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.

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	107,000,000	2022^[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 Barcelona	Spain	Barcelona	Mediterranean Sea	64,000,000	2023^[11]
Port of Primorsk	Russia	Primorsk	Baltic Sea	63,100,000	2023^[3]
Port of Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam	North Sea	63,000,000	2023^[12]
Port of Bergen	Norway	Bergen	North Sea	59,492,185	2022^[13]
Port of Murmansk	Russia	Murmansk	Barents Sea	57,800,000	2023^[3]
Port of Trieste	Italy	Trieste	Mediterranean Sea	55,600,000	2023^[14]
Port of London	United Kingdom	London	North Sea	54,880,000	2022^[15]
Port of Immingham	United Kingdom	Immingham, Grimsby	North Sea	50,166,000	2022^[15]
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^[16]
Port of Algeciras	Spain	Algeciras	Mediterranean Sea	4,800,000	2022^[5]
Port of Bremerhaven	Germany	Bremerhaven	North Sea	4,604,000	2022^[16]
Port of Piraeus	Greece	Piraeus	Mediterranean Sea	4,462,000	2022^[16]
Port of Gioia Tauro	Italy	Gioia Tauro	Mediterranean Sea	3,474,000	2022^[16]
Port of Barcelona	Spain	Barcelona	Mediterranean Sea	3,300,000	2023^[11]
Port of Felixstowe	United Kingdom	Felixstowe	North Sea	3,297,000	2022^[15]
HAROPA Port [fr]	France	Le Havre, Rouen, Paris	English Channel	2,630,000	2023^[7]
Port of Genoa	Italy	Genoa	Mediterranean Sea	2,621,000	2022^[16]
Port of Gdańsk	Poland	Gdańsk	Baltic Sea	2,050,000	2023^[8]
Port of London	United Kingdom	London	North Sea	1,964,000	2022^[15]
Port of Southampton	United Kingdom	London	English Channel	1,736,000	2022^[15]
Port of Sines	Portugal	Sines	Atlantic Ocean	1,663,000	2022^[16]
Port of Marseille	France	Marseille	Mediterranean Sea	1,522,000	2022^[16]
Port of Las Palmas	Spain	Las Palmas	Atlantic Ocean	1,124,000	2022^[16]
Port of Klaipeda	Lithuania	Klaipeda	Baltic Sea	1,050,804	2023^[17]
Port of La Spezia	Italy	La Spezia	Mediterranean Sea	1,012,000	2022^[16]

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^[18]
Port of Reggio	Italy	Reggio Calabria	Mediterranean Sea	8,837,000	2022^[18]
Port of Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki	Baltic Sea	8,442,649	2023^[19]
Port of Piraeus	Greece	Piraeus	Mediterranean Sea	8,271,000	2022^[18]
Port of Tallinn	Estonia	Tallinn	Baltic Sea	8,080,796	2023^[20]
Port of Palma de Mallorca [es]	Spain	Palma de Mallorca	Mediterranean Sea	7,680,000	2022^[18]
Port of Stockholm [sv]	Sweden	Stockholm	Baltic Sea	7,220,000	2023^[21]
Port of Paloukia-Salamina	Greece	Paloukia, Salamina	Mediterranean Sea	7,093,000	2022^[18]
Port of Perama	Greece	Perama	Mediterranean Sea	7,093,000	2022^[18]
Port of Helsingborg [sv]	Sweden	Helsingborg	Øresund	6,369,304	2023^[21]
Port of Helsingør	Denmark	Helsingør	Øresund	6,268,000	2022^[18]
Port of Mġarr	Malta	Mġarr	Mediterranean Sea	5,695,000	2022^[18]
Port of Naples	Italy	Naples	Mediterranean Sea	5,456,000	2022^[18]
Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Atlantic Ocean	5,405,000	2022^[18]
Port of Ċirkewwa	Malta	—	Mediterranean Sea	5,219,000	2022^[18]
Port of Calais	France	Calais	English Channel	5,142,000	2022^[18]
Port of Puttgarden	Germany	Puttgarden	Baltic Sea	4,917,000	2022^[18]
Port of Split	Croatia	Split	Mediterranean Sea	4,711,000	2022^[18]
Port of Rødbyhavn	Denmark	Rødbyhavn	Baltic Sea	4,519,000	2022^[18]
Port of Algeciras	Spain	Algeciras	Mediterranean Sea	4,423,000	2022^[18]

Other large ports in Europe

Albania

Austria

Vienna
Linz

Belgium

Port of Ghent
Port of Liège - an inland port

Bulgaria

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

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Port of Helsinki

France

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

Hungary

Budapest

Iceland

Reykjavík

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Port of Klaipėda

Malta

Montenegro

Port of Bar, which also serves Serbia

The Netherlands

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Groningen Seaports Eemshaven/ Delfzijl^[23]
Port of Harlingen^[24]
Port of Nijmegen^[25]
Zeeland Seaports (Vlissingen/ Terneuzen), together with Ghent (Belgium) part of North Sea Port^[26]

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Switzerland

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

Turkey

Port of İstanbul

Ukraine

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

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[rotterdam-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Port of Rotterdam in full transition in 2023". Port of Rotterdam. 2024-02-20.

[antwerp-bruges-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Port of Antwerp-Bruges cargo volumes in tonnes down 5.5% to 271 million tonnes in 2023". PortNews. 2024-01-11.

[portnews-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Russian seaports cargo volume rose 5% Y/Y to 883.8 million tonnes in 2023 (expanded version)". PortNews. 2024-01-19.

[hamburg-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Statistics". Port of Hamburg. Retrieved 2024-02-28.

[algeciras-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "The Port of Algeciras Grows by 2%". Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras. 2023-01-17.

[6] "Ukraine grain pushes Romanian Constanta port to record volumes in 2023". Reuters. 2024-01-10.

[haropa-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "HAROPA PORT's maritime traffic down by 4.5% to 81.3Mt in 2023". PortNews. 2024-01-30.

[gdansk-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Facts and figures". Port Gdańsk. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

[9] "Valenciaport traffic down by 2.81% to 76,746,424 tonnes in 2023". PortNews. 2024-02-01.

[10] "In a Global Context of Decline, the Port of Marseille Fos Remains on Course and is Making Record Investments" (PDF). Port de Marseille Fos. 2024-01-18.

[barcelona-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Port of Barcelona handles 3.3 million TEUs in 2023". Container News. 2024-02-26.

[12] "Port of Amsterdam revenues up to €190.4 million in 2023". PortNews. 2024-04-25.

[13] "Bergen Havn Årsmelding 2022" [Port of Bergen Annual Report 2022] (PDF). Bergen Havn (in Norwegian). p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

[trieste-14] "In 2023, cargo traffic in the port of Trieste decreased by -3.4%". inforMARE. 2024-01-24.

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[eurostat-containers-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Volume of containers handled in the top 20 EU main ports by loading status". Eurostat. Retrieved 2024-02-28.

[17] "Klaipėda Port: the Year of 2023 Were More Successful Than Expected". Klaipėda Port. 2024-01-29.

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[19] "Statistical databases". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2024-01-13.

[tallinn-20] "Key Figures" (XLSX). Port of Tallinn. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

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[23] "Groningen Seaports - Havenbeheerder Delfzijl Eemshaven".

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