Port connectivity ranking: world, Europe and Spain

The top 10 at a glance

PLSCI index

Biggest rises

Year on year

VlissingenNL	+30.9%
BilbaoES	+27.1%
NaplesIT	+24.3%
LimassolCY	+22.2%
FosFR	+18.9%

Biggest falls

Year on year

DerinceTR	−32.7%
SinesPT	−27.3%
MarseillesFR	−25.1%
TeesGB	−18.5%
St PetersburgRU	−17.5%

European top 80

Trend = last 3 years · base Q1 2023 average = 100

Rank	World	Port	Country	Index	Year on year
1	10th	Rotterdam	NL	918	−3.6%
2	11th	Antwerp	BE	912.7	+3.8%
3	19th	Hamburg	DE	682.9	−2.3%
4	27th	Valencia	ES	568.7	−3.0%
5	33rd	Bremerhaven	DE	522.1	+4.8%
6	36th	Algeciras	ES	486.5	−6.2%
7	37th	Ambarli	TR	481.6	−8.2%
8	38th	Barcelona	ES	471.1	−0.5%
9	43rd	Le Havre	FR	432.4	−5.0%
10	44th	Piraeus	GR	427.6	−3.0%
11	45th	Genoa	IT	413.1	−3.3%
12	50th	London Gateway	GB	359.7	+2.0%
13	52nd	Aliaga (Nemrut)	TR	354.6	+10.7%
14	54th	Mersin	TR	348.6	+6.6%
15	57th	Felixstowe	GB	327.1	−4.1%
16	58th	Fos	FR	325.6	+18.9%
17	63rd	Gioia Tauro	IT	309.8	−5.5%
18	64th	Southampton	GB	307.9	−7.3%
19	66th	La Spezia	IT	304.8	+13.9%
20	70th	Izmit Korfezi	TR	301.8	+13.0%
21	81st	Las Palmas	ES	260.4	−11.5%
22	84th	Iskenderun	TR	257.4	−13.6%
23	93rd	Gdansk	PL	243.6	−0.2%
24	94th	Marsaxlokk	MT	243.3	−4.8%
25	96th	Gemlik	TR	236.6	−8.0%
26	102nd	Tekirdag	TR	222.2	−4.6%
27	109th	Wilhelmshaven	DE	217	+9.1%
28	112th	Zeebrugge	BE	211.2	−13.4%
29	115th	Sines	PT	208.7	−27.3%
30	116th	Klaipeda	LT	206.8	+9.0%
31	129th	Koper	SI	191.2	+8.6%
32	130th	Salerno	IT	190	−10.7%
33	131st	Gdynia	PL	189.8	+4.4%
34	139th	Leixoes	PT	179.1	+6.7%
35	149th	Dunkirk	FR	170.6	−1.2%
36	150th	Aarhus	DK	169.9	+3.2%
37	152nd	Naples	IT	169.5	+24.3%
38	153rd	Lisbon	PT	169.1	+9.8%
39	165th	Gothenburg	SE	159.9	−0.6%
40	167th	Leghorn	IT	159.6	+4.4%
41	171st	Liverpool (GB)	GB	157.2	−7.4%
42	182nd	Rijeka	HR	150.2	+17.9%
43	183rd	Limassol	CY	149.7	+22.2%
44	186th	Trieste	IT	147.2	−4.3%
45	189th	St Petersburg	RU	145.1	−17.5%
46	191st	Gebze	TR	138.7	−2.3%
47	193rd	Málaga	ES	137.7	−14.5%
48	202nd	Izmir	TR	133.1	+8.3%
49	206th	Bilbao	ES	130.1	+27.1%
50	216th	Venice	IT	122	+3.9%
51	218th	Vado Ligure	IT	121	−14.4%
52	219th	Dublin	IE	119.8	−17.1%
53	228th	Novorossijsk	RU	113.6	−8.5%
54	232nd	Vigo	ES	109.9	−11.9%
55	236th	Thessaloniki	GR	107.7	−3.0%
56	238th	Constantza	RO	107.3	−11.1%
57	242nd	Tilbury	GB	105.3	+6.5%
58	243rd	Kotka	FI	104.4	−5.5%
59	245th	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	ES	102.6	−4.9%
60	258th	Riga	LV	96.9	−15.7%
61	277th	Rauma	FI	90.4	+16.2%
62	278th	Castellón	ES	89.4	+3.9%
63	285th	Ravenna	IT	85.7	−12.3%
64	294th	Ancona	IT	82.6	+6.8%
65	297th	Belfast	GB	81.7	+2.2%
66	300th	Derince	TR	79	−32.7%
67	301st	Tees	GB	77.8	−18.5%
68	302nd	Vlissingen	NL	77.6	+30.9%
69	304th	Immingham	GB	77.1	+14.8%
70	305th	Helsinki	FI	76.5	+0.3%
71	306th	Marseilles	FR	75.5	−25.1%
72	310th	Setubal	PT	74.1	+7.1%
73	313th	Hull	GB	73.2	−4.9%
74	318th	Cork	IE	71.6	+6.7%
75	320th	Bergen	NO	71.3	+7.8%
76	321st	Civitavecchia	IT	70.7	−14.1%
77	323rd	Moerdijk	NL	70.5	+2.0%
78	324th	Haugesund	NO	70.3	+7.9%
79	328th	Helsinborg	SE	68.4	+8.1%
80	329th	Montoir	FR	67.7	−10.2%

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