Which are the busiest container ports in the world. According to Visual Capitalist, Shanghai remained the world’s busiest container port for the 16th consecutive year, handling 55.1 million TEUs in 2025. Inland waterways and railways connect it to industrial clusters along the Yangtze River. Singapore ranked second with 44.7 million TEUs, followed by China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan (43.9 million), Shenzhen (35.4 million) and Qingdao (32.9 million).