The top 10 at a glance
PLSCI index
Biggest rises
Year on year
| Khor FakkanAE | +191.5% |
| DjiboutiDJ | +41.6% |
| BeirutLB | +34.2% |
| KarachiPK | +19.5% |
| DamiettaEG | +19.2% |
Biggest falls
Year on year
| OaklandUS | −14.8% |
| IskenderunTR | −13.6% |
| NorfolkUS | −12.0% |
| Las PalmasES | −11.5% |
| AlexandriaEG | −11.4% |
World top 100
Trend = last 3 years · base Q1 2023 average = 100
| Rank | Port | Country | Trend | Index | Year on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai | CN | 2,439.1 | +0.2% | |
| 2 | Ningbo | CN | 2,110.4 | +4.5% | |
| 3 | Singapore | SG | 1,883 | +1.3% | |
| 4 | Busan | KR | 1,654.9 | +1.8% | |
| 5 | Qingdao | CN | 1,421.6 | +4.0% | |
| 6 | Shekou | CN | 1,189.5 | +0.7% | |
| 7 | Nansha | CN | 1,095.5 | +5.7% | |
| 8 | Port Klang | MY | 1,079.1 | −4.5% | |
| 9 | Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong | HK | 1,052.3 | +7.5% | |
| 10 | Rotterdam | NL | 918 | −3.6% | |
| 11 | Antwerp | BE | 912.7 | +3.8% | |
| 12 | Xiamen | CN | 899.8 | −3.5% | |
| 13 | Taiwan Province of, Kaohsiung | TW | 827.9 | −5.6% | |
| 14 | Yantian | CN | 808.6 | −1.0% | |
| 15 | Xingang | CN | 803.1 | +1.7% | |
| 16 | Laem Chabang | TH | 725.7 | −0.3% | |
| 17 | Yokohama | JP | 696.3 | −6.2% | |
| 18 | Haiphong | VN | 695.9 | +9.7% | |
| 19 | Hamburg | DE | 682.9 | −2.3% | |
| 20 | Colombo | LK | 676.9 | −2.1% | |
| 21 | Nhava Sheva | IN | 667.1 | −1.9% | |
| 22 | Mundra | IN | 650.3 | −2.0% | |
| 23 | Ho Chi Minh City | VN | 609.6 | +0.4% | |
| 24 | Dalian | CN | 594.4 | +3.6% | |
| 25 | Vung Tau | VN | 590 | +2.5% | |
| 26 | Tanger Med | MA | 575.6 | +3.3% | |
| 27 | Valencia | ES | 568.7 | −3.0% | |
| 28 | Tokyo | JP | 567 | −1.7% | |
| 29 | Tanjung Pelepas | MY | 547.9 | −3.1% | |
| 30 | Nagoya | JP | 547.7 | +4.8% | |
| 31 | Kobe | JP | 537.7 | −4.3% | |
| 32 | Jakarta | ID | 534.9 | +6.3% | |
| 33 | Bremerhaven | DE | 522.1 | +4.8% | |
| 34 | Kwangyang (Gwangyang) | KR | 517.8 | −3.4% | |
| 35 | New York/New Jersey | US | 503.7 | −1.6% | |
| 36 | Algeciras | ES | 486.5 | −6.2% | |
| 37 | Ambarli | TR | 481.6 | −8.2% | |
| 38 | Barcelona | ES | 471.1 | −0.5% | |
| 39 | Manila | PH | 470.4 | +0.9% | |
| 40 | Jeddah | SA | 445.3 | +3.2% | |
| 41 | Incheon | KR | 443.2 | +6.5% | |
| 42 | Savannah | US | 440.1 | −1.9% | |
| 43 | Le Havre | FR | 432.4 | −5.0% | |
| 44 | Piraeus | GR | 427.6 | −3.0% | |
| 45 | Genoa | IT | 413.1 | −3.3% | |
| 46 | Surabaya | ID | 406.8 | +6.1% | |
| 47 | Cartagena (CO) | CO | 401.5 | +2.1% | |
| 48 | Osaka | JP | 397.7 | −6.6% | |
| 49 | Santos | BR | 361.7 | +3.4% | |
| 50 | London Gateway | GB | 359.7 | +2.0% | |
| 51 | Karachi | PK | 356.8 | +19.5% | |
| 52 | Aliaga (Nemrut) | TR | 354.6 | +10.7% | |
| 53 | Norfolk | US | 353.7 | −12.0% | |
| 54 | Mersin | TR | 348.6 | +6.6% | |
| 55 | Alexandria | EG | 336.3 | −11.4% | |
| 56 | Abidjan | CI | 334.7 | +9.5% | |
| 57 | Felixstowe | GB | 327.1 | −4.1% | |
| 58 | Fos | FR | 325.6 | +18.9% | |
| 59 | Manzanillo (PA) | PA | 324.2 | +3.1% | |
| 60 | Charleston | US | 314.1 | −8.4% | |
| 61 | Taiwan Province of, Keelung | TW | 313.3 | −5.1% | |
| 62 | Tema | GH | 312.2 | −0.6% | |
| 63 | Gioia Tauro | IT | 309.8 | −5.5% | |
| 64 | Southampton | GB | 307.9 | −7.3% | |
| 65 | Callao | PE | 305.3 | +6.3% | |
| 66 | La Spezia | IT | 304.8 | +13.9% | |
| 67 | Manzanillo (MX) | MX | 304.6 | +7.8% | |
| 68 | Port Said | EG | 302.3 | −4.8% | |
| 69 | Los Angeles | US | 302 | +1.6% | |
| 70 | Izmit Korfezi | TR | 301.8 | +13.0% | |
| 71 | Kingston (JM) | JM | 298.6 | +7.3% | |
| 72 | Houston | US | 294.3 | +0.7% | |
| 73 | Melbourne | AU | 293.4 | +8.2% | |
| 74 | Lazaro Cardenas | MX | 281.2 | +7.2% | |
| 75 | Hakata | JP | 279.8 | +5.1% | |
| 76 | Lome | TG | 278.1 | −0.3% | |
| 77 | Bangkok | TH | 277.6 | +1.0% | |
| 78 | Oakland | US | 277.3 | −14.8% | |
| 79 | Taiwan Province of, Taichung | TW | 270.3 | −1.9% | |
| 80 | Paranagua | BR | 261.1 | −2.4% | |
| 81 | Las Palmas | ES | 260.4 | −11.5% | |
| 82 | Sydney | AU | 260.4 | +2.4% | |
| 83 | Khor Fakkan | AE | 259.5 | +191.5% | |
| 84 | Iskenderun | TR | 257.4 | −13.6% | |
| 85 | Taiwan Province of, Taipei | TW | 256.9 | −6.9% | |
| 86 | Buenos Aires | AR | 252.3 | +2.8% | |
| 87 | Rio de Janeiro | BR | 251.4 | +6.9% | |
| 88 | Long Beach | US | 251.4 | −8.5% | |
| 89 | Caucedo | DO | 250.8 | +6.8% | |
| 90 | Moji | JP | 250 | +3.8% | |
| 91 | Damietta | EG | 248.9 | +19.2% | |
| 92 | Montevideo | UY | 243.8 | +1.0% | |
| 93 | Gdansk | PL | 243.6 | −0.2% | |
| 94 | Marsaxlokk | MT | 243.3 | −4.8% | |
| 95 | Brisbane | AU | 240.8 | +1.4% | |
| 96 | Gemlik | TR | 236.6 | −8.0% | |
| 97 | Djibouti | DJ | 234.4 | +41.6% | |
| 98 | Beirut | LB | 231 | +34.2% | |
| 99 | Durban | ZA | 230.1 | +8.5% | |
| 100 | Buenaventura | CO | 229.9 | −6.5% |
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