe, in U.S.A., the Port of Louisiana and the Port of California are the busiest. More than 4,000 cargo ships leave the port each year carrying U.S.A. made products to their end users in the 5 continents. On the other hand, the Port of Los Angeles is the busiest port in the U.S.A. in terms of container volume. And, it’s perhaps the port that has seen the most number of cruise ships aside from those that call the port their home.

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