List of world's busiest transshipment ports

This is a list of the World's busiest transshipment ports ranked by their total containerised transshipment cargo handled.

Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods or container to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination.

One possible reason is to change the means of transport during the journey (for example from ship transport to road transport), known as transloading. Another reason is to combine small shipments into a large shipment, dividing the large shipment at the other end. Transshipment usually takes place intransport hubs. Much international transshipment also takes place in designated customs areas, thus avoiding the need for customs checks or duties, otherwise a major hindrance for efficient transport.

Note that transshipment is generally considered as a legal term. An item handled (from the shipper's point of view) as a single movement is not generally considered transshipped, even though it may in reality change from one transport to another at several points. Previously it was often not distinguished from transloading since each leg of such a trip was typically handled by a different shipper.

Transshipment is normally fully legitimate and an everyday part of the world's trade. However, it can also be a method used to disguise intent, as is the case with illegal logging, smuggling or grey market goods.

Rank	Port	Country	Transshipment TEUs (000s)	% Transshipment
1	Singapore	Singapore	17,447	81.8
2	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	6,661	30.3
3	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	6,244	42.9
4	Kaohsiung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	5,070	52.2
5	Busan	South Korea	4,754	41.6
6	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	3,851	95.8
7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	3,328	40.2
8	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	3,220	50.1
9	Gioia Tauro	Italy	2,621	80.4
10	Algeciras	Spain	2,487	84.7
11	Hamburg	Germany	2,296	32.8
12	Salalah	Oman	2,217	99.5
13	Klang	Malaysia	2,144	40.9
14	Colombo	Sri Lanka	1,583	71.3
15	Port Authority of Jamaica	Jamaica	1,494	23.0
16	Antwerp	Belgium	1,394	23.0