List of busiest ports in Europe

The table below lists 20 of the busiest ports in Europe; Rotterdam currently ranks first here, and tenth 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.

Busiest container ports

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

Busiest passenger ports

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

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

The Netherlands

• Groningen Seaports Eemshaven/ Delfzijl
• Port of Harlingen
• Port of Nijmegen
• Zeeland Seaports (Vlissingen/ Terneuzen), together with Ghent (Belgium) part of North Sea Port

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

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

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

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

See also

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

References