List of busiest ports in Europe


Busiest container ports

Rank in
Europe		PortCityCountrySea20112012201320142015201620172018% Change
2011/2018
1Port of RotterdamRotterdamNorth Sea
2Port of AntwerpAntwerpNorth Sea
3Port of HamburgHamburgNorth Sea
4Port of Bremen-BremerhavenBremerhavenNorth Sea
5Port of ValenciaValenciaWest Med
6Port of PiraeusAthensEast Med
7Port of AlgecirasAlgecirasWest Med
8Port of Gioia TauroGioia TauroWest Med
9Port of FelixstoweFelixstoweNorth Sea
10Port of BarcelonaBarcelonaWest Med
11Port of AmbarliIstanbulEast Med
12Port of Le HavreLe HavreChannel
13Port of GenoaGenoaWest Med
14Port of SouthamptonSouthamptonChannel
15Port of SinesSinesAtlantic
16Port of GdańskGdańskBaltic
17Port of LondonLondonChannel
18Port of MersinMersinEast Med
19Port of La SpeziaLa SpeziaWest Med
20Port of IzmitIzmitEast Med

There are a number of other major ports on the Mediterranean and the Baltic with levels of container traffic which would place them in the Top 20 table above, such as Saint Petersburg, Russia, but they are omitted since they are located in countries that do not contribute to the Eurostat statistics from which the table has been produced.

Busiest ports by cargo tonnage

Ranks for 2011
Rank in
Europe		Rank in
World		PortCityCountryThousands
of tons
in 2010		Thousands
of tons
in 2011
14Port of RotterdamRotterdam429,926
217Port of AntwerpAntwerp178,167
326Port of HamburgHamburg121,187
438Port of AmsterdamAmsterdam90,644
541Port of MarseilleMarseille85,997
647Port of NovorossiyskNovorossiysk81,603
748Port of BremerhavenBremerhaven68,690
849Port of AlgecirasAlgeciras65,531
950PrimorskNorthwestern Russia, near St. Petersburg77,640
1054Port of Le HavreLe Havre70,469
1160Port of ValenciaValencia63,741
1263Port of Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg57,967
1366Port of Grimsby and ImminghamGrimsby and Immingham54,029
1476Port of BergenBergen49,870
1578Port of GenoaGenoa50,702
1681Port of GothenburgGothenburg43,875
1782Port of LondonLondon48,060
1885Port of Milford HavenMilford Haven42,788
1987Port of TriesteTrieste47,418
2088Port of DunkirkDunkirk42,980
2189Port of Bruges-ZeebruggeZeebrugge 49,600
2290Port of ConstanțaConstanța47,563
2396Port of BarcelonaBarcelona42,878
no datano dataPort of SouthamptonSouthampton39,365no data

Busiest transhipment ports

Busiest passenger ports

Ranks for 2015
Rank in
Europe		PortCityCountryMillions of
Passengers
1Port of DoverDover
2Port of HelsinkiHelsinki
3Port of StockholmStockholm
4Port of CalaisCalais
5Port of TallinnTallinn
6Port of PiraeusAthens
7Port of HelsingborgHelsingborg
8Port of HelsingørHelsingør
9Port of PaloukiaSalamina
10Port of PeramaPerama
11Port of MessinaMessina
12Port of NaplesNaples
13Port of PuttgardenPuttgarden
14Port of RødbyRødby
15Port of ReggioReggio Calabria
16Port of Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca
17Port of AlgecirasAlgeciras
18Port of SplitSplit
19Port of MgarrGozo
20Port of CirkewwaCirkewwa

Other large ports in Europe

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