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==World's major ports==
{{main|Lists of ports}}

===Africa===
*The port of [[Tanger-Med|Tangier Med]] is the largest port on the Mediterranean and in Africa by capacity and went into service in July 2007.
*The busiest port in Africa is [[Port Said]] in Egypt.

===Asia===
{{See also|List of East Asian ports|List of ports and harbours of the Indian Ocean}}
[[File:VizagPort.jpg|thumb|The port of [[Visakhapatnam]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India]]
The [[port of Shanghai]] is the largest port in the world in both [[List of world's busiest ports by cargo tonnage|cargo tonnage]] and activity. It regained its position as the [[world's busiest port by cargo tonnage]] and the [[world's busiest container port]] in 2009 and 2010, respectively. It is followed by the ports of [[Port of Singapore|Singapore]], [[port of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] and [[port of Kaohsiung|Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]], all of which are in [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asia]].

The port of Singapore is the world's second-busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, it also [[Transshipment|transships]] a third of the world's [[Intermodal container|shipping containers]], half of the world's annual supply of [[crude oil]], and is the world's busiest [[Transshipment at sea|transshipment port]].

===Europe===
{{See also|List of busiest ports in Europe}}
[[File:Porttrieste old.jpg|thumb|The [[Port of Trieste]], [[Italy]], the main port of the northern Adriatic and starting point of the [[Transalpine Pipeline]]]]

Europe's busiest container port and biggest port by cargo tonnage by far is the [[Port of Rotterdam]], in the Netherlands. It is followed by the Belgian [[Port of Antwerp]] or the German [[Port of Hamburg]], depending on which metric is used.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202094850/http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202011.pdf |archive-date=2012-12-02 |url-status=live |title=World Port Rankings 2011 |access-date=6 September 2018 |year=2011 |work=Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários |location=Antaq, Brazil}}</ref> In turn, the Spanish [[Port of Valencia]] is the busiest port in the Mediterranean basin, while the Portuguese [[Port of Sines]] is the busiest atlantic port. The [[Port of Trieste]], [[Italy]], is the main port of the northern Adriatic and starting point of the [[Transalpine Pipeline]].

===North America===
{{See also|List of North American ports|Ports of the United States}}
The largest ports include the [[Port of South Louisiana]], a vast sprawling port centered in the New Orleans area, [[Port of Houston|Houston]], [[Port of New York and New Jersey|Port of New York/New Jersey]], [[Port of Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] in the U.S., [[Manzanillo, Colima|Manzanillo]] in Mexico and [[Port Metro Vancouver|Vancouver]] in Canada.{{cn|date=February 2021}} [[Panama]] also has the [[Panama Canal]] that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, and is a key conduit for international trade.

===Oceania===
The largest port in Oceania is the [[Port of Melbourne]].

===South America===
According to [[ECLAC]]'s "Maritime and Logistics Profile of Latin America and the Caribbean", the largest ports in South America are the [[Port of Santos]] in Brazil, [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] in Colombia, [[Callao]] in Peru, [[Guayaquil]] in Ecuador, and the [[Port of Buenos Aires]] in Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sectormaritimo.es/los-10-mayores-puertos-de-america-latina-y-caribe-en-trafico-de-contenedores|language=es|title=Los 10 mayores puertos de América Latina y Caribe en tráfico de contenedores|date=September 28, 2016|work=Revista de Ingeniería Naval|publisher=Asociación de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos de España|location=[[Madrid]], Spain|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref>