Berikut ini merupakan daftar pelabuhan tersibuk berdasar jumlah barang yang dimuat atau diterima melalui dermaga kontainer. Data yang dihitung dalam satuan TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) atau standar ISO terhadap satuan kontainer barang.

Lalu lintas bongkar muat barang (dalam ribuan TEU):

Peringkat	Pelabuhan	Negara	2013[1]	2012[2]	2011[3]	2010[4]	2009[5]	2008[6]	2007[7]	2006[8]
1	Shanghai	Tiongkok	33.617	32.529	31.700	29.069	25.002	27.980	26.150	21.710
2	Singapura	Singapura	32.240	31.649	29.937	28.431	25.866	29.918	27.932	24.792
3	Shenzhen	Tiongkok	23.280	22.940	22.570	22.510	18.250	21.414	21.099	18.469
4	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	22.352	23.117	24.384	23.532	20.983	24.248	23.881	23.539
5	Busan	Korea Selatan	17.690	17.046	16.185	14.157	11.954	13.425	13.270	12.039
6	Ningbo-Zhoushan	Tiongkok	17.351	16.670	14.686	13.144	10.502	11.226	9.349	7.068
7	Qingdao	Tiongkok	15.520	14.503	13.020	12.012	10.260	10.320	9.462	7.702
8	Guangzhou	Tiongkok	15.309	14.744	14.400	12.550	11.190	11.001	9.200	6.600
9	Jebel Ali	Uni Emirat Arab	13.641	13.270	13.000	11.600	11.124	11.827	10.653	8.923
10	Tianjin	Tiongkok	13.010	12.300	11.500	10.080	8.700	8.500	7.103	5.950
11	Rotterdam	Belanda	11.621	11.866	11.877	11.146	9.743	10.784	10.791	9.655
12	Dalian	Tiongkok	10.860	8.060	6.400	5.242	4.552	4.503	4.574	3.212
13	Port Klang	Malaysia	10.350	10.000	9.604	8.870	7.309	7.970	7.120	6.326
14	Kaohsiung	Republik Tiongkok	9.938	9.781	9.636	8.872	8.581	9.677	10.257	9.775
15	Hamburg	Jerman	9.302	8.864	9.022	7.900	7.007	9.737	9.890	8.862
16	Antwerpen	Belgia	8.578	8.635	8.664	8.468	7.309	8.663	8.176	7.019
17	Xiamen	Tiongkok	8.010	7.202	6.461	5.820	4.680	5.035	4.627	4.019
18	Los Angeles	Amerika Serikat	7.869	8.078	7.941	7.832	6.748	7.850	8.355	8.470
19	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	7.628	7.700	7.500	6.530	6.000	5.600	5.500	4.770
20	Long Beach	Amerika Serikat	6.731	6.046	6.061	6.263	5.067	6.350	7.316	7.289
21	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	6.590	6.200	5.618	4.715	3.800	3.984	3.900	3.280
22	Laem Chabang	Thailand	6.032	5.830	5.731	5.068	4.538	5.134	4.642	4.123
23	Bremen	Jerman	5.831	6.115	5.915	4.871	4.578	5.529	4.912	4.450
24	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	Vietnam	5.542	5.060	4.674	4.100	3.563	3.100	2.532	2.532
25	Lianyungang	Tiongkok	5.490	5.020	4.850	3.870	3.021	3.001	2.001	1.302
26	New York and New Jersey	Amerika Serikat	5.467	5.530	5.503	5.292	4.561	5.265	5.299	5.093
27	Yingkou	Tiongkok	5.301	4.851	4.033	3.338	2.537	2.030	1.371	838
28	Tokyo	Jepang	4.861	4.752	4.640	4.286	3.810	4.271	3.818	3.969
29	Jeddah	Arab Saudi	4.561	4.738	4.010	3.830	3.091	3.326	3.068	2.964
30	Algeciras	Spanyol	4.501	4.114	3.603	2.810	3.042	3.324	3.152	3.257
31	Valencia	Spanyol	4.328	4.470	4.327	4.207	3.653	3.593	3.043	2.612
32	Colombo	Sri Lanka	4.306	4.180	4.263	4.137	3.464	3.687	3.380	3.079
33	Mumbai	India	4.162	4.260	4.217	3.857	4.061	3.953	4.060	3.298
34	Port Said	Mesir	4.100	3.631	4.272	3.646	3.300	3.202	2.127	2.127
35	Khor Fakkan	Uni Emirat Arab	3.800	3.996	3.230	3.023	2.750	2.112	1.850	1.730
36	Manila	Filipina	3.770	3.705	3.250	3.257	2.815	2.977	2.800	2.638
37	Felixstowe	Britania Raya	3.740	3.700	3.519	3.400	3.100	3.200	3.300	3.000
38	Santos	Brasil	3.446	3.172	2.985	2.716	2.252	2.675	2.533	2.208
39	Ambarli	Turki	3.378	3.097	2.686	2.540
40	Colón	Panama	3.356	2.060	1.900	1.600	2.802	1.856[9]	2.262	N/A
41	Salalah	Oman	3.340	3.620	3.201	3.482	3.490	3.068	2.600	2.390
42	Taicang	Tiongkok	3.267	4.015	3.058	2.212
43	Piraeus	Yunani	3.164	2.745	1.680	1.198	665	434	1.373	N/A
44	Gioia Tauro	Italia	3.087	2.721	2.305	2.851	2.857	3.468	3.445	2.900
45	Balboa	Panama	3.064	3.251	3.232	2.759	2.012	2.011	2.167	988
46	Savannah	Amerika Serikat	3.034	2.966	2.945	2.825	2.356	2.616	2.604	2.160
47	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia	3.001	2.849	2.644	3.030
48	Yokohama	Jepang	2.888	3.053	3.083	3.280	2.555	3.490	3.400	3.200
49	Vancouver	Kanada	2.825	2.713	2.551	2.514	2.492	2.307	2.208	1.767
50	Malta	Malta	2.750	2.540	2.360	2.371
51	Nagoya	Jepang	2.709	2.655	2.623	2.549	2.113	2.817	2.890	2.740