List of busiest ports in Europe

The table below lists 20 of the busiest ports in Europe; Rotterdam currently ranks first here, and eleventh in the world by cargo tonnage. For ferries, transport vehicles like heavy trucks are included using their full weight, while passenger cars are not counted as cargo.

Top 20 ports of Europe by annual cargo tonnage

Port	Country	City/Cities	Body of Water	Tons	Year
Port of Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam	North Sea	438,800,000	2023[1]
Port of Antwerp-Bruges	Belgium	Antwerp, Bruges	North Sea	271,000,000	2023[2]
Port of Novorossiysk	Russia	Novorossiysk	Black Sea	161,400,000	2023[3]
Port of Hamburg	Germany	Hamburg	North Sea	114,300,000	2023[4]
Port of Ust-Luga	Russia	Ust-Luga	Baltic Sea	112,500,000	2023[3]
Port of Algeciras	Spain	Algeciras	Mediterranean Sea	104,821,367	2023[5]
Port of Constanța	Romania	Constanța	Black Sea	92,500,000	2023[6]
HAROPA Port [fr]	France	Le Havre, Rouen, Paris	English Channel	81,300,000	2023[7]
Port of Gdańsk	Poland	Gdańsk	Baltic Sea	81,000,000	2023[8]
Port of Valencia	Spain	Valencia	Mediterranean Sea	76,746,424	2023[9]
Port of Marseille	France	Marseille	Mediterranean Sea	72,000,000	2023[10]
Port of Bergen	Norway	Bergen	North Sea	67,964,648	2023[11]
Port of Barcelona	Spain	Barcelona	Mediterranean Sea	64,000,000	2023[12]
Port of Genoa	Italy	Genoa	Mediterranean Sea	63,700,000	2023[13]
Port of Primorsk	Russia	Primorsk	Baltic Sea	63,100,000	2023[3]
Port of Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam	North Sea	63,000,000	2023[14]
Port of Murmansk	Russia	Murmansk	Barents Sea	57,800,000	2023[3]
Port of Trieste	Italy	Trieste	Adriatic Sea	55,600,000	2023[15]
Port of London	United Kingdom	London	North Sea	51,595,000	2023[16]
Port of Immingham	United Kingdom	Immingham, Grimsby	North Sea	50,166,000	2022[16]
Port of Saint Petersburg	Russia	Saint Petersburg	Baltic Sea	49,600,000	2023[3]

Busiest container ports

The table below lists 20 of the busiest container ports in Europe with the containers counted in TEU.

Top 20 ports of Europe by annual containers TEU

Port	Country	City/Cities	Body of Water	Containers TEU	Year
Port of Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam	North Sea	13,400,000	2023[1]
Port of Antwerp-Bruges	Belgium	Antwerp, Bruges	North Sea	12,500,000	2023[2]
Port of Hamburg	Germany	Hamburg	North Sea	7,700,000	2023[4]
Port of Valencia	Spain	Valencia	Mediterranean Sea	5,035,000	2022[17]
Port of Algeciras	Spain	Algeciras	Mediterranean Sea	4,733,526	2023[5]
Port of Bremerhaven	Germany	Bremerhaven	North Sea	4,604,000	2022[17]
Port of Piraeus	Greece	Piraeus	Mediterranean Sea	4,462,000	2022[17]
Port of Gioia Tauro	Italy	Gioia Tauro	Mediterranean Sea	3,474,000	2022[17]
Port of Barcelona	Spain	Barcelona	Mediterranean Sea	3,300,000	2023[12]
Port of Felixstowe	United Kingdom	Felixstowe	North Sea	3,246,000	2023[16]
Port of Genoa	Italy	Genoa	Mediterranean Sea	2,740,000	2023[18]
HAROPA Port [fr]	France	Le Havre, Rouen, Paris	English Channel	2,630,000	2023[7]
Port of Gdańsk	Poland	Gdańsk	Baltic Sea	2,050,000	2023[8]
Port of Southampton	United Kingdom	London	English Channel	1,761,000	2023[16]
Port of London	United Kingdom	London	North Sea	1,718,000	2023[16]
Port of Sines	Portugal	Sines	Atlantic Ocean	1,663,000	2022[17]
Port of Marseille	France	Marseille	Mediterranean Sea	1,522,000	2022[17]
Port of Las Palmas	Spain	Las Palmas	Atlantic Ocean	1,124,000	2022[17]
Port of Koper	Slovenia	Koper	Adriatic Sea	1,066,093	2023[19]
Port of Klaipėda	Lithuania	Klaipėda	Baltic Sea	1,050,804	2023[20]

Busiest passenger ports

The table below lists 20 of the busiest passenger ports in Europe.

Top 20 ports of Europe by annual number of passengers

Port	Country	City/Cities	Body of Water	Passengers	Year
Port of Messina	Italy	Messina	Mediterranean Sea	9,412,000	2022[21]
Port of Dover	United Kingdom	Dover	English Channel	8,900,000	2023[22]
Port of Reggio	Italy	Reggio Calabria	Mediterranean Sea	8,837,000	2022[21]
Port of Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki	Baltic Sea	8,442,649	2023[23]
Port of Piraeus	Greece	Piraeus	Mediterranean Sea	8,271,000	2022[21]
Port of Tallinn	Estonia	Tallinn	Baltic Sea	8,080,796	2023[24]
Port of Palma de Mallorca [es]	Spain	Palma de Mallorca	Mediterranean Sea	7,680,000	2022[21]
Port of Stockholm [sv]	Sweden	Stockholm	Baltic Sea	7,220,000	2023[25]
Port of Paloukia-Salamina	Greece	Paloukia, Salamina	Mediterranean Sea	7,093,000	2022[21]
Port of Perama	Greece	Perama	Mediterranean Sea	7,093,000	2022[21]
Port of Helsingborg	Sweden	Helsingborg	Øresund	6,369,304	2023[25]
Port of Helsingør	Denmark	Helsingør	Øresund	6,268,000	2022[21]
Port of Mġarr	Malta	Mġarr	Mediterranean Sea	5,695,000	2022[21]
Port of Naples	Italy	Naples	Mediterranean Sea	5,456,000	2022[21]
Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Atlantic Ocean	5,405,000	2022[21]
Port of Ċirkewwa	Malta	—	Mediterranean Sea	5,219,000	2022[21]
Port of Calais	France	Calais	English Channel	5,142,000	2022[21]
Port of Puttgarden	Germany	Puttgarden	Baltic Sea	4,917,000	2022[21]
Port of Split	Croatia	Split	Adriatic Sea	4,711,000	2022[21]
Port of Rødbyhavn	Denmark	Rødbyhavn	Baltic Sea	4,519,000	2022[21]

Other large ports in Europe

Albania

• Port of Durrës
• Port of Vlorë
• Port of Sarandë

Austria

• Vienna
• Linz

Belgium

• Port of Ghent
• Port of Liège - an inland port

Bulgaria

• Port of Burgas
• Port of Varna

Croatia

• Port of Split, the largest passenger port in Croatia
• Port of Rijeka, the largest port in Croatia
• Port of Ploče, serves mainly Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Port of Zadar
• Port of Vukovar, the largest river port in Croatia, on Danube river
• Port of Osijek, second largest river port in Croatia, on Drava river

Cyprus

• Port of Limassol
• Port of Larnaca

Denmark

• Port of Aarhus
• Port of Esbjerg
• Port of Copenhagen

Estonia

• Port of Pärnu
• Port of Sillamäe

Finland

• Port of Helsinki

France

• Brest
• Caen
• Bordeaux
• Cherbourg
• Dieppe
• La Rochelle
• Lorient
• Lyon
• Nantes Saint-Nazaire
• Paris
• Rouen
• Strasbourg
• Toulon

Germany

• Port of Duisburg-Ruhrort, largest inland port in Europe
• Port of Kiel
• Port of Rostock
• Cologne
• Dortmund
• Emden
• Essen
• Frankfurt am Main
• Heidelberg
• Lübeck
• Mannheim
• Regensburg
• Wiesbaden

Greece

• Port of Thessaloniki
• Port of Heraklion
• Port of Igoumenitsa
• Port of Rafina
• Port of Patras
• Port of Lavrio
• Port of Souda
• Port of Volos
• Port of Eleusina
• Port of Agioi Theodoroi
• Port of Alexandroupoli
• Port of Aspropyrgos
• Port of Rhodes
• Port of Corfu
• Port of Katakolon

Hungary

• Budapest

Iceland

• Reykjavík

Ireland

• Port of Cork
• Dublin Port
• Rosslare Europort
• Shannon Foynes Port
• Port of Waterford

Italy

• Port of Augusta
• Port of Bari
• Port of Brindisi
• Port of Civitavecchia (Port of Rome)
• Port of Cagliari
• Port of Livorno
• Port of Palermo
• Port of Ravenna
• Port of Salerno
• Port of Savona
• Port of Venice

Latvia

• Freeport of Riga
• Port of Liepāja
• Port of Ventspils

Lithuania

• Port of Klaipėda

Malta

• Grand Harbour
• Malta Freeport

Montenegro

• Port of Bar, which also serves Serbia

Netherlands

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• Groningen Seaports Eemshaven/ Delfzijl^[27]
• Port of Harlingen^[28]
• Port of Nijmegen^[29]
• Zeeland Seaports (Vlissingen/ Terneuzen), together with Ghent (Belgium) part of North Sea Port^[30]

Norway

• Haugesund
• Kristiansand
• Narvik
• Oslo
• Porsgrunn
• Stavanger
• Tromsø
• Trondheim

Poland

• Port of Szczecin-Świnoujście (Port of Szczecin, Port of Świnoujście)
• Port of Gdynia
• Port of Police
• Port of Kołobrzeg
• Port of Elbląg
• Port of Darłowo

Portugal

• Port of Leixões (Porto)
• Port of Lisbon

Romania

• Port of Brăila
• Port of Galați
• Port of Mangalia
• Port of Midia
• Port of Sulina
• Port of Tulcea

Russia

• Archangelsk
• Port of Kaliningrad
• Port of Mariupol (disputed)
• Sevastopol (disputed)
• Volgograd
• Yalta (disputed)

Serbia

• Port of Belgrade

Slovenia

• Port of Koper

Spain

• Port of A Coruña
• Port of Alicante
• Port of Almería
• Port of Avilés
• Port of Bilbao, with 179,572 passengers, cargo of 39,397,938, and 557,355 TEUs in 2008
• Port of Cartagena
• Port of Cádiz
• Port of Castellón
• Port of Ceuta
• Port of Ferrol
• Port of Gijón
• Port of Huelva
• Port of Málaga, with 642,529 passengers, cargo of 4,620,000 of tons and 428,623 TEUs in 2008^[31]
• Port of Melilla
• Port of Motril
• Rota, a large Spanish naval base
• Port of Las Palmas (Puerto de la Luz)
• Port of Pasajes (Pasaia, Gipuzkoa)
• Port of Santander
• Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
• Port of Seville
• Port of Tarragona
• Port of Vigo, the biggest fishing port in the world with 751,971 tons of fish and shellfish in 2008

Sweden

• Copenhagen Malmö Port (with Denmark)
• Port of Trelleborg

Switzerland

• Basel on the Rhine River, the only operational inland port in Switzerland

Turkey

• Port of İstanbul

Ukraine

• Port of Chornomorsk
• Port of Mariupol (disputed)
• Port of Mykolaiv
• Port of Odesa
• Pivdennyi Port
• Sevastopol (disputed)
• Yalta (disputed)

United Kingdom

• Aberdeen, Scotland
• Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Bristol, western England
• Cardiff, South East Wales
• Edinburgh, south-eastern Scotland
• Foyle Port, Northern Ireland
• Glasgow, south-western Scotland
• Kingston upon Hull, north-eastern England
• Liverpool, north-western England
• Manchester via the Manchester Ship Canal to the Irish Sea
• Newcastle upon Tyne, northeastern England
• Portland Harbour, southern England
• Portsmouth Harbour, southern England is one of the oldest ports in England

Gallery

• 
  Port of Rotterdam
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  Port of Hamburg
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  Port of Piraeus
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  Port of Antwerp
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  Port of Bremerhaven
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  Malta Freeport
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  Port of Sines
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  Port of Barcelona

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  Port of Valencia
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  Port of Algeciras
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  Port of Felixstowe
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  Port of Saint Petersburg
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  Port of Novorossiysk
• 
  Port of Genoa

See also

• List of busiest container ports
• List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage

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