North Atlantic Port Data | 2020 Top 50 Global Freight

2020 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Carriers

Up Front

Freight carriers across the world experienced dramatic market shifts and volume swings in 2020.
The new trade deal between U.S., Mexico and Canada provides market certainty for North American trade.
The world’s largest freight carriers have navigated unprecedented circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rankings

 

North Atlantic

Port Name City Type of Freight TEUs Volume of Freight Tonnage
Port Jefferson Port Jefferson, N.Y. NA NA 2,117,189
Port of Albany-Rensselaer Albany, N.Y. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, heavy lift NA 5,712,209
Port of Boston Boston container, break bulk, dry bulk, passenger NA 16,163,552
Port of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Conn. NA NA 1,881,034
Port of Camden-Gloucester Camden-Gloucester, N.J. container, break bulk, dry bulk NA 5,500,928
Port of Halifax Halifax, Nova Scotia container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automobile, special project cargo, passenger 546,416 4,456,708
Port of New Castle New Castle, Del. NA NA 6,522,640
Port of New Haven New Haven, Conn. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, special project cargo NA 8,838,236
Port of New York and New Jersey New York container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, special project cargo, refrigerated, passenger NA 140,281,992
Port of Paulsboro Paulsboro, N.J. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, heavy lift NA 16,121,201
Port of Portland Portland, Maine container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, special project cargo NA 4,833,299
Port of Portsmouth Portsmouth, N.H. container, break bulk, dry bulk, special project cargo NA 2,868,572
Port of Providence Providence, R.I. break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, special project cargo NA 8,338,434
Port of Searsport Searsport, Maine break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk NA 1,576,615
Port of Wilmington Wilmington, Del. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automobile, refrigerated NA 6,603,44
Port Saint John Saint John, New Brunswick container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, passenger NA 25,372,180

Extras

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Global Freight News

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Kuehne + Nagel owner Klaus-Michael Kuehne dies at 89

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August 24, 2026
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CK Hutchison seeks $1.5 billion in damages from Panama

Panama’s government in February seized the Balboa and Cristobal ports after its Supreme Court ruled that a concession held by CK Hutchison’s subsidiary to run the two ports was unconstitutional.

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Amazon to expand drone delivery to 500 cities

Customers could receive the drone deliveries in as fast as 30 minutes, Amazon said in a news release. The drones can carry packages up to 5 pounds.

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Einride adds 500 Tesla Semis to North American fleet

The addition is set to triple the size of Einride’s deployed fleet and extend its network across North America. It has previously used vehicles from Daimler Truck, Scania, MAN and BYD.

August 18, 2026
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Demand for global freight remains strong

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and DP World reported strong trade demand, with Maersk raising its full-year outlook for the second time in seven weeks.

August 13, 2026
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Amazon joins elite list of stocks to top $3 trillion in value

Amazon joins Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple as the only companies that have reached that size. 

August 3, 2026
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Amazon to give some consumers part of $600M tariff refund

CFO Brian Olsavsky said, “In cases where we did see an increase in costs due to tariffs, we largely absorbed these costs rather than pass them on to customers.” 

July 31, 2026
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Amazon profit surges as AWS sales rise 37%

Amazon delivered strong profit and net sales during its fiscal second quarter, helped by surging growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.

July 30, 2026
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UPS calls plan to shed low-margin Amazon packages a success

“Specifically, we eliminated approximately 2 million pieces per day of lower-quality Amazon volume,” UPS CEO Carol Tomé said during a call with investors.

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