Port Data | 2025 Top 50 Global Freight

2025 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Companies

Up Front

The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers are operating in a highly volatile business environment.

Shippers await clarity on tariffs and trade policies before reconfiguring international supply chains.

Get a continent-by-continent and country- by-country look at where the Top 50 Global Freight Companies are based.

Rankings

 

Port Data

Rank 2025 Rank 2024 Port Name City Type of Freight TEUs 2024 TEUs 2023 % Change Freight Tonnage (metric tons)
1 1 Port of Los Angeles Los Angeles container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated 10,297,352 8,629,681 19.3% 216,000,000
2 2 Port of Long Beach Long Beach, Calif. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated 9,649,724 8,018,668 20.3% 200,298,324
3 3 Port of New York and New Jersey New York container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated 8,698,526 7,810,005 11.4% 2,785,839
4 4 Port of Savannah* Savannah, Ga. container, break bulk, dry bulk, automotive, heavy lift, refrigerated 5,545,557 4,927,654 12.5% 38,663,272
5 5 Colon Container Terminal, Port of Cristobal and Manzanillo International Terminal Colón, Panama container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, project 5,395,134 4,868,759 10.8% NA
6 6 Port Houston Houston container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project 4,139,991 3,824,600 8.2% 48,140,864
7 8 Port of Balboa and PSA Panama International Terminal Panama Int'l Terminals, Panama container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, project 4,013,685 3,370,009 19.1% NA
8 7 Port of Manzanillo Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, refrigerated 3,924,515 3,699,254 6.1% NA
9 9 Port of Virginia Norfolk, Va. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive 3,523,512 3,287,546 7.2% 66,723,438
10 10 Port of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, project 3,473,822 3,126,559 11.1% 158,380,817
11 11 Northwest Seaport Alliance Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project 3,340,733 2,974,416 12.3% 25,592,258
12 14 Port of Kingston Kingston, Jamaica container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift 2,549,698 2,332,752 9.3% NA
13 12 Port of Charleston Charleston, S.C. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, project, refrigerated 2,497,143 2,482,080 0.6% NA
14 15 Port of Lázaro Cárdenas Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico container, dry bulk, liquid bulk 2,406,980 1,869,293 28.8% NA
15 13 Port of Oakland Oakland, Calif. container, refrigerated 2,262,921 2,065,709 9.5% NA
16 17 Port of Caucedo† Caucedo, Dominican Republic container, break bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated 1,700,000 1,488,000 14.2% NA
17 16 Port of Montreal Montreal container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, refrigerated 1,464,320 1,538,464 -4.8% 35,410,157
18 19 Port of Jacksonville^ Jacksonville, Fla. container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, heavy lift, project, refrigerated 1,340,412 1,313,487 2.0% 10,051,499
19 20 Moín Container Terminal Límon, Costa Rica container, break bulk 1,320,000 1,261,262 4.7% 37,644,079
20 22 Port of Veracruz Veracruz, Mexico container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive 1,301,470 1,158,908 12.3% NA
21 24 Port Miami^ Miami container, break bulk, automotive 1,089,443 1,098,322 -0.8% 7,263,395
22 25 Port Everglades^ Broward County, Fla. container, break bulk, dry bulk, refrigerated 1,087,112 1,013,159 7.3% 23,758,846
23 - Port of Philadelphia Philadelphia container, break bulk, dry bulk, refrigerated 840,571 743,000 13.1% NA
24 23 Port of Baltimore Baltimore container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, automotive, refrigerated 741,215 1,126,511 -34.2% NA
25 - Port of Prince Rupert Prince Rupert, British Columbia container, break bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk, special project cargo, passenger 739,315 704,248 5.0% 23,136,678
NOTE: Data for the Colon Container Terminal, Port of Cristobal and Manzanillo International Terminal is from the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation and Research Center. Data for the ports of Lázaro Cárdenas, Manzanillo and Veracruz is via the Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante. Data for the Port of Kingston is via MundoMaritimo. All other data is via port authorities.

* Tonnage for the Port of Savannah is for fiscal year 2025, ended June 30, 2025.

† Total TEUs in 2024 for the Port of Caucedo are estimated.

^ Data for the Port of Jacksonville, Port Miami and Port Everglades is for fiscal year 2024, ended Sept. 30, 2024.

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Global Freight News

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