The port of Hong Kong, located by the South China Sea, is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerised manufactured products, and to a lesser extent raw materials and passengers. A key factor in the economic development of Hong Kong, the natural shelter and deep waters of Victoria Harbour more ...

Piraeus boasts Europe's largest passenger port. The port handles 20 million passengers each year including those commuting between Salamina and Perama. The facilities at the port have been recently refurbished and the quality of the amenities improved significantly. These include ATM machines, more ...

The port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe, located in the city of Rotterdam, South Holland, the Netherlands. From 1962 until 2004 it was the world's busiest port, now overtaken by Asian ports like Singapore and Shanghai. In 2004 Rotterdam was the seventh-largest port in the world in terms more ...

The Port of Shanghai, located in the vicinity of Shanghai, comprises a deep-sea port and a river port. In 2005, with a total of 443 million tons of cargo transported, it became the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage for the first time. The Port of Shanghai faces the East China Sea to more ...

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a bi-state port district, established in 1921 through an interstate compact, that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports, and seaports, within the New York?New Jersey Port District. This more ...

Hamburg (Low German: Hamborg) is the second largest city in Germany and along with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port, Hamburg is also the second largest port city in Europe, ninth largest port in the world, and the largest city in the European Union which is not a national capital. more ...

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,605,602 in 2006. It is located on the Mediterranean coast (41'23''N, 2'11''E), between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and is limited to the west by the Serra de C more ...

The Port of Liverpool is the name for the enclosed dock system that runs from Herculaneum Dock to Seaforth Dock, on the east side of the River Mersey, combined with the facilities built around the Great Float on the west side of the river. The working docks are operated by Mersey Docks and Harbou more ...

Cartagena, also known as Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena of the West Indies), is a large city seaport on the northern coast of Colombia. Capital of the Bolívar Department, it has a population of roughly 895,400 (2005 Census). Founded in 1533 by Don Pedro de Heredia, and named after the port of Carta more ...

The Port of Vancouver became internationally significant after the completion of the Panama Canal, which reduced freight rates in the 1920s and made it viable to ship export-bound prairie grain west through Vancouver. It has since become the busiest seaport in Canada, and exports more cargo than any more ...

Marseille, (English alt. Marseilles — Provençal Occitan: Marselha in classical norm or Marsiho in Mistralian norm — Origin: Greek: Massalia / Μασσαλία) is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census and 1 more ...

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2005 population 223,148) is a Spanish city on the island of Tenerife, the largest and most populated of the Canary Islands after Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as stated in the 2006 census and has a metropolitan area population of 423,022 thousand people. The economy of Santa Cru more ...

Kolkata Port is India's only riverine port with two dock systems - Kolkata Dock System at Kolkata with the oil wharves at Baj Baj and a deep water dock system at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia for sea borne trade. It has the most sophisticated port facilities with extensive storage facility for diverse more ...