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2022 Global Seaport Review by Port
Navigating evolving global seaport regions and their impacts on industrial real estate
December 13, 2022 5 Minute Read
Explore the 2022 Global Seaport Review
The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach make up the San Pedro Bay Port Complex.
The Port of New York/New Jersey ranks 37th on the United Nations Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, making it the best-connected port on the East Coast.
The Port of Savannah—home to the largest single container terminal, the Garden City Terminal—is the fastest-growing port in the U.S.
The Port of Charleston is a top 10 U.S. container port spanning 200-plus acres.
The Port of Vancouver is the largest in Canada, moving nearly 3.7 million TEUs in 2021 valued at CA$275 billion.
The Port of Manzanillo is the largest containerized port in Mexico and is considered the country’s most important due to its infrastructure and technology.
The Port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest seaport. The port sits in the middle of the Rhine delta and Meuse River, providing direct access to the North Sea.
One of the biggest drivers of the Belgian economy is the newly unified Port of Antwerp-Bruges, which merged the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge in April 2022.
The Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest and best-connected port, is the 18th-largest container port globally and the third-largest in Europe.
The Port of Valencia comprises three ports: Valencia for container shipping, Sagunto for industrial goods and Gandia for general cargo.
The Port of Tanger Med is located on the Strait of Gibraltar, the world’s second-largest trade gateway, around 40 kilometers from Tangier in northern Morocco.
The Port of Piraeus, Greece’s largest port, is the 24th-largest container port globally, the fourth-largest in Europe and the largest in the eastern Mediterranean.
The Port of Felixstowe is the largest and most significant container port in the U.K., processing between 3 million and 4 million TEUs a year.
The Port of Shanghai is the world’s busiest container port.
The Port of Hong Kong is one of the world’s 10 busiest container ports, though TEU volumes have declined since 2017.
The Port of Singapore is the world’s second-busiest container port, handling 37.5 million TEUs in 2021.
The port of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is Vietnam’s biggest port by container volume and is the 20th-largest globally.
The Port of Melbourne is the largest container port in Australia and accounts for around 30% of Australia’s international goods trade by value.