Ocean freight services are vital component to global import and export trade. Referring to a glossary of active ports and being aware of shipping lines giving service in that ports can be both helpful for forwarders and traders. Below you can find important ports of Asia, Europe, America, Africa and Australia for more information:
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Azerbaijan,Baku
Bahrain,Al Manamah
Bangladesh,Chittagong
Burma,Yangon
Cambodia,Sihanoukville/Phnom Penh
China (PRC),Fujian/ Guangdong/Hainan Hebei/Hong Kong/ Jiangsu Liaoning/Macau/Shandong/ Shanghai/ Guangdong/ Tianjin/Zhejiang…
Georgia,Batumi/poti/Sukhumi
India,Chennai/Kandla /Kochi/Kolkata Mangalore/Mumbai/Nhava sheva/Tuticorin…
Indonesia,Java/ Sumatra/ Kalimantan…
Iran,Bandar Abbas/Bandar Anzali/Khorramshahr/Bandar Imam Khomeini /Bandar Amir Abad…
Iraq,Um Qasr
Japan,Tokyo/Yokohama/Osaka/Kobe /Nagoya/Nagasaki…
Jordan,Aqaba
Kazakhstan,Aktau
Kuwait,Kuwait
Lebanon,Beirut
Malaysia,Kualalampur /Klang/Penang…
North Korea,Pyongyang
Oman,Muscat
Pakistan,Karachi
Philippines,Manila
Qatar,Doha
Saudi Arabia,Dammam/Jeddah
Singapore,Singapore
South Korea,Busan /Seoul…
Sri Lanka,Colombo
Syria,Lattakia
Taiwan,Kaohsiung/ Taipei/ Keelung/ Taichung…
Thailand,Laem Chabang/ Bangkok/ Ranong…
Turkmenistan,Turkmenbashi
United Arab Emirates,Jebel Ali /Sharjah/Abu Dhabi…
Vietnam,Hai Phong /Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh
Yemen,Aden
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European countries,Important Ports
Albania,Durrës
Belgium,Antwerp
Bosnia and Herzegovina,Dubrovnik
Bulgaria,Varna /Burgas
Croatia,Split/Zada
Cyprus,limassol
Denmark,Copenhagen
Estonia,Tallinn
Finland,Helsinki/Kotka
France,Le Havre/Marseille…
Germany,Hamburge…
Greece,Athens/Piraeus/Thessaloniki
Ireland,Dublin/Belfast(northern Ireland)
Italy,Rome /Genoa /La Spezia/Naples /Palermo/Venice /Salerno…
Latvia,Riga
Lithuania,Klaipėda
Malta,Valletta
Montenegro,Bar
Netherlands,Amsterdam/Rotterdam
Norway,Oslo
Poland,Gdanst
Portugal,Lisbon
Romania,Constanța
Russia,Astrakhan/Makhachkala/Novorossiysk/Saint Petersburg/Vostochny…
Slovenia,Koper/Izola/Piran
Spain,Barcelona /Valencia/Bilbao…
Sweden,Stockholm/Malmö
Turkey,Istanbul/Izmir/Mersin…
Ukraine,Odessa/Ilyichevsk
United Kingdom,Greenock/Newcastle Liverpool/Ports mouth/Bristol/Felexitowe/Southampton/Hull/Leith/Oban/Rosyth…
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South American countries,Important Ports
Argentina,Buenos Aires/San Antonio/
Brazil,Rio de Janeiro/Salvador/São Paulo
Chile,San Antonio/Valparaiso
Colombia,Santa Marta/Cartagena
Ecuador,Manta /Guayaquil
Falkland Islands (UK),Stanley
French Guiana,Cayenne
Guyana,Georgetown
Peru,Lima/La-pampila
Suriname,Paramaribo/Wageningen
Uruguay,Montevideo
Venezuela,Caracas/La-guaira/Guanta
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North American countries,Important Ports
United States,New York/Baltimore/Long Beach /Los Angeles/New Orleans/San Francisco/Philadelphia/Boston…
Mexico,Veracruz/Puerto-de-tuxpan/Acapulco…
Canada,Toronto/Vancouver/Victoria/Halifax/Montreal/Prince Rupert…
Guatemala,Port of San Jose
Cuba,Havana
Haiti,Port-au-Prince
Dominican Republic,Santo Domingo
Honduras,San Lorenzo/La Ceiba
El Salvador,Acajutla
Nicaragua,Bluefields
Costa Rica,Limon/Calbera
Puerto Rico ,San Juan/Ponce
Panama,Colon/Balboa
Jamaica,Kingston
Trinidad and Tobago,Port of Spain
Bahamas,Free port
Belize,Belize City
Barbados,Bridgetown
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Australia countries,Important Ports
Australia,Cydney/ Melbourne/ Brisbane/ Adelaide
New zealand,Auckland
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African countries,Important Ports
Algeria,Algiers/Bejaia
Angola,Luanda/Lobito
Benin,Cotonou
Cameroon,Duala
Democratic Republic of the Congo,Pointe Noire
Egypt,Alexandria /Damietta
Eritrea,Massawa
Gabon,Port Gentil/Libreville
Ghana,Accra
Guinea,Conakry
Ivory Coast,Abidjan
Kenya,Mombasa
Liberia,Monrovia
Libya,Ben Ghazi/Tripoli
Mauritania,Nouakchott
Morocco,Casablanca/Port Louis /Rabat
Mozambique,Beira/Maputo
Namibia,Walvis-bay/Luderitz
Nigeria,Onne/Port Harcourt
Senegal,Dakar
Sierra Leone,Freetown
South Africa,Cape Town/Port Elizabet
Sudan,Port Sudan
Tanzania,Dar-es-saalam
Tunisia,Bizerte
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