List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage
2012–2016

List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage

Section Title: 2012–2016
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Port	Country	2016 kiloton	2015 kiloton	2014 kiloton	2013 kiloton	2012 kiloton

1	Ningbo-Zhoushan	China	MT	922,092	889,000	873,470	810,000	744,000

2	Shanghai	China	MT	647,446	646,514	678,376	696,985	644,659

3	Singapore	Singapore	FT	593,297	575,846	581,268	560,888	538,012

4	Guangzhou	China	MT	544,374	475,481	500,975	472,760	438,000

5	Port Hedland	Australia	MT	484,510	452,940	446,922	488,000	288,443

6	Rotterdam	Netherlands	MT	461,177	466,363	444,733	440,464	441,527

7	Qingdao	China	MT	443,978	476,216	465,055	450,111	407,340

8	Tianjin	China	MT	428,098	440,430	445,780	477,399	477,000

9	Busan	South Korea	RT	349,708	347,713	335,411	313,295	298,689

10	Dalian	China	MT	318,413	320,658	337,366	320,843	303,000

11	Gwangyang	South Korea	RT	283,106	272,007	134,947	127,642	109,730

12	Hong Kong	China China	MT	256,730	256,488	297,737	276,055	269,282

13	South Louisiana	United States	MT	237,594	235,058	242,578	216,445	228,677

14	Port Klang	Malaysia	MT	235,457	219,768	217,289	198,928	195,856

15	Xiamen	China	MT	243,197	200,500	184,604	171,885	155,131

16	Houston	United States	MT	224,969	218,575	212,561	207,973	216,082

17	Antwerp	Belgium	MT	214,170	208,423	199,012	190,849	184,136

18	Nagoya	Japan	FT	193,257	197,947	207,621	208,241	202,556

19	Shenzhen	China	MT	189,509	191,037	192,093	201,546	196,458

20	Itaqui	Brazil	MT	179,914	146,647	?	135,421	133,507

Sentence(s)

Dalian is the busiest port of cargo tonnage in china.

final_sentence: Dalian is the busiest port of cargo tonnage in china.